What's My Name
Scientist Edition
Scientist Edition
I am the American inventor who accidentally made vulcanized rubber! You would think I died a wealthy man, but the opposite is true.
Bonus: Not including heat, what two materials did I use to make it?
Charles Goodyear
Bonus: Raw rubber and sulfur
1776:
Shy, quirky chemist Henry Cavendish has discovered this new gas by treating metals with muriatic acid
Hydrogen
True or False:
After testing our own rain, we found that most of the rain that falls in our area is dangerous to the environment because it is highly acidic.
False!
Thankfully, our experiments showed that most rainwater had a pH between 6 and 7, perfectly normal for rain and not dangerous for the environment.
Water
H20 (subscript two)
True or False:
Oxygen is a highly reactive element
True. Oxygen combines with almost any element
I am the British scientist who invented the Invisible College. While I studied at England's most prestigious university, my teachers still avoided experiments and relied on the teachings of ancients like Euclid and Ptolemy. I believed future achievements would come by experiments.
Robert Boyle
1912:
Many British explorers died in a tragic expedition to the South Pole. All the containers holding their materials disintegrated because this element becomes brittle at cold temperatures.
Bonus: What is the name of the leader of the expedition
Tin
Bonus: Robert F. Scott
List these substances from most acidic to most basic:
Bleach, Lemonade, Rainwater.
Bonus: What is the range of the pH scale that measures acidity?
Lemonade, Rainwater, Bleach
Bonus: pH scale: 1-14
Carbon Dioxide
CO2 (subscript 2)
This is the lightest gas in the atmosphere.
Hydrogen
I am a clergyman who loves to experiment with anything I find! I discovered carbonation by passing water from one cup to another over the vats of a brewery. I even discovered oxygen!
Joseph Priestly
Mid 1770s
Just after the discovery of oxygen, this Scottish physician formally acknowledged his discovery of nitrogen
Daniel Rutherford
List one use for phosphorous
Many answers including matches, china, bones, pesticides, and fire extinguishers
Hydrochloric Acid
HCl
There are oxides in the air. What is an oxide?
An oxide is a compound of oxygen and another element
I am the group of scientists who consistently tried to make gold out of lead and other materials. Maybe the Philosopher's Stone is the answer!
Alchemists
November 28, 1660
The Invisible College has officially become this institution.
Bonus: What is it's motto?
The Royal Society
Bonus: Nothing by mere authority
List three different forms of carbon or materials that contain carbon, from strongest to weakest
Diamond, Graphite, Charcoal, Gas etc. Many other answers may be valid if in the correct order
Hydrogen Peroxide
H2O2 (subscript both 2s)
This gas makes up 4/5 of the Earth's atmosphere, but is only 0.1% of the total elemental abundance in the cosmos
Nitrogen
I was a wealthy French chemist. I had one of the best laboratories in the world. I made sure to measure all of my materials with the best scales. I even used my large focusing lens to do experiments in the streets of Paris!
Antoine Lavoisier
1814:
By international agreement, chemists have decided to use elemental symbols suggested by this man
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
List the steps in the Scientific Method
Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Analysis/Results
Conclusion
(Optional: Ask another question)
Ammonia
NH3 (subscript 3)
Before they knew its chemical makeup, scientists used to call carbon dioxide this name
Fixed Air