Thursday, September 22, 2011

GEAS Terms and Definitions Part 14

1.     What alkali metals are protected from air, water and other substances?
ANSWER: because alkali metals are the most reactive

2.     What is the third most conductive material?
ANSWER: Gold

3.     What is the least conductive material
ANSWER: nichrome

4.     What is the other name of a negative electron?
ANSWER: Negatron

5.     What is the decay wherein protons and neutrons are decreased by 2 and may result in a stable nucleus?
ANSWER: Alpha Decay

6.     What physical property of a material that refers to the temperature at which ferromagnetic materials can no longer be magnetized by outside forces
ANSWER: Curie point

7.     What is the Curie temperature of iron?
ANSWER: 770 degrees Celsius

8.     Lodestone is a natural magnet.

9.     It is the material used in making permanent magnet
ANSWER: hardened steel

10.   What is the inferred absolute zero temperature of annealed copper?
ANSWER: -234.5 degrees Celsius

11.   Which material that has a permeability slightly greater than 1?
ANSWER: Aluminum

12.   What is the conductivity of a 99.5% pure aluminum?
ANSWER: 63%

13.   What is the conductivity of a pure annealed copper wire?
ANSWER: 102.1%

14.   What is the conductivity of a 99.9% pure gold?
ANSWER: 72.6%

15.   What is the conductivity of a pure annealed silver wire?
ANSWER: 108.8%

16.   What is a reference sheet for element that can be used to form engineering materials?
ANSWER: Periodic Table

17.   What group of metals that are very soft metals?
ANSWER: Alkali metals

18.   All elements in the center gap are __________.
ANSWER: metals

19.   How many elements are found in Period 1 of the Periodic Table?
ANSWER: 2

20.   How many elements are found in Period 2 of the Periodic Table?
ANSWER: 8

21.   How many elements are found in Period 3 of the Periodic Table?
ANSWER: 8

22.   How many elements are found in Period 4 of the Periodic Table?
ANSWER: 18

23.   How many elements are found in Period 5 of the Periodic Table?
ANSWER: 18

24.   The elements found in the center of the periodic table of elements are called __________.
ANSWER: Transition metals

25.   The elements/ groups found in the Left and Right of the periodic table of elements is called __________.
ANSWER: Main Groups

26.   What is the group of elements found in Period 6 of the Periodic Table of elements and is between Lanthanum and Lutetium?
ANSWER: Lanthanides

27.   Why noble gases are called inert gases?
ANSWER: Because they are substances that are not chemically reactive

28.   Most actinides are radioactive. They are also found in the Period 7 of the Periodic Table of Elements.

29.   Halogens react with Groups 1A and 2A.

30.   Halogens fall under what group in the periodic table?
ANSWER: Group 7A/7B

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