1. Physical Science Jeopardy
Atoms & Elements
Properties
Periodic Table
Mixtures & Solutions
Metals
100
200
300
400
500
600
700

2. Electrons have what kind of charge?
Atoms & Elements, 100
Electrons have what kind of charge?
Negative

3. What is all matter made of?
Atoms & Elements, 200
What is all matter made of?
Atoms

4. What element is most of the Earth’s core made out of?
Atoms & Elements, 300
What element is most of the Earth’s core made out of?
Iron

5. About how many elements occur naturally on Earth?
Atoms & Elements, 400
About how many elements occur naturally on Earth?
About 90

6. In a molecule of carbon dioxide, most of the atoms are _____.
Atoms & Elements, 500
In a molecule of carbon dioxide, most of the atoms are _____.
Oxygen

7. What is the element that makes up 65% of your body?
Atoms & Elements, 600
What is the element that makes up 65% of your body?
Oxygen

8. What tool do you need to see atoms and molecules?
Atoms & Elements, 700
What tool do you need to see atoms and molecules?
Electron microscope (scanning tunneling microscope)

9. Name the three states of matter.
Properties, 100
Name the three states of matter.
Solid, liquid, gas

10. What state of matter has definite shape and volume?
Properties, 200
What state of matter has definite shape and volume?
Solid

11. What state of matter has definite volume and no definite shape?
Properties, 300
What state of matter has definite volume and no definite shape?
Liquid

12. What state of matter has no definite shape or volume?
Properties, 400
What state of matter has no definite shape or volume?
Gas

13. Name three properties of metals.
1. Malleable 2. Lustrous 3. Conducts heat 4. Conducts electricity 5. Ductile

14. Properties, 600
A characteristic that describes a substance, such as size, shape, and texture is ___________.
A physical property

15. Properties, 700
What is a characteristic that describes how a substance is changed when it reacts with other substances?
A chemical property

16. What is Oxygen’s atomic symbol?
Periodic Table, 100
What is Oxygen’s atomic symbol? O

17. Name the atomic number of zinc.
Periodic Table, 200
Name the atomic number of zinc. 30

18. What element has the atomic number of 1?
Periodic Table, 300
What element has the atomic number of 1?
Hydrogen

19. What is the name of the element named after Dmitry Mendeleyev?
Periodic Table, 400
What is the name of the element named after Dmitry Mendeleyev?
Mendelevium

20. What is the periodic table of elements?
A way to organize the elements based on atomic number.

21. How are elements grouped on the periodic table?
Atomic number and common properties

22. Who organized the current periodic table?
Mendeleyev

23. Mixtures & Solutions, 100
Is root beer a mixture?
Yes.

24. Two or more substances mixed together.
Mixtures & Solutions, 200
What is a mixture?
Two or more substances mixed together.

25. What is a solution? Mixtures & Solutions, 300
A solution is a mixture formed when one or more substances dissolve in another liquid.

26. Can all mixtures be separated?
Mixtures & Solutions, 400
Can all mixtures be separated?
Yes.

27. Can you separate all mixtures with a coffee filter?
Mixtures & Solutions, 500
Can you separate all mixtures with a coffee filter?
No.

28. Mixtures & Solutions, 600
Which of these is not a solution? A) Salt and water, B) Sugar and water, C) Sand and water, D) none of the above C

29. How is a solution a mixture?
Mixtures & Solutions, 700
How is a solution a mixture?
A solution is a mixture because two or more substances are mixed together.

30. Metals, 100
Can Copper turn green?
Yes.

31. Metal cannot bend. True or False?
Metals, 200
Metal cannot bend. True or False?
False.

32. Are metals found in the human body?
Yes.

33. Can all metals conduct electricity?
Yes.

34. Copper can conduct heat. True or False?
Metals, 500
Copper can conduct heat. True or False?
True.

35. What two metals are found in the Earth’s core?
Iron and Nickel

36. A metal made of more than one element.
Metals, 700
What is a metal alloy?
A metal made of more than one element.