Also a popular song, the earliest form of chemistry went by this name
What is alchemy
100
This geological event is caused by the accumulation of stress along the boundaries of lithospheric plates.
What is an earthquake?
100
This gas gives soda its bubbly fizz.
What is CO2
100
This is a portion of the molecule that is not part of the parent chain.
What is a substituent?
100
Where is the sea of tranquility located?
What is the moon?
200
A popular item in women’s fashion, this accessory’s main constituents are calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
What are pearls
200
This is the densest planet in our solar system
What is the earth?
200
These elements are present in table sugar.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
200
2-pentenal contains what functional group(s)?
What is an alkene and an aldehyde?
200
This is the fastest bird on foot.
What is an ostrich?
300
This element is responsible for the green flame in fireworks.
What is barium
300
This mountain has the highest peak above sea level.
What is Mount Everest
300
This fungus is necessary for bread to rise.
What is yeast?
300
This prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same, equal or constant
What is iso?
300
The autumnal equinox falls in this month in the northern hemisphere.
What is September?
400
As José Arcadio Buendía in “100 Years of Solitude”, people once thought that you could turn iron and lead into this.
What is gold
400
This part of the sun is easily visible only during a total solar eclipse.
What is the corona?
400
This common kitchen ingredient is good for a variety of uses from baking cookies to absorbing smells. It goes by a less ominous sounding name on its box, but it is properly known as this.
What is sodium bicarbonate?
400
This designation is assigned using the Cahn-Ingold-Prelong sequencing rules to give a designation for spatial orientation.
What are R and S?
400
This phenomenon accounts for why a straight stick would seem bent when viewed under water.
What is refraction
500
Walter White popularized the false belief that this compound could be used to dissolve a body in a barrel.
What is hydrofluoric acid
500
From which mineral is radium obtained?
What is Uranite (pitchblende)?
500
This hydrocarbon is responsible for your bananas turning brown.
What is ethylene?
500
This is the highest priority functional group in naming organic compounds.
What is a carboxylic acid?
500
This is the number of pairs of ribs found in a typically human