Quiz Search

Enter a keyword

Jump to:

Art and Philosophy Quizzes Art and Philosophy
Books Quizzes Books
British Isles Quizzes British Isles
Business and Finance Quizzes Business and Finance
Charities Quizzes Charities
Days Out Quizzes Days Out
Entertainment Quizzes Entertainment
Food and Drink Quizzes Food and Drink
Gardening Quizzes Gardening
Geography Quizzes Geography
General Knowledge Quizzes General Knowledge
History Quizzes History
Hobbies Quizzes Hobbies
Holiday Destinations Quizzes Holiday Destinations
Miscellaneous Quizzes Miscellaneous
Music Quizzes Music
News Quizzes News
People Quizzes People
Pets Quizzes Pets
Plants and Animals Quizzes Plants and Animals
Politics Quizzes Politics
Religion Quizzes Religion
Science and Technology Quizzes Science and Technology
Shopping Quizzes Shopping
Sports Quizzes Sports
Television Quizzes Television
Science and Technology

Science and Technology

 
Multiple Choice | Anagrams | Ordered Lists | Word Searches
 

Chemistry 0004   Mixed

 
 
Correct answers are highlighted in blue
Add this quiz to your compilation
 
1. Which English chemist in 1863 classified the 56 elements known at that time into 11 groups?
 
John Newbury
John Newfield
John Newlands
John Newman

This was the forerunner of the modern Periodic Table
 
 
2. Quicksilver is the alternative name of which element?
 
Magnesium
Manganese
Mercury
Molybdenum
 
 
3. In the late 19th century the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev spent a year and a half establishing the national standard for the production of what?
 
Beer
Oil
Vodka
Wheat
 
 
4. One molecule of ozone contains how many oxygen atoms?
 
1
2
3
4
 
 
5. Which chemist is best known for the process of heating liquids to destroy harmful organisms?
 
Michael Faraday
Primo Levi
Alfred Nobel
Louis Pasteur

The process is called pasteurization
 
 
6. What is the popular name for deuterium oxide?
 
Acid rain
Dry ice
Heavy water
Laughing gas
 
 
7. Which of the noble gases derives its name from the Greek for 'strange'?
 
Argon
Krypton
Neon
Xenon
 
 
8. What nationality was the chemist Robert Bunsen, after whom the bunsen burner is named?
 
English
German
Norwegian
Scottish
 
 
9. What colour does blue litmus paper turn under acidic conditions?
 
Black
Green
Red
Yellow

Red litmus paper turns blue under alkaline conditions
 
 
10. Which acid gives vinegar its sour taste and pungent smell?
 
Acetic acid
Citric acid
Lactic acid
Nitric acid
 
 
Add this quiz to your compilation
 
Print as PDF | Back To Quiz Menu

Adobe PDF ReaderClick Here to Download Adobe Reader