Milestones in the Development of Chemistry Quiz

Explore pivotal moments in chemistry with questions on key figures, laws, and discoveries. Challenge yourself with 15 intriguing queries!

#1

Who is considered the father of modern chemistry?

Antoine Lavoisier
Robert Boyle
Dmitri Mendeleev
John Dalton
#2

Which ancient civilization contributed significantly to early chemical knowledge?

Egyptians
Greeks
Romans
Chinese
#3

What is the primary function of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?

Initiate the reaction
Increase reaction rate
Consume reactants
Control reaction temperature
#4

In the context of organic chemistry, what does the acronym 'DNA' stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Diaminonitroethylene
Dihydroxybenzene
Dinitroacetone
#5

Which chemical element is named after the planet Uranus?

Uranium
Neptunium
Uranusium
Plutonium
#6

Who formulated the law of conservation of mass?

Antoine Lavoisier
John Dalton
Amedeo Avogadro
Joseph Proust
#7

Which chemist proposed the modern periodic table?

Dmitri Mendeleev
Linus Pauling
Marie Curie
Niels Bohr
#8

Which scientist is credited with the development of the atomic theory?

John Dalton
Amedeo Avogadro
Erwin Schrödinger
Werner Heisenberg
#9

Who discovered radium and polonium, and coined the term 'radioactivity'?

Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
Henri Becquerel
Ernest Rutherford
#10

Who is known for the discovery of the first synthetic dye, mauveine?

William Perkin
Fritz Haber
Robert H. Grubbs
Gilbert N. Lewis
#11

Who discovered the electron?

J.J. Thomson
Ernest Rutherford
Marie Curie
Niels Bohr
#12

Who proposed the theory of electromagnetism and conducted pioneering work on electrolysis?

Michael Faraday
James Clerk Maxwell
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
#13

Which scientist is known for the development of the Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis?

Fritz Haber
Walther Nernst
Linus Pauling
Gilbert N. Lewis
#14

Who proposed the concept of electronegativity and introduced the Pauling scale?

Linus Pauling
Gilbert N. Lewis
Robert H. Grubbs
Irving Langmuir
#15

Who developed the concept of molecular orbital theory along with Robert Mulliken?

Linus Pauling
Fritz Haber
Gilbert N. Lewis
Erwin Schrödinger

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