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The Ultimate Chemistry Quiz: 21 Flashcards

June 14, 2023 • Brainscape

Welcome to the ultimate chemistry quiz featuring Brainscape’s flashcards (https://www.brainscape.com) from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection of general knowledge flashcards! Find those (and more chemistry flashcards) here:

Get Smarter: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/get-smarter
Chemistry 101: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/chemistry-101
AP Chemistry: https://www.brainscape.com/learn/ap-chemistry
MCAT (Chemistry): https://www.brainscape.com/learn/mcat

In this video, we'll test your smarts with a selection of questions and answers that cover a wide range of chemistry facts, from the atoms that make up all living things to the reason you should never freeze glass bottles containing liquid! Some of the questions covered include:

0:20 - What is the common name for the frozen form of carbon dioxide, which begins to smoke as it melts?

0:47 - Which wealthy, Swedish scientist and arms manufacturer of the 19th century invented dynamite?

1:17 - What single element is both diamond and the graphite in your pencil made of?

1:33 - What molecule in peppers gives them their heat or spiciness?

2:09 - What is the simplest form of matter, consisting purely of a single kind of atom?

3:03 - Which two elements are found in all living things?

The questions and answers you see on the screen are actually screen recordings of Brainscape’s chemistry flashcards from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection (https://www.brainscape.com/learn/get-smarter), one of the most effective tools for improving your baseline knowledge in all the things you wished you’d learned in school!

With our sophisticated spaced repetition algorithm—and blend of cognitive learning tactics like active recall, metacognition, and interleaving practice—Brainscape empowers you to easily learn and retain large amounts of information, anytime and anywhere. Check out how it works here: https://www.brainscape.com/spaced-repetition

So, whether you're a science student, a trivia buff, or just someone who loves to learn new things, this collection of basic chemistry trivia is totally for you! So sit back, relax, and get ready to put your knowledge to the test and get smarter (https://www.brainscape.com/academy/get-smarter/) with Brainscape's flashcards.

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