Chemistry Trivia Questions
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What white powder results from burning a piece of sodium in a flask filled with chlorine gas?
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salt
In which city was the element Holmium named by Per Teodor Cleve?
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stockholm
Which element is central to the study of organic chemistry?
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carbon
Which element, with atomic number 6, can form single, double, or triple bonds when two of its atoms join together?
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carbon
What gas, also known as marsh gas, is found in natural gas and is lighter than air?
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methane
Which compound was found in Bauxite, Arkansas to reduce tooth decay?
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fluoride
Which element, crucial to organic chemistry, is known for forming diamonds?
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carbon
Which element is taken from the air by a fixation process to produce fertilizer?
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nitrogen
Which element had the highest known atomic number until 1940?
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uranium
What is the most common gas in the atmosphere that is sometimes used to make explosives?
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nitrogen
In chemistry, what is an atom or molecule with a single unpaired one of these called a free radical?
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electron
What is the element for which compounds are called fluorides?
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fluorine
What is the element that follows neptunium in the periodic table?
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plutonium
What element combines with three hydrogen atoms to form a molecule of ammonia?
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nitrogen
Which chemical element is abbreviated as Kr on the periodic table?
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krypton
What is the lightest of the halogens, with a name derived from the Latin word for 'to flow'?
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fluorine
What element, symbolized as Sr, has a radioactive isotope 90 commonly found in fallout?
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strontium
What is the name of the metal widely used to plate other metals that comes from a Greek word meaning 'color'?
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chromium
What gas is added to oils to change them from liquids to solids and to give them freshness?
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hydrogen
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