Periodic Table
This is the only element lighter than lead with no stable isotopes
Technetium
Who was the first Woman to win a Nobel Prize, and only ever person to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields?
Marie Curie
You boil water in a pan and see tiny bubbles form before it actually boils.
A) Those are early signs of boiling — steam bubbles.
B) Those are dissolved gases (like air) escaping before the water boils.
B
What is the fundamental unit of life?
The cell
The Haber-Bosch process consumes an estimated 1-2% of the worlds energy supply, what does this immensely important process produce?
Ammonia(NH3)
What two elements were named after people who were alive at the time of their naming?
Seaborgium and Oganneson. (Glenn Seaborg(1997) and Yuri Oganesson(2016))
Who created the first widely recognized periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
What causes the change from clear to white when cooking an egg?
Proteins denaturing
What organelle is responsible for converting sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis?
The chloroplast
What type of analysis is utilized to determine the elemental make up of stars?
Spectroscopy
At an estimated 1 billion $ per gram, what is the most expensive Element on the Periodic Table?
Francium
Aqua Regia(HCl and HNO3)
What is the primary compound associated with artificial butter popcorn flavor?
Diacetyl
What enzyme synthesizes DNA?
DNA Polymerase
What is the main compound you smell when it rains?
Geosmin
What is the rarest naturally occuring element on Earth?
Astatine
Who is considered the "Father of Modern Chemistry"?
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Why are carrots sweeter in winter?
They produce extra sugar to prevent themselves from freezing(freezing point depression).
This neurotransmitter was the first one ever discovered and its main function is in stimulating muscle contraction.
Acetylcholine
What South American country is named after an element?
Argentina, after the latin word for silver(argentum)
Which superheavy metal is predicted to be a gas at room temperature?
Copernicium
What controversial famous Medicinal Chemist, Biochemist, Pharmacologist, Psychopharmacologist, and author, personally bioassayed over 200 novel compounds he synthesized?
Alexander Shulgin
When you brown bread in a toaster or sear a steak, what chemical reaction creates the new flavors and aromas?
The Maillard Reaction
What organ AND what specific type of cells in this organ produce Insulin?
Pancreas, β-cells
What effect causes mercury to be liquid and gold to be soft?
Relativistic effects