Who Am I?
I created the simple models of the atom everybody uses.
Who is Neils Bohr?
This property describes how shiny something is.
What is luster?
I’m the state of matter that is most tightly packed.
What is a solid?
Rows on the periodic table are called this.
What are periods?
My teacher will tell me when I need to wear these in the lab.
What are safety goggles?
I’m famous for this well-known equation. E=MC squared.
Who is Einstein?
Allowing thermal energy and electricity to pass through gives a substance this property.
What is conductivity?
You can’t always see me, and I fill any container you put me in.
What is a gas?
Columns on the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
I should always do this FIRST whenever something breaks or there is an accident.
What is tell the teacher?
I came up with the table that everybody uses.
Who is Mendeleev?
A substance has this property if it breaks easily when dropped.
What is brittle?
I’m not very shiny, and I really don’t get along with electricity or thermal energy.
What is a nonmetal?
Graphite is one of the few nonmetals that IS a good conductor.
The periodic table features three main types of elements: name them.
What are metals, nonmetals and metalloids?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Chewing gum and eating are perfectly acceptable in the lab.
What is false?
I’m the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and I host a podcast called “Star Talk.”
Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson?
This property means “the ability to be shaped.”
What is malleability?
I’m shiny and tough. You can bend me into all kinds of shapes.
What is a metal?
The lathanide series of elements are also called this.
What are rare Earth elements?
I should always do this when I am finished with an experiment or lab.
What is clean up?
I discovered radium and I’m still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in 2 different scientific fields.
Who was Marie Curie?
This property means “can be stretched into a wire.”
What is ductile?
I’m kinda like a metal, and also not like a metal. It’s like I can’t make up my mind.
What is a metalloid?
Uranium and plutonium are part of this radioactive series.
What is the actinide series?
I should always do this before starting an investigation.
What is read the directions?