Chem Club Round 2

Chemical Reactions

100

Substances initially involved in a chemical reaction are known as what?

Reactants

200

What in particular is it that gives fireworks their myriad of colors?

Metallic Compounds

300

What are the generic products for an acid-base neutralization reaction?

A salt and water

400

What types of non-organic reactions involve the transfer of electrons?

Oxidation-Reduction reactions

500

What are the guaranteed products in a combustion reaction?

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Elements

100

The majority of elements on the periodic table are __________

Metals

200

What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?

Mercury 

300

This metal is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in our bodies. 

Magnesium 

400

All elemental metals are silver in color with these two being an exception. 

Gold and Copper

500

Which element has the largest range of temperatures for its liquid phase?

Gallium

Phases, phases, and more phases

100

Which phase has the least amount of atomic movement freedom?

Solids

200

What is it called on a phase diagram when all three elements are present at a certain pressure and temperature?

Triple point

300

As a solid melts what happens to its temperature?

It stays the same

400

Why does it take longer to boil an egg while climbing a mountain than at sea level?

Water boils at a lower temperature due to lower atmospheric pressure. 

500

What is the phase change called when a gas goes directly to a solid?

Deposition

It's all in the name

100

What is the correct chemical name for H2O

Dihydrogen Monoxide

200

This scientist developed the general theory of relativity and changed our understanding of space and time. 

Albert einstein

300

This scientist in 1902 discovered the element Radium. Their lab notebooks are still so radioactive they are kept in a lead box. 

Marie Curie

400

What is the correct name for the following compound: V₂(SO₃)₃

Vanadium (III) Sulfite

500

What is the name of the element with symbol W?

Tungsten 

Nuclear Chemistry

100

What is the name given to atoms of the same element that have different atomic weights?

Isotopes

200

What type of radioactive particle gave the hulk his powers?

Gamma rays

300

How many forms of radioactivity are there?

3

400

What isotope is used for radiometric dating (no not the getting dinner and a movie kind)?

Carbon-14

500

What was the worst nuclear disaster in the history of non-weaponized nuclear chemistry?

Chernobyl power plant explosion