We've Got Chemistry
Sodium chloride is the chemical name for this mineral commonly used for seasoning food
What is salt?
Let's measure the volume of our new potion with the glass column called a graduated this shape
What is a cylinder?
In 1986 3 physics winners were honored for designing the electron & scanning tunneling types of these
What is a microscope?
It's the animal in the name of the unit equivalent to 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute
What is a horse?
"Signs point to yes" that you might know this fortune-telling toy that began as the "Syco-Seer" in the 1940s
What is a Magic 8 Ball?
The chemical elements are arrayed according to atomic number on this, a name indicating regular intervals
This piece of lab equipment used to develop plate cultures was named for a 1920s German bacteriologist
What is a Petri dish?
Max Theiler's 1951 prize was for discoveries that helped combat this "colorful" mosquito-borne tropical disease
What is yellow fever?
In an Oscar-winning 2020 documentary, this sea creature was a "Teacher"
What is an octopus?
Originally offered in off-white, this product expanded in 1957 to include red, yellow & blue colors all served in airtight cans
What is Play-Doh?
Atoms combine to make these larger but still tiny particles, the smallest that make up identifiable substances
What are molecules?
This device spins samples rapidly to separate substances based on density
What is a centrifuge?
Aptly, 3 scientists shared the 1995 chemistry prize for work on this atmospheric gas made of 3 oxygen atoms
What is ozone?
This Russian physiologist trained many breeds of dogs to reflexively salivate at the sound of noises they associated with food
Who is Pavlov?
Percy the Small Engine & James the Red Engine are among this toy's friends on the Island of Sodor
Who is Thomas (the tank engine)?
Elements that have unstable nuclei and give off energy as they try to become stable are said to be this
What is radioactive?
From the French for "little tube", one of these uses suction to transfer small amounts of liquid
What is a pipette?
In 2020, for the first time ever, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by two women, Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier, for their work on the revolutionary gene editing tool known by this acronym
What is CRISPR?
If you've taken biology, you've probably studied Drosophila, these alliterative winged insects
What are fruit flies?
In the 1950s this toy car brand took off when its Elizabeth II coronation coach was a big seller
What is Matchbox?
Named for their 2 constituent elements, these compounds such as propane & octane are often used for fuel
What are hydrocarbons?
In experiments dealing with very small electric currents or voltages, these are used to increase the signal strength for easier measurement and analysis.
What is an amplifier?
Gerhard Herzberg's 1971 chemistry prize citation noted his work on these highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons
What are (free) radicals?
This Nobel-winning physicist came up with a thought experiment involving a cat & whether or not it's alive
Who is Shrodinger?
It gets its lift in flight from the airfoil at its outer edge that's known as the Morrison slope
What is a Frisbee?