Description : In 1962, at Argonne National Laboratory, Neil Bartlett first synthesized what type of compound?
Last Answer : ANSWER: A XENON COMPOUND WAS FORMED or A NOBLE GAS COMPOUND WAS FORMED
Description : In what U.S. state were most of the transuranic elements first created?
Last Answer : ANSWER: CALIFORNIA
Description : This natural fiber obtained from the stems of a plant of the nettle family has found popularity in modern fibers with a high wet strength, absorbent but dries quickly, it can be spun or woven, has a high rot ... a source of heat or power? w) Plutonium-238 x) Strontium-90 y) Cesium-137 z) Uranium-235
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- PLUTONIUM-238
Description : The launch of the first LIQUID fueled rocket in the world is attributed to: w) China x) Russia y) United States z) Germany
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- UNITED STATES
Description : f-block elements are also called (a) Alkali metals (b) Inner transition elements (c) Transition elements (d) Transuranic elements
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Deforestation is not a major environmental problem in w) the Amazon x) Borneo y) Oregon z) West Germany
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- WEST GERMANY
Description : Which of the following elements has the highest first ionization energy? w) Helium x) Neon y) Fluorine z) Argon
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- HELIUM
Description : Which of the following chemists was the first to use letters as symbols for elements? w) Ernest Oliver Lawrence x) Louis Andrew Proust y) Jons Jacob Berzelius z) none of these
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- JONS JACOB BERZELIUS
Description : Which of the following elements is not an alkaline earth metal? w) beryllium x) barium y) calcium z) rubidium
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- RUBIDIUM
Description : Which of the following elements does not occur in nature as a native ore? w) silver x) gold y) platinum z) aluminum
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- ALUMINUM
Description : Which of the following elements does not normally occur as a diatomic molecule? w) hydrogen x) chlorine y) argon z) oxygen
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- ARGON
Description : Radon differs from other naturally radioactive elements in which one of the following ways. Is it because radon w) is extremely radioactive x) decays into the element radium y) is a noble gas z) is as chemically active as fluorine
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- IS A NOBLE GAS
Description : Of the nonmetallic elements the one least likely to be found in organic compounds is: w) nitrogen x) phosphorus y) chlorine z) selenium
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- SELENIUM
Description : Which of the 3rd period elements loses electrons most readily? w) Sodium x) Magnesium y) Aluminum z) Silicon
Last Answer : ANSWER: A-SODIUM
Description : Elements that exist in two or more distinctly different solid forms are known as: w) azeotropes x) allotropes y) isotopes z) isochores
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ALLOTROPES
Description : What are the major constituents of typical fly ash particles generated from the combustion of coal? w) acidic and basic oxides x) trace elements y) unburned carbon z) sulfates and phosphates
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- ACIDIC AND BASIC OXIDES
Description : Which of the following groups of elements have an OUTER ELECTRONIC configuration of S-2-P-2? w) halogens x) Nitrogen-Phosphorus Group y) Carbon-Silicon Group z) Boron-Aluminum Group
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- CARBON-SILICON GROUP
Description : Which of the following elements would most likely be a silvery solid at room temperature? w) Sodium x) Silicon y) Selenium z) Astatine
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- SODIUM
Description : Which of the following elements would form a covalent bond with Bromine? w) Calcium x) Aluminum y) Oxygen z) Tin
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- OXYGEN
Description : Which of the following elements has the largest crystallographic radius? w) Mg x) N y) K z) F
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- K
Description : Which one of the following elements is not found in nature? w) Technetium x) Iridium y) Osmium z) Molybdenum
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- TECHNETIUM
Description : The molar volume of which two elements is the same at standard temperature and pressure? w) fluorine and bromine x) fluorine and iodine y) fluorine and chlorine z) bromine and iodine
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- FLUORINE AND CHLORINE
Description : Which of the following elements gains electrons most readily? w) Sodium x) Magnesium y) Aluminum z) Fluorine
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- FLUORINE
Description : Which of the following elements has the highest electronegativity? w) Lithium x) Iodine y) Cesium z) Oxygen
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- OXYGEN
Description : Teflon is produced by polymerizing ethylene which hydrogen substituted with one of the following elements: w) teflinium x) tin y) fluorine z) carbon
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- FLUORINE
Description : Of the following elements which has the largest atomic radius? w) Ba x) F y) C z) Be
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- Ba
Description : The elements that have an outer electron configuration ns2 (read: n - s - 2) are called: w) halogens x) transition metals y) alkaline earths z) noble gases
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- ALKALINE EARTHS
Description : The lanthanide series elements are also known as: w) rare earth elements x) non-metals y) fifth period elements z) sixth period elements
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
Description : Which of the following elements forms a tetrahedra structure? w) carbon x) beryllium y) boron z) fluorine
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- CARBON
Description : Which of the following elements can form the great number of covalent bonds? w) carbon x) nitrogen y) oxygen z) sulfur
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- SULFUR
Description : Which of the following elements would form an acid oxide with the formula XO2 and an acidic compound with hydrogen with the formula XH2? w) Sodium x) Magnesium y) Aluminum z) Sulfur
Description : Which of the following four elements has the largest atomic radius? Is it: w) strontium x) francium y) calcium z) bromine
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- FRANCIUM
Description : The elements in group 1A of the periodic table are called: w) halogens x) alkaline earths y) alkali metals z) rare earths
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- ALKALI METALS
Description : Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental properties in 1869? w) Theodore Richards x) Antoine Lavoisier y) Dmitri Mendeleev z) Svante Arrhenius
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- DMITRI MENDELEEV
Description : Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium? w) John Dalton x) Dmitri Mendeleev y) Emil Fischer z) Marie Curie
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- MARIE CURIE
Description : Which animal is the center of the timber-harvest controversy in the Pacific Northwest? w) blackfooted ferret x) California condor y) northern spotted owl z) gray wolf
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
Description : A city that suffered a major earthquake, but is not on a plate boundary, is w) Los Angeles, California x) San Francisco, California y) Tokyo, Japan z) Charleston, South Carolina
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Description : The San Andreas fault in California is a classic example of which of the following types of faults? w) tear fault x) upthrust fault y) dip-slip fault z) strike-slip fault
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
Description : In which of these states can large numbers of drumlins be found? w) Oregon x) California y) Texas z) Wisconsin
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- WISCONSIN
Description : In 1991, critical habitat was designated for this well-known species in the states of Washington, Oregon and California. w) brown bear x) northern spotted owl y) bald eagle z) snail darter
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
Description : The principle that energy may be converted from one form to another but it cannot be either created or destroyed is: w) First Law of Thermodynamics. x) Second Law of Thermodynamics. y) Third Law of Thermodynamics. z) Principle of photoelectricity.
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.
Description : To whom the credit for the discovery of transuranic element goes?
Last Answer : Seaborg
Description : In 1879 in Leipzig Germany the first psychological laboratory was developed by .?
Last Answer : Wilhelm Wundt
Description : In a spent fuel assembly, the radioactive elements having the longest half-lives are the: w) fission products x) actinides y) activation products z) radioisotopes of lead
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ACTINIDES
Description : The mass spectrograph directly yields a value for which one of the following? w) mass of a photon x) mass of a neutron y) masses of isotopes of elements z) mass to charge ratio of ions
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- MASS TO CHARGE RATIO OF IONS
Description : Which of the following elements is found in the earth's crust as both a native element and as a compound? w) argon x) copper y) chlorine z) silicon
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- COPPER
Description : Diamond and graphite are polymorphs of which of th following elements? w) magnesium x) carbon y) sulfur z) nitrogen
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- CARBON
Description : Steel is composed of a number of elements. The two essential elements are iron and w) aluminum x) carbon y) nickel z) silicon
Description : Which of the following elements was unknown to ancient civilizations? w) tin x) aluminum y) mercury z) sulfur
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ALUMINUM
Description : What are the three elements of a bipolar transistor? Are they the: w) grid, plate, cathode x) suppressor, deflector, target y) energizer, controller, terminus z) emitter, base, collector
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- EMITTER, BASE, COLLECTOR