Elements
The lightest naturally occurring element.
What is hydrogen?
An ancient form of chemistry that aimed to turn base metals into gold, create the elixir of life, and discover the Philosopher's Stone.
What is alchemy?
The city the show Breaking Bad takes place in.
What is Albuquerque, New Mexico?
The name for a reaction that releases energy.
What is exothermic?
The sugar produced in photosynthesis.
What is glucose?
An element that exists as a red-brown liquid at room temperature.
What is bromine?
A Russian chemist known best for creating the periodic table of elements.
Who was Dmitri Mendeleev?
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's assistant on The Muppets, named after a common piece of glassware.
Who is Beaker?
The gas that causes the bubbles in "elephant toothpaste."
What is oxygen gas?
The favorite molecule of Chemistry Club faculty advisor Dr. Olson.
What is ethanol?
An element with the Latin name "plumbum."
What is lead?
The explosive invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel.
What is dynamite?
The original powder used for the Tin Man's makeup in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, which caused actor Buddy Ebsen to have a severe respiratory reaction.
What is aluminum powder?
A poisonous gas commonly created (accidentally) by mixing household cleaning products such as bleach and vinegar.
What is chlorine gas?
The molecule also known as the "cuddle hormone."
What is oxytocin?
The most abundant element in Earth's crust.
What is oxygen?
The first person to win two Nobel Prizes, and the only person to have won in two different scientific fields.
A radioactive isotope of hydrogen used by Dr. Otto Octavius in Spider-Man 2 (2004).
Salts that produce a blue or green flame when burned.
What are copper salts?
A soccer ball-shaped molecule discovered at Rice University, earning its creators the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
What is a buckyball?
The only element to have been discovered before it was found on Earth. Its name is derived from the Greek word for "sun."
What is helium?
A model of the atom first proposed by J.J. Thompson in 1904 featuring electrons embedded in a large, positively-charged mass. It's more commonly known by its food nickname.
What is the plum pudding model?
A 2001 romcom in which ammonium thioglycolate, used in perms and hair relaxers, makes an appearance.
What is Legally Blonde?
A chemical reaction seen in fireflies and glow sticks.
What is a chemiluminescence?
The molecule in chili peppers that causes a burning sensation when consumed.
What is capsaicin?