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CHEM TRIVIA
100

How many ACS chapters are there throughout the United States?

185

100

When was ACS chartered by the U.S. Congress?

April 6, 1876

100

What does ACS stand for?

American Chemistry Society

100

Group 1 elements are called?

Alkali metals

100

Atomic numbers of an atom are the same as the number of what in an atom?

protons

200

What is the name of the following polyatomic anion with a minus 1 charge? ClO3

Chlorate

200

True or False:

ACS has a Scholars Program.

TRUE. Applications open November 1st.

200

Who is the President of ACS?

Mauricia

200

How many molecules are in a mole of sugar?

6.022 X 10^23

200

Nitrogen's atomic number is _______.

7

300

What is a database created by ACS?

SciFinder

300

How many chemists founded ACS?

35

300

Who is the ACS faculty Advisor? 

Dr. Mauro E. Castro

300

What are the 4 building block elements in the human body?

hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen

300

Why does hydrogen have an atomic number of 1? 

because it only has one proton.

400

What do organic compounds always contain?

Carbon

400

Where was ACS founded?

College of Pharmacy of the City of New York

400

When are ACS meetings? 

Every Thursday from 6-7pm via Microsoft Teams

400

Where on the periodic table would you be likely to find a gas whose molecules consist of single atoms?

The noble gases, or Group 8 or the right side

400

The earliest form of chemistry was called _______.

alchemy

500

Hydrogen and oxygen react to form water. If a mixture containing 100 grams of each is ignited, which is the limiting reagent?

Oxygen

500

What is the vision of ACS?

To improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry.

500

True or False:

TAMUK ACS only welcomes chemistry majors?

FALSE. We welcome all majors!

500

Element 12 on the periodic table is

Magnesium 

500

Some atoms have more ___________, which makes it an isotope and gives it a negative charge

electrons

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