Science of Pokemon
Combusken is named after this reaction.
What is Combustion?
In the pursuit of Elixir of Immortality, Chinese alchemists discovered an explosive they first used for fireworks before its use in firearms.
What is black powder?
Skatole is indole found in perfume, essential oils, bad breath, and this.
What is scat?
In this state, matter takes the shape of its container, and the free-moving molecules within still interact with each other.
What is a liquid?
Both the pokemon Dragalge and its inspiration, the Leafy Seadragon, use this adaptation to blend into their surroundings.
What is Camouflage?
This Polish chemist was not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize but was the first person to win the Nobel Prize twice - for physics in 1903 and for chemistry 1911 - while pioneering research in radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This state has a flag with an eagle, an elk, cows, and ... oh, beaver.
Who is Oregon?
This electric/ghost type gets its name from the electric motor.
Who is Rotom?
This alumni of Oregon State University contributed to the Manhattan Project in WW II, protested nuclear weapon proliferation and war, and studied vitamin C as an antioxidant.
Who is Linus Pauling?
Chrysopoiea, a goal of alchemists dating back to ancient Greece, sought to create this precious metal. This feat was achieved in 1941 and again 1980 with a particle accelerator.
What is gold?
This word describes two things:
1) A branch of mathematics developed by Isaac Newton
2) A dental calcium phosphate mineral deposit formed by the bacteria responsible for tooth decay
What is calculus?
This term refers to a molecule's energy floor.
What is the ground state?
This legendary Pokemon was partly inspired by the discovery of antimatter.
Who is Giratina?
Mario Marino was the 1995 Nobel Prize winner for expanding our knowledge of this atmospheric region in the Earth's stratosphere. This region absorbs 97-99% of UV radiation from the sun.
What is the ozone layer?
Named after and smelling like a cadaver, this diamine is found in the fifth stage of death -- putrefaction.
What is cadaverine?
This state holds the world's second largest asteroid impact, pyramids, and yucas.
What is the State of Yucatan?
This dinosaur is a transitional fossil between non-avian dinosaurs and birds and was the inspiration for Archen and Archeops.
What is Archaeopteryx?
This African American chemist made multiple breakthroughs like the synthesis of the birth control hormone progesterone, wood glue, and paint from soy beans.
Who is Percy Lavon Julian?
Uroborus, a serpent eating its own tail, inspired August Kukele's model for this six-carbon aromatic compound.
What is benzene?
The coral-eating crown-of-thorn starfish has a surprising weakness. This foul-smelling steroid acid mixture is found in mammalian guts like our own.
What is bile?
This state of matter is predominantly found in the sun.
What is plasma?