WHO AM I?
PROPERTIES, NOT REAL ESTATE
WHAT AM I?
IT'S ON THE TABLE
LAB SAFE
100

I’m famous for this well-known equation. E=MC squared

Who is Einstein?

100

This property describes how shiny something is.

What is luster?

100

I’m the state of matter that is most tightly packed.

What is a solid?

100

Rows on the periodic table are called this.

What are periods?

100

My teacher will tell me when I need to wear these in the lab.

What are safety goggles?

200

I created the simple model of the atom everybody uses.

Who is Neils Bohr?

200

A substance has this property if it breaks easily when dropped.

What is brittle?

200

You can’t always see me, and I fill any container you put me in.

What is a gas?

200

Columns on the periodic table are called this.

What are groups?

200

I should always do this FIRST whenever something breaks or there is an accident.

What is tell the teacher?

300

I came up with the table that everybody uses.

Who is Mendeleev?

300

This property means “the ability to be shaped.”

What is malleability?

300

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.

300

The periodic table features three main types of elements: name them.

What are metals, nonmetals and metalloids?

300

TRUE OR FALSE:

Chewing gum and eating are perfectly acceptable in the lab.

What is false?

400

I’m the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and I host a podcast called “Star Talk.”

Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson?

400

Allowing thermal energy and electricity to pass through gives a substance this property.

What is conductivity?

400

I’m shiny and tough. You can bend me into all kinds of shapes.

What is a metal?

400

The lathanide series of elements are also called this.

What are rare Earth elements?

400

I should always do this when I am finished with an experiment or lab.

What is clean up?

500

I discovered radium and I’m still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in 2 different scientific fields.

Who was Marie Curie?

500

This property means “can be stretched into a wire.”

What is ductile?

500

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?

500

Uranium and plutonium are part of this radioactive series.

What is the actinide series?

500

I should always do this before starting an investigation.

What is read the directions?

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