Elements
Artistotle and other ancient Greeks believed (wrongly) that there were four elements. What were those four things?
Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
Who discovered Hydrogen? (he was very, very shy)
Henry Cavendish
What is element #2?
Helium
Fire is an example of what kind of chemical reaction?
Combustion
What's the name of the chimp who first went to space?
Ham
What is an element
A substance that can't be broken down into any simpler substances.
Who wrote the first chemistry textbook, before losing his head in the French Revolution?
Antoine Lavoisier
What is the chemical symbol for silver?
Ag
What color is copper acetate, which forms from copper and vinegar?
Blue to green
Which scientist, who discovered the laws of motion and the law of gravity, was born on 12/25?
Issac Newton
How many known elements are there?
Who developed the Periodic Table of Elements?
Dmitri Mendeleev
What is the chemical symbol for Potassium
What gas is produced when you dissolve metal in acid?
Hydrogen
Holmium is what number element?
67
What is the lightest element?
Hydrogen
Who discovered Polonium and Radium, and won the Nobel Prize (twice, in two different scientific fields)?
Marie Curie
What is the 8th element?
Oxygen
What gas is produced when you mix vinegar and baking soda?
Carbon dioxide
What cereal was trademarked today?
Count Chocula
Name an element that isn't found in nature.
(elements 93-118)
Ancient chemists who tried to turn iron into gold were called...
A;chemists
What element is Li
Lithium (#3)
A solid that forms in a liquid during a chemical reaction is called a...
Precipitate
What famous cartoonist was born last Friday? His most famous character premiered in 1938.
Walt Disney