Basic Chemistry
What subatomic particle is located in the nucleus of an atom and carries a positive charge?
Proton
What is the chemical symbol for the element with atomic number 6?
Carbon (C)
Who formulated the Schrödinger equation, which describes the behavior of electrons in atoms?
Erwin Schrödinger
What is the chemical symbol for water
H₂O
Who is the current chancellor of CU Boulder
Philip P. DiStefano.
What is the term for the ratio of moles of one substance to moles of another in a balanced chemical equation?
Stoichiometric ratio
How many naturally occurring elements are there on the periodic table?
118
Who is credited with the discovery of the element radium?
Marie Curie
What is the study of carbon compounds called
Who are the chemistry advisors?
Hannah Petterson,Tabs Lannom
What type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between two non-metal atoms?
Covalent bond
As you move from left to right across a period on the periodic table, what generally happens to the atomic radius
It decreases
Who is credited with the discovery of penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?
Alexander Fleming
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen (N₂)
What year was CU Boulder founded
1876.
What does Avogadro's number represent in chemistry?
The number of atoms, ions, or molecules in one mole of a substance (6.022 x 10²³)
What is unique about the electron configuration of transition metals?
They have partially filled d orbitals.
Who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the structure of DNA, along with Watson and Crick
Rosalind Franklin
Which element has the highest melting point?
Tungsten (W)
In which conference do CU Boulder's athletic teams compete?
The Pac-12 Conference
What is the molecular shape of a molecule with a central atom surrounded by four bonding pairs and one lone pair?
Trigonal Bipyramidal
What is unique about the position of hydrogen on the periodic table?
It is a nonmetal but is placed above alkali metals.
Which chemist is associated with the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics?
Werner Heisenberg
What is the chemical name for vitamin C?
Ascorbic acid
Who is the chair of the undergraduate studies in the chemistry department?
Robert Parson