Redox Reactions
Oxidation Numbers
Electrochemical Cells
Riddles
100

The process happening when the oxidation number of an element decreases after the reaction

What is reduction?

100

The oxidation number of O2

What is 0?

100

The electrode where oxidation occurs

What is the anode?

100

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

Nothing

200

An ion that does not change in oxidation number.

What is a spectator ion?

200

The oxidation number of hydrogen in H2O

What is +1?
200

The role of the salt bridge in an electrochemical cell

What is balancing the charge in each half-cell?

200

What do the letter "t" and an island have in common?

They're both in the middle of water.

300

Identify the elements that are being oxidized and reduced in the reaction: 4AsO (g) +O2 (g) → 2As2O3

What is As is oxidized and Oxygen is reduced?

300

The oxidation number of Mn in MnO2.

What is +4?

300

A electrochemical cell that drives a nonspontaneous process

What is an electrolytic cell?

300

It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?

Your name

400

Balance the Reaction:

___Cl2O5 +____ CO →____ Cl2 + ____CO2

What is Cl2O5 +5 CO → Cl2 + 5 CO2?

400

The oxidation number of Al in any compound.

What is +3?

400

The potential of a voltaic cell with the following half reactions:

Pb2+ + 2e- → Pb (s)        Eo = -0.13 V

Ni2+ + 2e- → Ni (s)        Eo = -0.26 V

What is 0.13 V?

400

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.

A candle

500

Identify the oxidized element and the reduced element

H2S (g) + SO2 (g) → S (s) + H2O (l)

What is Sulfur?

500

The oxidation number of each element in (NH4)2SO4

What is N=+3, H=+1, S=+6, O=-2?

500

The man who made the first battery

Who is Alessandro Volta?
500

What word in the English language does the following:

The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word? 

A Heroine