Vocabulary Quiz

Fill in the blank: 'Evaporation' is the process of ______.

• A) water turning into vapor

• B) plants making food

• C) animals breathing

• D) rocks breaking down

Steven Munger's research focuses on which of the following?

• Visual senses

• Chemical senses

• Auditory senses

• Tactile senses

What was Munger interested in as an undergraduate?

• Physics and chemistry

• Neuroscience and marine biology

• Literature and arts

• Mathematics and statistics

How do our chemical senses affect the rest of the body?

• By influencing our mood

• By recognizing nutrients

• By changing our appearance

• By altering our voice

Which of the following is true about S-Carvone?

• It is used in perfumes

• It imparts a scent to caraway seeds

• It is a type of sugar

• It is colorless.

What is the role of nutrients in taste recognition according to the text?

• They have no role

• They prepare the body to metabolize nutrients

• They change the color of food

• They make food spicy.

Which best describes the initial chemistry experience in high school of the scientist interviewed in this article: Dr. Munger?

• Best student in the class

• Straight A student

• Not great...

• Failed chemistry twice

This article mentions butane. What is the chemical formula for butane?

• BH₃

• C₄H₁₀

• HCl

• Na₂B₄O₇

R-Carvone and S-Carvone are considered different chemicals. They differ in which important way that leads to different properties, such as smell?

• composed of different elements

• held together with different type of bonding

• different molecular formula (different ratio of elements)

• different 3D shape