General Chemistry quiz - medium/hard difficulty!

Answer the following questions as quickly as possible. The answers are all single words or symbols. Symbols are accepted where the answer is an element.
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What are unsaturated hydrocarbons known as?
Alkene
What are saturated hydrocarbons known as?
Alkane
What would you call a substance containing only one type of atom?
Element
A collection of 6.022x10^23 'things' is known as a...:
Mole
Which element forms the majority of molecules in living creatures?
Carbon
How many electrons are in the s subshell?
2
How many electrons are in the p subshell?
6
How many electrons are in the d subshell?
10
How many electrons are in the f subshell?
14
Who's name is given to the rules for filling electron energy levels?
Hund
A compound/element that doesn't change a reaction but provides an alternative pathway, usually with a lower activation energy, and which frequently speeds up the reaction is known as what?
Catalyst
Metals such as Cr, Mn and Pt are known as '... metals'.
Transition
What element provides the ions used most widely in batteries used in electronic goods such as phones and laptops?
Lithium
Give the name used for a chemical species with one unpaired electron.
Radical
A vertical column of elements in the periodic table is known as a '...'?
Group
A horizontal row of elements in the periodic table goes by what term?
Period
Name the period of elements stretching from Lanthanum to Lutetium.
Lanthanides
Name the period of elements stretching from Actinium to Lawrencium.
Actinides
Mercury is in what physical state at room temperature and pressure?
Liquid
At room temperature and pressure, what physical state is hydrogen in?
Gas
What is the name given to the process where a substance transitions directly from the solid to the gas state?
Sublimation
In Organic Chemistry, a species attracted to a positive charge is called what?
Nucleophile
In Organic Chemistry, a species attracted to a negative charge is called what?
Electrophile
What is the formula for the gas humans and animals exhale, a product of respiration?
CO2
The splitting of which set of orbitals causes the colour seen in many transition metals?
d
What is the term for a positive ion?
Cation
What is the term for a negative ion?
Anion
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2 Comments
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2023
19/27, haven't taken Chemistry in 3 years
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2023
The question for Element could be phrased differently, it's a bit misleading