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Chemical formulas are a fundamental chemistry concept. - Hero Images / Getty Images
Chemical Formulas Practice Test Questions
Here are ten multiple choice questions covering chemical formulas. Topics include simplest and molecular formulas, mass percent and naming compounds.
Copper and Nitric Acid - Clive Streeter, Getty Images
10 Seriously Cool Chemistry Experiments
Chemistry is king when it comes to making science cool! Here are 10 completely awesome chemistry experiments you can try.
Lichtenberg figures trace the path electricity takes through a material. - PASIEKA / Getty Images
How to Make a Lichtenberg Figure (Frozen Lightning)
Lichtenberg figures essentially capture the image of lightning. Here's how you can make your own Lichtenberg figure from common materials.
You can tutor or teach science from home, in person or online. - Hero Images / Getty Images
How You Can Work at Home in Science
Are you interested in working from home in science? Here are career options for you and advice on how to make the transition to home.
This quiz tests whether you can tell whether a science fact is true or whether it's fiction. - Yagi Studio / Getty Images
Can You Tell Science Facts from Science Fiction?
Take this fun quiz to see whether you can tell science facts from science fiction or urban legend.
This quiz tests how well you know general science trivia and facts. - Brand New Images / Getty Images
This Quiz Checks How Well You Know General Science
Take this quiz to see how well you understand basic general science facts. Questions are drawn from biology, chemistry, geology, and physics.
Artificial flavoring usually is the same chemical as the natural flavoring, just made in a lab. - Peter Dressel, Getty Images
Understand the Difference Between Natural and Artificial Flavors
Understand the difference between natural and artificial flavors in foods and beverages and how you can use labels to identify them.
Take this quiz to see how much you know about the element carbon. - Jeffrey Hamilton / Getty Images
Test Yourself About Carbon Element Facts
This multiple choice quiz tests how well you know carbon element facts, including its properties and chemistry.
The dangers associated with dry ice are due to its extremely cold temperature and sublimation into carbon dioxide gas. - H?l?ne Vall?e / Getty Images
Here's What Makes Dry Ice Dangerous
Dry ice is useful and fun, yet it can be dangerous if stored or used improperly. Here are the dangers associated with dry ice and how to avoid them.
Safe chemicals can react to produce dangerous ones. - Doug Armand, Getty Images
Chemicals You Should Never Mix (Ever)
Some common household chemicals should never be mixed. They may react to produce a toxic or deadly compound or they may cause undesirable consequences. Here's what you need to know.
Take this multiple choice quiz to see how much you know about hydrogen element facts. - Reinhold Wittich/Stocktrek Images, Getty Images
Test How Much You Know About the Element Hydrogen
Take this multiple choice quiz to see how much you know about the element hydrogen, a gas and the first element on the periodic table.
Got a plastic baggie? You can learn to identify unknown chemicals. - PamelaJoeMcFarlane / Getty Images
Teach Students How to Identify an Unknown Chemical Mixture
Lesson plan in which students use the scientific method to design experiments to identify the components of an unknown mixture.
Rust is caused by a chemical reaction with iron. - Johanna Parkin, Getty Inages
Remove Rust Stains Quickly and Easily at Home
Rust stains are hard to remove because some treatments set the stain rather than remove it. Use a little chemistry know-how to successfully remove rust.
You can apply chemistry to set ice on fire to either give the appearance of flames or actually made it burn. - Justin Horrocks / Getty Images
Use Science to Set Ice on Fire
Have you ever wondered whether you could set ice on fire? Here are instructions to make ice appear to burn and also actually be on fire.
You can make a homemade cold pack using safe kitchen ingredients and a simple endothermic chemical reaction. - nolimitpictures / Getty Images
How To Make a Cold Exothermic Reaction
There are instructions for a safe and easy endothermic chemical reaction demonstration that uses common, non-toxic ingredients.
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