Chemistry Scavenger Hunt
Choose a team of five….. you and four partners. Do NOT contact a science teacher or your favorite
chemist, doctor, dentist, scientist etc. for the answers (although these individual may suggest where
to look for an answer). This is a learning experience!!! Find as many items as you can. The first
group to complete the list will receive five bonus test points. All samples (about 1 teaspoonful or 20
mL for liquids) should be in an appropriate container (solids in a Ziploc bag and liquids in a small
plastic bottle), (Do not bring whole bottles of stuff and make sure nothing is leaking). Each container
should have an 4 x 6 index card (or suitable alternative) attached to it that contains the following
information: team member names, question # and a word for word description from the list below,
answer to questions asked about the substance or required calculations. (no card, no calculations, no
credit, no kidding.) No substance can be used for more than one item on the scavenger list. The
entire collection should be in a box decorated to represent your team. The box should be labeled with
the full names of all team members.
1. 6.02 x 1023 of anything. Calculations required.
2. A cube made of sturdy material with a total volume of 1.0 L. On the note card include the
dimensions of each side of the cube. Calculations required. (no work, no credit, no kidding)
3. A cube made of sturdy material with a total volume of 1.0 mL. On the note card include the
dimensions of each side of the cube. Calculations required. (no work, no credit, no kidding)
4. An acid base indicator from nature other than one you have previously made for this class. The
indicator can not be a substance sold as an indicator. State the source of the indicator, what
color the indicator is with an acid and what color it is with a base.
5. A weak Arrhenius acid. Define Arrhenius acid. State the common and chemical names and
chemical formula.
6. A weak Arrhenius base. Define Arrhenius base. State the common and chemical names and
chemical formula.
7. A physical equilibrium system containing two or more phases. Define equilibrium. Identify the
common name phase of the substances at equilibrium.
8. A chemical equilibrium system containing at least two phases. Define equilibrium. Write a
balanced equation representing the equilibrium.
9. A chemistry cartoon cut from a news paper or magazine. Photocopies are not acceptable. On the
back of the note card include a brief statement about the concept that the cartoon is satirizing.
10. A 0.05 M solution of a substance. Include the calculations you did (no work, no credit, no
kidding) a description of how you made the solution, the common and chemical name of the
compound, and chemical formula.
11. A heterogeneous mixture and a homogeneous mixture. Label each sample with the mixture it
represents. On the back of your note card, identify the ingredients in each mixture.
12. The mass of sodium chloride that would be produced when 2.3 g of sodium reacts with 0.56 L of
chlorine gas. Assume STP and 100 % yield. Calculations and balanced equation required. (no
work, no credit, no kidding)
13. A list of all the winners of the Noble Prize in Chemistry for the last 10 years. Include what year
they won the prize, the scientist(s) name(s), what country they are from, and a brief statement
about the nature of their research. This must be word processed on unlined copy paper.
14. A substance with a density greater than one. State the common name, chemical name and
chemical formula of the substance.
15. Iron (III) oxide. Common name and chemical name required.
16. A homogeneous substance with exactly 29 protons in the nucleus of the atoms it is composed.
Common name and chemical name required.
17. An inert gas. Common name and chemical name required.
18. A Bronsted Lowery Base. State the common name, chemical name and chemical formula for this
substance. Define Bronsted-Lowery Base.
19. A product of an oxidation-reduction reaction. Chemical formula, common name and chemical
name required.
20. An ionically bonded substance and a covalently bonded substance. Label each with the
substance it represents. Chemical formulas, common names and chemical names required.
21. Dilute acetic acid. Common name and chemical formula required.
22. SiO2; Common name and chemical name required.
23. Polar molecules. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula required.
24. A metalloid. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula required.
25. Something to lower the freezing point of water. Common name, chemical name, chemical
formula required.
26. A substance that dissolves endothermically. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula
required.
27. A hydrocarbon with a molecular weight of > 100. Common name, chemical name, chemical
formula required.
28. Nonpolar molecules. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula required.
29. An amount of water whose temperature would change by 15 oC when it absorbed 630 calories of
heat energy. Calculations required. (no work, no credit, no kidding)
30. An equilibrium system containing carbonic acid, bicarbonate ions, and carbonate ions. Define
equilibrium. Explain why, in terms of carbonic acid, bicarbonate ions, and carbonate ions, the
system you are submitting is at equilibrium.
31. A substance that will change hydroxyapatite, Ca5(PO4)3OH, to fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F.
32. A weak organic acid. Define weak organic acid. Common name, chemical name, chemical
formula required.
33. Something containing titanium (IV) oxide.
34. An alkaline earth hydroxide. Chemical formula, common name and chemical name required.
35. A compound composed of an alkali metal and a halogen. Common name, chemical name, and
chemical formula required.
36. A mixture which could be separated using paper chromatography. Define paper
chromatography. Common name required.
37. Something containing a transition element from period 4. Identify the transition element on the
back of the note card.
38. A nonmetal. Define nonmetal. Common name and chemical formula required.
39. An electrolyte. Define electrolyte. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula required.
40. Something containing L-carvone or D-carvone. Identify which one you have. What
characteristic does it impart to the substance which distinguishes it from the item you did not
bring in.
41. The solid product of the reaction between aqueous solutions of calcium chloride and sodium
carbonate. Balanced equation, chemical formula and common name required.
42. An aqueous solution of a nonelectrolyte. Identify the solute and solvent by common name.
43. A molecule with bonding that follows the octet rule. Common name, chemical name, chemical
formula required.
44. A hydrated crystal. Chemical formula, common name and chemical name required.
45. 2-propanol. Common name and chemical formula required.
46. 0.30 mol of sodium carbonate. Calculations, chemical formula and common name required. (no
work, no credit, no kidding)
47. A polymer of vinyl chloride. Define polymer. Identify the specific subunits of this polymer.
Common name required.
48. An oxide of an element. Common name, chemical name, chemical formula required.
49. The salt produced when magnesium hydroxide reacts with sulfuric acid. Balanced equation,
chemical formula, chemical name, and common name required.
50. The amount of NaCl produced from 10.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate reacting with an
excess of hydrochloric acid. Assume 75 % yield. Balanced equation and calculations required.
(no work, no credit, no kidding)
Scavenger Hunt Grading Criteria: The project is worth 50 project points. Deadline is Wednesday,
June 4th. To get credit for a substance, you must correctly answer all parts of the problems and all
calculations must be shown. 1 point per item. No card, no work, no credit, no kidding.) Items must
be turned in inside a box decorated to represent the team. No box, no points, no kidding.