Because living and nonliving things are made of matter, this affects all aspects of life and most natural events.
What is Chemistry?
100
Chemistry can be broken down into these five areas of traditional study...
What are organic, inorganic, biochemistry, analytical and physical chemistry?
100
Using insulation is one of the easiest ways to do this to energy...
What is to conserve energy?
100
The word chemistry comes from this word...
What is alchemy?
100
Effective problem solving always involves developing a plan and then doing this to it...
What is implementing it?
200
Although air is 'invisible' it has mass and occupies space, therefore it is considered to be this...
What is matter?
200
The study of chemicals that do not contain carbon is known as this...
What is Inorganic Chemistry?
200
Things that can not be seen by the unaided eye are considered to be this...
What is microscopic?
200
In addition to showing that oxygen is required for a material to burn, Lavosier helped transform chemistry from a science of observation to a science of this...
What is measurement?
200
These are the three steps involved in solving a numeric word problem...
What are analyze, calculate, and evaluate
300
The pursuit of chemical knowledge for it's own sake is known as this...
What is Pure Chemistry?
300
In this are of study, a scientist may investigate how energy used for the contraction of muscles is produced and stored..
What is biochemistry?
300
Fossil fuels are a limited natural resource. Chemists play an important role in developing alternative means of producing this...
What is energy?
300
This is the most powerful problem solving tool that any scientist can have...
What is the scientific method?
300
These are the two steps involved in solving conceptual problems...
What are analyze and solve?
400
Development of this helps humans to do some things more quickly and/or with less effort.
What is technology?
400
Wallace Carothers's work in the development of nylon would fall under this area of study within the field of chemistry...
What is Organic Chemistry?
400
Transferring genes from a jellyfish to a potato plant so that the plant glows when it needs water is an example of this application of this scientific field.
What is biotechnology?
400
The variable that you change during any experiment is known as the manipulated variable or this...
What is the independent variable?
400
On average, a particular baseball team wins 2/3 of the games it plays. In a 162 game season, the team will lose this many games...
What is 54?
500
These three professions can all benefit from studying chemistry in various ways...
What are firefighter, reporter and turf manager?
500
This type of chemist might study how an athlete uses energy during a competition.
What is a Biochemist or Physical Chemist
500
Chemistry is used to test soil for nutrients and/or contaminants; and for analyzing matter from other bodies in the solar system. These activities play an essential role in what three areas?
What is agriculture, the universe, and the environment?
500
The most reliable source for information about scientific discoveries are these...
What are scientific journals?
500
If you could count one penny each second, it would take you this many days to count a million pennies..