How many electrons?
All about Carbon
Polar and Non-Polar Bonds
Chemistry that's not on the test
Mr. Murphy's Brother guestwrites animal questions
400

In the first electron shell

What is 2?

400

Carbon compounds are often described as this, with a prefix meaning 10-9

What is Nanotechnology?

400

The most electronegative element, very useful for forming strong covalent bonds

What is Fluorine?

400

Hair Gel works by applying a water-absorbent this, a term for many monomers joined together, to the hair, drying it out.

What are Polymers?

400

Running so fast it can't process what's happening, the tiger beetle loses this sense.

What is sight?

800

Valence shell of carbon

What is 4?
800

Diamond is carbon in this particularly structured lattice.

What is a covalent network lattice?

800

A very good general rule of thumb is compounds naturally found in this state are non-polar

What are gases?

800

L-Ascorbic Acid isn't a name you have to know for the test, but you probably know it's more common name of this kind of acid, found in Oranges and Lemons

What is Citric Acid?

800

An idiom of 'Narrow-minded person who doesn't see the larger world around them' is "This Amphibian in a well"

What is frog?

1200

A triple bond

What is 6?

1200

A chemical element in two or more forms, like fullerenes, diamond and graphite

What are Allotropes?

1200
Dipoles are indicated by this lower case greek letter.

What is delta?

1200

Proteins are covalently bonded compounds with shapes, but they also have different shapes from Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary, the most common example of a Quaternary Protein being this, which transports Oxygen around the body.

What is Haemoglobin?

1200

Fish should escarget away from the Geography Cone this, an animal that hunts it's prey by causing hypoglycemic comas with insulin darts

What is a Snail?

1600

A d-block shell

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1600

Activated Charcoal and Carbon Black are two types of this carbon, meaning "without clear and defined shape"

What is amorphous?

1600

These intermolecular forces, not named after the city but after the German physicist Fritz tend to only matter in non-polar molecules.

What are London Dispersion Forces?

1600

Iron Pyrite, FeS2 is an ionic compound of a yellowish colour is often called this, also a song by Stone Roses, Jack River and One Direction.

What is Fool's Gold?

1600

Female Anglerfish partially absorb the male into their own body when it is time to mate, forming this kind of relationship describing something hanging on. Good luck with divorce!

What is parasitism or parasitic?

2000

Octasulfur

What is 128?

2000

Graphite in it's covalent network lattice with three covalent bonds per atom form a tessellation of this geometric shape

What are hexagons?

2000
Surfactants are described as this, meaning they attract both fats (non-polar compounds) and water (polar compounds). Really useful in morning fresh!

What is amphiphillic?

2000

The famous Diet Coke and Mentos reaction works because Mentos' sugar shell is sprayed on, increasing the surface area and making it a this, also the name of an ABC science show

What is a Catalyst?

2000

The Naked Mole Rat secretes this chemical, commonly found in skincare creams for promoting elasticity.

What is Hyaluronic Acid?