Historical Developments in Chemistry Quiz

Test your knowledge on the evolution of chemistry with questions about pioneers, theories, and elemental discoveries. How many can you answer correctly?

#1

Who is considered the father of modern chemistry?

Isaac Newton
Aristotle
Antoine Lavoisier
Albert Einstein
#2

Which ancient civilization contributed significantly to early chemical knowledge?

Egyptians
Mayans
Chinese
Greeks
#3

Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Paul Ehrlich
#4

What is the name of the process used to separate mixtures based on differences in their boiling points?

Filtration
Distillation
Decantation
Evaporation
#5

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Ag
Au
Fe
Hg
#6

What is the chemical formula for water?

H2O2
CO2
H2O
CH4
#7

Who proposed the first modern atomic theory?

John Dalton
Robert Boyle
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
#8

Which scientist is credited with the discovery of radioactivity?

Marie Curie
Louis Pasteur
Alexander Fleming
Gregor Mendel
#9

Which chemical element was the first to be artificially synthesized?

Uranium
Plutonium
Technetium
Neptunium
#10

What is the name of the first synthetic dye?

Methylene blue
Indigo
Alizarin
Perkin's mauve
#11

Who is known for the discovery of the noble gases?

William Ramsay
Humphry Davy
Michael Faraday
Robert Bunsen
#12

Who is credited with the discovery of the electron?

J.J. Thomson
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
Robert Millikan
#13

Who proposed the periodic law and created the periodic table of elements?

Dmitri Mendeleev
J.J. Thomson
Linus Pauling
Marie Curie
#14

Who proposed the concept of chemical equilibrium?

Le Chatelier
Louis Pasteur
Svante Arrhenius
Fritz Haber
#15

What is Avogadro's constant?

6.02 × 10^23
3.14
9.81
2.72
#16

Who first isolated pure caffeine?

Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge
Justus von Liebig
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Robert Boyle
#17

Who discovered the electron configuration of atoms?

Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrödinger
Werner Heisenberg
Linus Pauling

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