Defintions
Electromagnetic Spectrum/Periodic Trends
Structure Determination
Random Iowa Trivia
100

The number of bonds an atom normally makes

Bonding Capacity/Valence

100
The only trend that increases towards the bottom left of the periodic table

Atomic radius

100

The second weakest bond in the molecule

C-H bond

100

The year the Catlett residence hall was completed

2017

200

A measure of the fraction of incident light that "successfully" passes through the substance and comes out the other side

Transmittance

200

The high energy wave

Wave a
200

A measurement proportional to wavenumber

Energy (joules)

200

The type of animal trophy that the University of Iowa and Univerity of of Minnesota battle for every football season

Pig (Floyd of Rosedale)

300

The sharing of electrons between two nonmetal elements

Covalent bond

300

The radiation types in the electromagnetic spectrum in order of decreasing wavelength

Radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays

300
The number of bonds that can be made to nitrogen (N)

3

300

Amount of money raised by Iowa's dance marathon in 2019 (closest is correct)

$2,960,403.25

400

Energy traveling through space as waves formed by oscillating electric and magnetic fields

Electromagnetic radiation 

400

One trend that increases to the top right of the periodic table 

Ionization energy

400

The structure of the unknown molecule

Pent-1-ene

400

The number of incoming students in the class of 2024

4,530

500

The energy required to remove an electron from a gaseous atom

Ionization energy

500

The number of photons in a 1.00 mJ burst of 325nm radiation.

1.63 x 1015 photons

500

Fragment structure with an m/z ratio of 55

CH2CH2CHCH2

500

Which famous pop artist performed at Homecoming on the Pentacrest in 2018?

Lizzo