Content: 2008 ICEF Career Conference Worksheet

1. Which gas that we used in the Weird Science show is less dense than air_________, 
   which gas is denser than air __________? What is the reason for this?

2. When you add carbon dioxide to water what acid do you form? _______________
    Carbon dioxide is more soluble under ______________? 

3.  Where is Akzo Nobel located in Illinois? 

4. What does Akzo Nobel make? 

5. Name three careers that can be done with a degree in chemistry? 

6. At the McIntyre Group booth you learned about your skin. What is the main function
   of the skin?

7. What did McIntyre say will help keep our skin healthy? 

8. At the Stepan booth what kind of experiment did you observe? Endothermic or
    Exothermic.

9. What is the end product?  

10. Where is the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Headquarters? 

11. Does the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency have its own laboratory? 

12. Can you get a chemistry degree and get a job with the Illinois Environmental
      Protection Agency.?

 13.  Can fingerprints be used to identify a person who was at a crime scene?

14.  Can DNA be used to identify a person who was at a crime scene? 

15. Name one of the ingredients involved in the chemistry experiment you observed at
     the Lyondell booth? 

16. What is Lyondell’s principle product?  

17. Safety-Kleen is the Largest Re-refiner of Used Oil in North America.  How many  
      gallons of Used Oil are collected and processed per year by Safety-Kleen?

 18. Who invented the Parts Washer, and in what year? 

19. At the Museum of Science and Industry booth, what three things are needed for fire? 

20. How can astronomers identify the make up of stars billions and billions of miles
      away?

21. What is the largest product that Carus Chemical manufactures? 

22. Does Carus publish magazines? If they do, name one. 

23. What kind of careers can you have at Abbott? Do scientists only work there? 

24. What kind of products does Abbott make? 

25. Can you work in the chemical industry with only an Associate’s Degree? 

26. The chemical industry has created how much trade surplus over the last ten years.

27. About how much surface area is there on one gram of zeolite?

28. Name something you purchased that did not have a crude oil product in it or covering    
      it. 

29. Name three fuels that oil refineries produce? 

30.  Into what applications are Innophos’ products used? 

31. Why do the beads not change color when placed on the dash of most automobiles?   

BONUS Questions:

1) What is chemistry?
2) In what ways is chemistry unique?
3) Is Psicose a real molecule name?
4) Give an example of a consumer product other than fuel which can be made from
     petroleum.