Purple Bacteria
Properties of H20
All things PCB's
GE did WHAT?
Fun
100

The scientific name for our purple bacteria?

What is Violacein?

100

The atoms (names and how many) one water molecule made up of.

What is 1 oxygen, and 2 hydrogen atoms

100

True or False: PCB's are good for fish to consume?

What is FALSE

100

The letters "GE" stand for

What is General Electric

100

The number of credits we will receive for CitSci

What is ZERO

200

The animal we often think about in association with purple bacteria?

What is a frog

200

The ____ & _____ properties of water allows it to stick to surfaces and itself

What is Cohesive & Adhesive

200

The river that probably has the highest amount of PCB's

What is the Hudson River

200

The government organization working with GE to get rid of PCBs

What is the EPA

200

Georgia's personal favorite activity of CitSci

What is TOWN HALL

300

Violacein is produced by gram-negative or gram-positive bacteria?

What is gram-negative

300

Water is known as the universal _____?

What is SOLVENT
300

PCB's are bad because

What is they never go away, have negative health effects/can make people & animals sick

300
GE dumped PCBs into the Hudson for this many years

What is 30 YEARS (answers with +/- 5 yrs of this will be allowed 25-35)

300

The place Bard College gets It's water

What is the Saw Kill

400

Purple Bacteria is water-insoluble or water-soluble?

What is water-insoluble

400

Water molecules are polar or non-polar

What is Polar

400

The year GE began dredging for PCB's

What is 2009

400

The Hudson River is known as a _____ site

What is SUPERFUND

400

The name of the woman whose research we helped in lab?

Who is Brooke Jude

600

Name 3 Applications of Violacein 

Dyes, Cosmetics, Cancer research, Medicines, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-microbial

600

Rank hydrogen, covalent, and Ionic bonds from strongest to weakest.

What is Ionic, Covalent, Hydrogen (Strongest to Weakest)
600

Describe the texture/and or appearance of PCB's. What do PCB's look like?

What is an oily liquid, waxy solid, sometimes colorless, yellow, or black. (any part of this answer qualifies)
600

What did GE say regarding whether dredging has been effective or not?

What is "WE NEED MORE DATA"

600

The grade you have to average (minimum) to pass CitSci?

What is a 2

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