WHO AM I?
I’m famous for this well-known equation. E=MC squared.
Who is Einstein?
This property describes how shiny something is.
What is luster?
I’m the state of matter that is most tightly packed.
What is a solid?
Rows on the periodic table are called this.
What are periods?
My teacher will tell me when I need to wear these in the lab.
What are safety goggles?
I created the simple model of the atom everybody uses.
Who is Neils Bohr?
A substance has this property if it breaks easily when dropped.
What is brittle?
You can’t always see me, and I fill any container you put me in.
What is a gas?
Columns on the periodic table are called this.
What are groups?
I should always do this FIRST whenever something breaks or there is an accident.
What is tell the teacher?
I came up with the table that everybody uses.
Who is Mendeleev?
This property means “the ability to be shaped.”
What is malleability?
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.
The periodic table features three main types of elements: name them.
What are metals, nonmetals and metalloids?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Chewing gum and eating are perfectly acceptable in the lab.
What is false?
I’m the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and I host a podcast called “Star Talk.”
Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson?
Allowing thermal energy and electricity to pass through gives a substance this property.
What is conductivity?
I’m shiny and tough. You can bend me into all kinds of shapes.
What is a metal?
The lathanide series of elements are also called this.
What are rare Earth elements?
I should always do this when I am finished with an experiment or lab.
What is clean up?
I discovered radium and I’m still the only person to win a Nobel Prize in 2 different scientific fields.
Who was Marie Curie?
This property means “can be stretched into a wire.”
What is ductile?
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?
Uranium and plutonium are part of this radioactive series.
What is the actinide series?
I should always do this before starting an investigation.
What is read the directions?