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100

In the upcoming 2027 film, Frozen 3, Elsa creates ice and snow with her powers. This is the chemical formula for the water that makes up ice and snow.

What is H2O?

100

This chemical element sounds like a famous superhero’s weakness, but is actually used in light bulbs and glowing signs.

What is Krypton (Kr)?

100

This precious metal has the chemical symbol Au on the periodic table and is commonly used to make jewelry, coins, and medals.

What is Gold?

100

This element is found in high levels in bananas.

What is Potassium (K)?

100

This is the basic building block of all matter and chemistry.

What is an atom?

200

In Minecraft, players mine diamonds to craft useful gear such as armor and weapons. Real-life diamonds are made entirely of this chemical element.

What is Carbon (C)?

200

If you spill this common white kitchen seasoning, you’ve technically spilled sodium chloride.

What is salt?

200

This famous female scientist discovered radium and polonium and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Who was Marie Curie?

200

This element is prominent in toothpaste.

What is Fluoride (F)?

200

This element is the most abundant in the universe.

What is Hydrogen (H)?

300

In the Wicked franchise, Elphaba is famous for her green skin. The color of a substance depends on the wavelengths of visible light it absorbs and the wavelengths it _____

What is reflects (or transmits)?

300

This morning beverage can be spelled out with the chemical formula for cobalt and iron.

What is coffee (CoFe₂)?

300

Before digital cameras and smartphones, this shiny metal was commonly used in photographic film to help capture pictures.

What is Silver (Ag)?

300

This chemical compound is ice melt.

What is Calcium Chloride (CaCl2)?

Also: Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2), Sodium Chloride (NaCl), Potassium Chloride (KCl), Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA)

300

This chemical element has the atomic number 26 and is the main ingredient in steel. It is commonly used in buildings, cars, and tools.

What is Iron (Fe)?

400

In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker shoots sticky webs to swing from building to building. Real spider silk is made of long chains of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. This type of molecule is formed when amino acids join together.

What are proteins?

400

This chemical element is a play on words for the answer to what you should do with a chemist who has passed away.

What is Barium (Ba)?

(Bury ’em)

400

This groundbreaking scientist discovered penicillin in 1928 after noticing that mold was killing bacteria in a laboratory.

Who was Alexander Fleming?

400

Between tea and coffee, this morning beverage contains more caffeine.

What is tea?

400

When two atoms, such as hydrogen and oxygen, join together to form a molecule (H₂O), they share electrons. This type of chemical bond holds these atoms together.

What is a covalent bond?

500

This TikTok viral skincare ingredient attracts and holds water to help hydrate skin. It is most commonly used in serums and ends with the word “acid”.

What is hyaluronic acid?

500

You might tell a friend to look on “the bright side” of this element, which glows red in advertising signs.

What is Neon (Ne)?

500

This chemical element is used as fuel in many nuclear power plants to produce electricity.

What is Uranium (U)?

500

When you feel thirsty, you have lost this much of your water weight.

What is 1%?

500

This is the total number of elements on the periodic table.

What is 118?