Colorful Chemistry
Light wavelengths from 380 to 700 nanometers can be seen by the naked eye. This is called the blank spectrum
What is visible
Deep within the bowels of CBU, a system of caverns known as these are said to exist, in which decomposing bodies used to be stored.
What are catacombs
Alcoholic beverages are made through a process called blank, in which yeast and bacteria metabolize sugars in various foods to produce ethanol and carbon dioxide
What is fermentation
This gas makes up roughly 21% of our atmosphere and binds to hemoglobin
What is Oxygen
The Mona Lisa, located in the Louvre since 1797, was painted by this og renaissance man
Who is Da Vinci
This planet appears red due to its surface being covered in Iron Oxide or rust
What is Mars
The James building was originally this in the 1920s
When alcohol is consumed, a warm feeling may be experienced. This warmth is due to the expansion of the blood vessels, known scientifically as blank
What is dilation, or dilating
This American physicist who led the Manhattan Project, was an admirer of the Danish chemist Niels Bohr, with whom he worked to develop the atomic bomb during WWII
Who is Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
This painter cut off his own ear after getting in a heated argument with his friend Paul Gaugin
Who is Van Gogh
Elemental oxygen condenses at -183 degrees Celcius. Liquid oxygen is this color.
What is blue
The fountain between the James building and the front lawn features a statue of this Roman goddess of luck
What is Fortuna
Cells found in this human organ have a high concentration of the enzymes alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase, and perform the bulk of ethanol metabolism
What is the liver
This rule states that atoms tend to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell
What is the octet rule
This artist with a calm voice and demeanor offered 'happy little' painting tutorials in his series 'The Joy of Painting', which first aired in 1984
Who is Bob Ross
Different alkali metal salts, such as potassium, barium, and strontium, are used in these to produce different colors
What are fireworks
The CBU library has one of the largest collections of Holocaust related material on the West Coast. It is known as the "Nie Weider" collection, a German phrase meaning this.
What is "Never Again"
If you have taken organic with Nalbandian, you should know that ethanol is this type of alcohol, a classification based on how many carbons are bonded to the alpha carbon (primary, secondary or tertiary).
What is primary
This thick metal is twice as dense as lead and is the densest naturally occurring element. It is also abbreviated in the periodic table as Os
What is Osmium
This 20th-century Mexican artist who married Diego Rivera has become a symbol of counter-culture. One of her more famous paintings features two versions of her, with an exposed heart and blood vessels.
Who is Frida Kahlo
Humans and other mammals have red blood due to hemoglobin being red in its oxygenated form. Octopi and other crustaceans have this color of oxygenated blood due to hemocyanin.
What is blue
This professor, who attended the ivy league Columbia University in New York, is the only ivy league professor in the chemical sciences department
Who is Dr. Tsai
Ethanol (C2H5OH) has an approximate molar mass of this many atomic mass units
C = 12
O = 16
H = 1
What is 46 amu
This SI unit named after a German physicist is used to determine the electrical resistance of a material or device. It is also a sacred sound in the Indic religions
What is an Ohm
Pablo Picasso invented this style of art, which attempted to use basic geometric shapes to portray natural features
what is cubism