Scavenger+Hunt

Chemistry Scavenger Hunt

Instructions:
Students, please answer the questions below. You can find the answers to these questions by clicking the links found within the questions themselves. Check your answers here.

Ratio Hunt
Group Member: William Douglas
 * [[image:goldenratio.jpg width="64" height="40" link="@https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIw8NF7QklUjQbL6O-_wXjrxFZrhyn7mRAaozmnCRkmapMWeG8Uw"]]Question 1: What two //recent// television shows made references to the golden ratio?


 * [[image:Sean Gullette.jpg width="43" height="64" link="@http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347797/"]] Question 2: What ratio is also a movie title?


 * [[image:slope.png width="52" height="39" link="@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Znak_A-23.svg"]] Question 3: Which ratio represents the inclination of one curve or line with respect to another?



The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group Member: Alexander Hoffman
 * Question 1: What two men in the 1860s produced remarkable similar results while working independently on the periodic table?
 * Question 2: What happens to the outer-most electrons in an element as you move down the periodic table?
 * Question 3: According to the periodic table, the atomic structure of Potassium has how many energy levels? [Hint: the atomic symbol of Potassium is "K"]



The Octet Rule
Group Member: Alexa Nappi
 * Question 1: A molecule that has a [|bond order] of __ cannot exist.
 * Question 2: Do [|free radicals] fulfill the octet rule properly?
 * Question 3: How many [|valence electrons] make up a full outer orbital?



Units and Measurement
Group Member: Justin Pfleiger
 * Question 1: Scientific Notation uses the powers-of-___ notation?
 * Question 2: According to which method should the number 5 be rounded up half of the time and rounded down half the time?
 * Question 3: Why are metric prefixes used when talking about measurement?



Atomic Structure
Group Member: Kayla Walter
 * Question 1: [|Who] created a model for the atom that is built up of successive orbital shells of electrons? [Hint try the 1900s]
 * Question 2: What [|part of an atom] is negatively charged?
 * Question 3: What is another name for an[| electron shell?]