The Disappearing Spoon

Chapters 12-15(Unknown Author)

Fill in the blank.

  1. ______The Curie’s discovered 2 elements while working with Uranium ore. They were Radium and _____.
  2. ______is a uranium rich ore that Marie and Pierre Curie utilized to obtain pure uranium. Their work with this substance led to the discovery of 2 new elements and a second Nobel prize for Marie Curie in 1911 (Pierre had already died at the time of the award.)
  3. ______At one time, this element was more precious than gold and therefore, we capped the Washington Monument with it because of the monument’s importance.
  4. ______This element, found in high concentration in the locoweed plant, causes “Blind Staggers” in cattle yet we need it as a nutrient in trace amounts.
  5. ______In 1962, a Canadian, Neil Bartlett created the first noble gas compound. This element reacted with Platinum hexafluoride. It’s electrons are so far from the nucleus which allow this to happen when reacting with very active substances.
  6. ______To get his “inert” gas to react, scientists had to lower that temperature to -240°F, at which temperature Fluorine can react with it.
  7. ______The single hardest element humans have forced into a compound is _____. Back in the year 2000, scientists were able to lower the temperature of -445°F and react it with Fluorine, once again.

Complete sentences on your own paper.

Chapter Twelve: Political Elements(M. Hollingsworth)

1. Why did Pierre & Marie Curie win the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics?

2. Why did Marie Curie win the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

3. How long does it take the human body to recycle an average water molecule?

4. What did the discovery of nuclear fission lead to?

Chapter Thirteen: Elements as Money(M. Hollingsworth)

1. What is bronze?

2. In reality, what was Midas’ touch?

3. How does Europium combat counterfeiting?

4. What process changed aluminum from the most precious metal into the cheapest to produce?

Chapter Fourteen: Artistic Elements(M. Hollingsworth)

1. How did strontium research help shape the periodic table?

2. What was used to cap the tip of the “world’s most wanted pen?”

3. Describe Satan in Mark Twain’s story “Sold to Satan.”

Prepare a one page, single spaced, 12 font, typed response to the following.(N. Tracy)

Describe your favorite story from the reading. Why was this your favorite story? How can you relate the story to your own life (ex: a material you use daily, character trait, related to an interest)?

Citations

M. Hollingsworth, PAP Chemistry: Summer Assignment, retrieved from

N. Tracy, AP Chemistry Required Reading, 2013

Unknown Author, retrieved from