Science Fact Finder

Chemists And Chemical Principles

1. Who are some of the founders of modern chemistry? [answer]
2. Who made the first organic compound to be synthesized from inorganic ingredients? [answer]
3. Who is known as the founder of crystallography? [answer]
4. When was spontaneous combustion first recognized? [answer]

Physicists And Physical Principles

1. Who is generally regarded as the person who discovered the electron, the proton, and the neutron? [answer]
2. What is the speed of light? [answer]
3. What were some of the leading contributions of Albert Einstein? [answer]
4. What is inertia? [answer]
5. Who is generally regarded as the founder of quantum mechanics? [answer]
6. Who is the founder of the science of magnetism? [answer]
7. How is ''absolute zero" defined? [answer]
8. Who invented the thermometer? [answer]
9. What is the Kelvin temperature scale and how does it compare with Celsius and Fahrenheit scales? [answer]
10. What is an adiabatic process? [answer]
11. Why does a boomerang return to its thrower? [answer]
12. Does water running down a drain rotate in a different direction in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? [answer]
13. What is a Leyden jar? [answer]

Chemical Elements

1. What are the two most abundant chemical elements on Earth? [answer]
2. Who developed the periodic table? [answer]
3. What are the alkali metalls? [answer]
4. What are the alkaline earth metals? [answer]
5. Which elements are liquid at room temperature? [answer]
6. What are the transition elements? [answer]
7. What are some chemical elements whose symbols are not derived from their English names? [answer]
8. Which elements have the most isotopes? [answer]
9. Which chemical element is the most abundant one in the universe? [answer]
10. What is heavy water? [answer]

Matter

1. What are the four states of matter? [answer]
2. What are the subatomic particles? [answer]
3. How did the quark get its name? [answer]
4. What are the characteristics of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation? [answer]
5. Why is liquid water more dense than ice? [answer]

Light And Sound

1. Is light made of waves or particles? [answer]
2. Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? [answer]
3. What are the colors in light? [answer]
4. Why does the color of clothing appear different in direct light than it does under fluorescent lignt? [answer]
5. What is the speed of sound? [answer]
6. What causes the sounds that are heard in a seashell? [answer]
7. What is a decibel? [answer]
8. What is the Doppler effect? [answer]

Terms And Measurements

1. What is the density of air? [answer]
2. What are the gas laws? [answer]
3. How did the electrical term "ampere" originate? [answer]
4. What is a mole in chemistry? [answer]
5. What is "STP"? [answer]
6. How did the electrical unit "volt" originate? [answer]
7. How did the electrical unit "watt" originate? [answer]
8. What does half-life mean? [answer]