Download Chemistry Scavenger Hunt

Chemistry Scavenger Hunt
Name ______________________________
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Date:______________
Go to http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem.html
Click on the CHEMystery section on the left hand side of the page under the
section titled General Sites
CHEMystery
Go to the “States of Matter” area (left side) to find the answers to these questions.
1. Matter is anything occupying _______________ and having ______________; it is the
material of the _______________.
2. There are three main phases of matter: _____________, ________________, and
_____________. There is also a fourth phase, ______________, but it exists at very high
temperatures.
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Click the back button to return to the website.
Click on the Science is Fun section on the left hand side of the page nde rthe
section titled General Sites
Science Is Fun 2
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Go to the “ChemTime Clock” (in the purple test tube!) area to find the
answers to these questions.
1. All materials, whether solid, liquid or gas, are made of _______________.
Atoms are the smallest ____________of ___________. Scientists have found over
_____________ different kinds of atoms. The many different materials we encounter are
made from _______________________ of these atoms. A material in which all atoms are
the same kind is called an ______________. Therefore, there are over ____ different
elements. Each element has been assigned a number, called its ___________
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2. Search for information about each element on the ChemTime Clock. Use the chemical
symbol to identify each element.
____ Lightest atom
____ Found in borax
____ Major component of air
____ An element in table salt
____ Used in “mag” wheels
____ Used in laundry detergents
____ Beryl, emeralds, and aquamarine
____ Diamond and graphite
____ Name from Greek word for sun
____ Found in buckyballs
____ Atomic number of 2Chem4Kids
____ Glows red-orange with electricity
____ 2nd most abundant element on Earth
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____Lightest Metal
____ Atomic number of 7
____ Used in making toothpaste
____ Atomic number of 12
____ Atomic number of 9
____ First discovered in the sun
____ Atomic number of 11
____ Atomic number of 3
____ Most common atom in universe
Go back to the following website http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem.html
Click on All About Atoms section on the left hand side of the page under the
section titled General Sites
1. Atoms are made out of three basic parts: Protons which carry a ______________
charge, electrons which carry a ________________ charge and neutrons which carry a
__________________ charge.
2. Which two parts join together to make the nucleus?
______________________ and ______________________
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Go to the following website http://www.quia.com/jg/65904.html
Click on the image that says “Matching”
Play the game to discover the names of these common chemicals and compounds
Acetic acid ______________________
Sodium bicarbonate ___________________
Ascorbic acid ______________________
Sodium chloride ______________________
Acetylsalicylic acid ______________________
How did you do?
o Great
o Fair
Sucrose__________________________
Retinol__________________________
Thaimine_________________________
Cobalamin________________________
Sodium hydroxide __________________
o Need practice!