Chemistry Basics
Define Chemistry
The study of properties and behavior of matter in natural science.
List all the parts of the Electromagnetic spectrum
Radio, Micro, Infrared, Visible, UV, Xray, Gamma
What was Medeleev's major contribution to chemistry
Organizing the PTE by atomic mass organizing by properties/ octets.
Ionic= metal and non metal forming a bond
Polyatomic= multiple atoms bonded that have special names.
What country to Godzilla attack in the original movie.
Japan
What is a elemental symbol? Give an example.
The letter or letters that determine the name of an element. He is Helium.
Who is the father of modern chemistry?
Antoine Lavoisier
Describe the Electron configuration of Chlorine
Cl 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p5
What is the charge of the element Argon? Why?
No charge, it has 8 valence e- so it is not open to bonding.
In the show "Bluey" what dog breed is the Bluey?
A blue heeler
Provide two examples of each: physical change and a chemical change
Answers will vary
Describe Dalton's atomic theory
That all matter is made of tiny indivisible particles called atoms.
Name Groups 1A, 2A, 7A and 8A
Alkali, Alkaline Earth, Halogens, Noble gase.
Name these polyatomics
NH+
C2O4 (-2)
PO4 (-3)
Ammonium
Oxalate
Phosphate
A group of fish is called a school. A group of lions is a tribe. What is a group of crows is called a ________?
A murder
Describe the difference between a substance and a mixture
Substance is a single type of some matter vs a mixture is a combination of two of more substances.
Who conducted the Gold Foil Experiment?
Rutherford
How many variations of f orbitals are there?
7 types
Describe a substitution alloy
A mix metal that has some similarly sized elements placed in the structure.
Name the slogan to the fast food chain.
"Finger Lickin good"
"Better Ingredient Better Pizza"
"We have the meats"
"Think outside the bun"
KFC
Papa Johns
Arby's
Taco Bell
Give the correct answer and sig figs.
convert 5.55 x10^3 kg to grams.
5,550,000 g
Phosphorus 15 (mass is 31) goes through alpha decay. What does it become?
Al 13 with a mass of 27
Describe and give and example of the atomic radius trend.
Atomic radius is the overall size of an atom.
The atomic radius increases to the left because as nuclear pull lessens. An example of this would be Cl is smaller than Si.
It increases going down due to shielding increasing. An example of this would be H is smaller than Cs.
Write the name for the ionic bond.
Manganese (II) Sulfite heptahydrate
MnSO3 x 7H2O
This famous athlete is a bronze medalist in rugby, participated in dancing with the stars last year, and she has almost 4 million followers on tiktok.
Ilona Maher