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100
This prefix should be used to measure the size of an atom.
What are Nanometers?
100
A scientist obtained 0.0008367070 on a calculator. If the number actually had 5 significant figures how would it be written
What is .00083671
100
Which of these is NOT an element: Pt, Y, No U, Nm?
What is Nm?
100
Name all states of matter
solid, liquid, gas, plasma
100
The program CAMP is an acronym that stands for this
what is California Alliance for Minority Participation
200
This is the average weight of an element and all of its Isotopes.
What is AMU?
200
How many atoms are in 4.3g of solid Sulfur?
8.1 x 1022 atoms
200
How many protons neutrons and electrons are in the following:
Al3+
Protons:13
Neutrons:10
electrons :10
200
What is the name of this device
Mass spectrometer
200
The Middle Earth dorms were founded in this year at UCI
What is 1974
300
What is the name of
wavelengths shorter than visible light, ranging from 10 to 400 nanometers
What are Ultraviolet Waves?
300
Convert 851 miles to km (1m = 1.094 yds, 1 mile= 1760
1370km
300
Which choice has more electrons?
Au4+, Re, Os-1, Ta-3
Os-1
300
What is the only letter in the English alphabet that is not represented by an element on the periodic table.
J
300
UCI has an admission rate of what?
what is 28.7%
400
I have a DEFINITE volume and a relatively HIGH density. What state(s) am I?
Solid and Liquid
400
Find the frequency of a photon with a wavelength of 4,443.1 nm. Provide your answer in the units of Terahertz (1 THz = 1012 Hz). For the purposes of this problem, take the speed of light to be equal to 3.00 x 108 m/s.
67.5 THz
400
With 1g, you would have more mols of which: Cl, Ni2, C10, O2?
O2
400
This gas law describes the inverse relationship between pressure and volume at constant temperature.
What is Boyles law
400
What are 10 engineering majors provided at UCI
What is Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
500
A photon with a wavelength of 10 cm can be classified as:
(Hint: Electromagnetic)
What are microwaves?
500
With 9.6 grams of glucose C6H12O6 and 3.5 grams of NaCl Salt, which has more mols?
(Hint, these are compounds when finding their molar weight)
Salt
0.0599 > 0.0533
500
Write the isotope for the following imaginary neutral atoms:
a. Uf (29 protons, 28 neutrons, 29 electrons)
b. Mj (50 protons, 49 neutrons, 50 electrons)
5729Uf , 9950Mj
500
Although the Nobel Peace Prize was never awarded for it, this invention by the chemist Alfred Nobel led him to establish the Nobel Prizes.
What is dynamite
500
Nick and Aracely both graduted this year what were their majors.
Nick: biological sciences
Aracely: public health sciences and chicano latino studies