Science Fact Finder

Metals

1. Which metallic element is the most abundant? [answer]
2. What are the noble metals? [answer]
3. What are the precious metals? [answer]
4. Where were the first successful ironworks in the United States? [answer]
5. What is a tiger's eye? [answer]
6. Which countries have uranium deposits? [answer]
7. What is sterling silver? [answer]
8. How does the emerald get its color? [answer]
9. What are the chief gold-producing countries? [answer]
10. What is 24 karat gold? [answer]
11. Is white gold really gold? [answer]

Rocks, Minerals, And Other Natural Materials

1. How does a rock differ from a mineral? [answer]
2. What is fool's gold? [answer]
3. What are the different categories of rocks? [answer]
4. What is petrology and what does a petrologist do? [answer]
5. How are fossils formed? [answer]
6. What is a geode? [answer]
7. How is petrified wood formed? [answer]
8. How old are fossils? [answer]
9. Are there any diamond mines in the United States? [answer]
10. How can a genuine diamond be identified? [answer]
11. Which diamond is the world's largest? [answer]
12. How much wood is used to make a ton of paper? [answer]
13. Does any type of wood sink in water? [answer]
14. Which woods are used for telephone poles? [answer]
15. Why are essential oils called "essential"? [answer]
16. Where does a luffa sponge come from? [answer]
17. What is diatomite? [answer]

Manufactured Materials

1. When was plastic first invented? [answer]
2. Who invented thermopane glass? [answer]
3. Who developed fiberglass? [answer]
4. How is bulletproof glass made? [answer]
5. What is buckminsterfullerene? [answer]
6. Why is sulfuric acid important? [answer]
7. How is dry ice made? [answer]
8. What material is used to make a tuning fork? [answer]
9. How is sandpaper made? [answer]
10. What is solder? [answer]
11. What is creosote? [answer]
12. What is slag? [answer]
13. Why is titanium dioxide the most widely used white pigment? [answer]