Review for 1.4.1.7: Branches & Areas of Discipline Chemistry

Review for 1.4-1.7: Branches & Areas of Discipline Chemistry

When watching the video on Alfred Nobel, consider:

• His early, middle and late life

• Nitroglycerin
  

• Dynamite and Gelignite

• His legacy

  
  
  

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gtS8r4jXdM

Fill in the Blanks

What was Nobel's most famous invention?

Open Ended

Name at least 2 interesting things about Alfred Nobel:

5 Branches of Chemistry

What are the 5 branches?  What are some applications?

Fill in the Blanks

Drug testing of athletes and other individuals is big business. Complex instruments can be used to test blood and urine samples for very small amounts of drugs that may have been taken illegally. What branch of chemistry does this belong to?

Multiple Choice

The synthesis of new carbon compounds belongs to which branch of chemistry?

• inorganic

• organic

• analytical

• physical

• biochemistry

Multiple Select

What are the 2 main types of research a scientist can pursue?

• pure

• biological

• technological

• applied

Multiple Choice

Which type of chemistry does the following describe?

Layla is researching a new insecticide that will be less toxic to birds and small mammals that will come in contact with it.

• pure chemistry

• applied chemistry

• neither pure nor applied chemistry

Open Ended

How has medicine been improved by chemistry?