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Trivia
100

Alkali metals found in this group of the periodic table and are known for being highly reactive, especially with water

What is Group 1?

100

Refers to a group of atoms derived from an alkane by removing one hydrogen atom, often represented as R in organic reactions

What is an alkyl group?

100

The element in the periodic table with an atomic number of 8

What is Oxygen?

100

This element can hold four bonds

What is Carbon?

100

This African American chemist was known for peanut product innovations

Who is George Washington Carver?

200

Elements in Group 17 that are highly reactive nonmetals and form salts when combined with metals

What are halogens?

200

This type of organic compound contains a carbon chain bonded to a halogen atom

What is a haloalkane (or halogenated hydrocarbon)?

200

The element in the periodic table with an atomic number of 4

What is Beryllium?

200

Elements that have the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons.

What are isotopes?

200

This is the first U.S. woman to become a self-made millionaire

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

300

States that atoms tend to bond in such a way that each atom has a full outer electron shell, typically consisting of eight electrons

What is the Octet Rule?

300

This is the IUPAC name for the simplest alkene

What is ethene (or ethylene)?

300

The element in the periodic table with an atomic number of 15

What is Phosphorus?

300

The orbitals of a subshell fill with single electrons before any subshells get double electrons

What is Hund's Rule?

300

This African American singer, songwriter, and actor won a grammy for producing hit song "Snooze"

Who is Leon Thomas?

400

Left to right across a period in the periodic table, this property of elements generally increases due to an increased nuclear charge

What is electronegativity?

400

This type of isomer, where two molecules are non-superimposable mirror images of each other, is known as this

What is a chirality or enantiomer?

400

The element in the periodic table with the chemical symbol Hg

What is Mercury?

400

A chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.

What are covalent bonds?

400
This South Carolina State College Alum was one of the first African Americans to join the NIH (National Institutes of Health)

Who is Alma Levant Hayden?

500

This rule states that electrons will fill orbitals starting with the lowest energy first, and no orbital can hold more than two electrons with opposite spins

What is the Aufbau Principle?

500

This is the IUPAC name for the molecule CH₃CH₂CH₂OH, a simple alcohol that is also commonly used as a solvent in organic reactions

What is propan-1-ol?

500

The element in the periodic table with the chemical symbol Cf

What is Califonium?

500

Electron configuration of Nitrogen

What is [He] 2s2 2p3

500

This was the first African American to be elected to the US Senate.

Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?

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