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HS Sci-1
Beginner
Scientist Name:___________________________________________________ The Comic Book Periodic Table
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HS Sci-1
Beginner
Scientist Name:___________________________________________________
The Comic Book Periodic Table
Go to the Period Table and click on the "O" symbol for
oxygen. Scroll down to the thumbnail of a hand holding a
flame stick labeled "Classic Illustrated" (1941 series) and
click. Read the article and answer the questions that
follow:
1. Who is "the Father of Soda Water and Discoverer of
Oxygen?"
2. What did the scientist from question 1 invent in order to
collect quantities of his "strange, new air?"
3. What two things compose the first "soda water"
ever manufactured?
4. From this article describe how oxygen was seperated from
an oxide of mercury deposit.
5. Explain what happened when the candle and the red hot
wire was placed in the oxygen gas.
6. Did the mice live a longer or shorter life when placed in
a vessel containing oxygen gas.
7. Give two examples of how oxygen gas has been beneficial
to the field of medicine.
When you have finished answering the above questions click
back to the periodic table and begin exploring the periodic
table by reading comics. Use this paper to record notes
about ten elements that you found in the comics. Also
list how the elements areused in a specific comic, and don't
forget to put the name of the comic where you found it. The
first one can be found by clicking on "Na" the symbol for
sodium. Find out what happens when sodium is placed in water
by reading "The Doom Patrol".