SUBATOMIC PARTICLES
ATOMIC STRUCTURE
PERIODIC TABLE
SPOOKY SCIENCE
TRICKS AND TREATS
100

THIS SUBATOMIC PARTICLE, WITH A MASS OF 1 AMU, HAS A POSITIVE CHARGE

WHAT IS A PROTON?

100

THIS ELEMENT HAS 8 PROTONS

WHAT IS OXYGEN?

100

ELEMENTS IN PERIOD 3 HAVE THIS MANY ELECTRON SHELLS

WHAT IS 3?

100

ZOMBIES CRAVE A TASTE OF THIS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ORGAN

WHAT IS THE BRAIN?

100

THIS FUN, FIZZY CANDY, CONTAINS TRAPPED CARBON DIOXIDE TO MAKE YOUR TONGUE TINGLE WHEN IT DISSOLVES

WHAT IS POP ROCKS?

200

THIS SUBATOMIC PARTICLE HAS A MASS APPROXIMATELY 2000 TIMES SMALLER THAN A PROTON

WHAT IS AN ELECTRON?
200

THESE ARE ATOMS OF THE SAME ELEMENT WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF NEUTRONS

WHAT ARE ISOTOPES?
200

THE QUANTITY OF THIS SUBATOMIC PARTICLE IN A PARTICULAR NEUTRAL ATOM CANNOT BE DETERMINED DIRECTLY FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE

WHAT IS A NEUTRON?

200

THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR A FEAR OF SPIDERS

WHAT IS ARACHNOPHOBIA?

200

LEMON JUICE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF COMPOUND, WITH A pH BELOW 7

WHAT IS AN ACID?

300

THE NUCLEUS IS MADE UP OF THESE TWO TYPES OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

WHAT ARE PROTONS AND NEUTRONS?
300

THE FIRST ONE OF THESE HOLDS ONLY TWO ELECTRONS, WHEREAS THE SECOND HOLDS UP TO EIGHT

WHAT IS ENERGY LEVEL/SHELL?

300

THE COLUMNS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS THIS, AND ELEMENTS IN THE SAME ONE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF VALENCE ELECTRONS

WHAT ARE GROUPS?

300

THIS PLANT, RUMORED TO WARD OFF VAMPIRES, PRODUCES THE SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPOUND ALLICIN

WHAT IS GARLIC?

300

THE SUCROSE USED TO MAKE SWEETS IS THIS TYPE OF MACROMOLECULE

WHAT IS A CARBOHYDRATE?

400

IN ORDER FOR AN ATOM TO BE NEUTRALLY CHARGED, IT MUST HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF THESE 2 PARTICLES

WHAT ARE PROTONS AND ELECTRONS?

400

THIS ATTRACTIVE FORCE BETWEEN THE NUCLEUS AND ELECTRON CLOUD HOLDS THE ATOM TOGETHER

WHAT IS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE?

400

AN ATOM OF SULFUR WHICH GAINS TWO ELECTRONS WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN ION WITH THIS CHARGE

WHAT IS -2

400

THIS IS THE REAL LIFE ELEMENT WHICH INSPIRED SUPERMAN’S GREATEST WEAKNESS

WHAT IS KRYPTON?

400

THIS IS THE NAME FOR THE FLAVOR ASSOCIATED WITH GLUTAMIC ACID, THE FIFTH TASTE OUR TASTEBUDS CAN PERCEIVE IN ADDITION TO SWEET, SOUR, SALTY, AND BITTER

WHAT IS UMAMI

500

AN ISOTOPE OF CARBON WITH A MASS OF 13 HAS THIS MANY NEUTRONS

WHAT IS 7?

500

PARTICLES IN THIS SPECIAL LOCATION DETERMINE THE BONDING BEHAVIOR OF AN ATOM, AS THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO INTERACT WITH OTHER ATOMS

WHAT IS THE VALENCE SHELL?

500

THIS IS THE SIMPLEST ELEMENT WITH FIVE VALENCE ELECTRONS

WHAT IS NITROGEN?

500

JACK-O-LANTERNS WERE ORIGINALLY CARVED FROM THIS ROOT VEGETABLE, WITH THE SCIENTIFIC NAME Brassica rapa

WHAT IS A TURNIP?

500

THIS PRICKLY SEA CREATURE PRODUCES TETRODOTOXIN, AN EXTREMELY POISONOUS NATURAL PRODUCT

WHAT IS A PUFFERFISH?

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