Answer the following questions as quickly as possible. The answers are all single words or symbols. Symbols are accepted where the answer is an element.
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Answer
Hydrocarbon, unsaturated.
Alkene
Hydrocarbon, saturated.
Alkane
A large collection of atoms of one type.
Element
A collection of 6.022x10^23 'things' is known as a...:
Mole
Element which forms the majority of molecules in living creatures.
Carbon
Number of electrons in the s subshell.
2
Number of electrons in the p subshell.
6
Number of electrons in the d subshell.
10
Number of electrons in the f subshell.
14
Who's name is given to the rules for filling electron energy levels?
Hund
A compound/element that doesn't change a reaction but provides an alternative pathway, usually with a lower activation energy, and which frequently speeds up the reaction.
Catalyst
Metals such as Cr, Mn and Pt are known as '... metals'.
Transition
What element provides the ions used most widely in batteries used in electronic goods such as phones and laptops?
Lithium
Chemical species with one unpaired electron.
Radical
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Answer
A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is known as a what?
Group
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table goes by what term?
Period
Period of elements stretching from Lanthanum to Lutetium.
Lanthanides
Period of elements stretching from Actinium to Lawrencium.
Actinides
Mercury is in what physical state at room temperature and pressure?
Liquid
At room temperature and pressure, what physical state is hydrogen in?
Gas
What is the name given to the process where a substance transitions directly from the solid to the gas state?
Sublimation
In Organic Chemistry, a species attracted to a positive charge is called what?
Nucleophile
In Organic Chemistry, a species attracted to a negative charge is called what?
Electrophile
What is the formula for the gas humans and animals exhale, a product of respiration?
CO2
The splitting of which set of orbitals causes the colour seen in many transition metals?