Chemical History and Discoveries Quiz - Explore Milestones in Chemistry

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Who is known as the father of modern chemistry?

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Antoine Lavoisier

Dmitri Mendeleev

Robert Boyle

Marie Curie

Question 2 of 33

Which scientist discovered the law of definite proportions?

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Joseph Proust

John Dalton

J.J. Thomson

Henry Moseley

Question 3 of 33

What element did Dmitri Mendeleev help to discover through his periodic table?

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Gallium

Neon

Noble Gas

Boron

Question 4 of 33

Who first isolated the element oxygen?

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Joseph Priestley

Henry Cavendish

Michael Faraday

Question 5 of 33

Which chemist is known for the discovery of the structure of DNA?

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Francis Crick

James Watson

Rosalind Franklin

All of the above

Question 6 of 33

Which discovery is Linus Pauling known for?

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Vitamin C and its health benefits

Noble gases

Periodic Law

Radioactivity

Question 7 of 33

What did Robert H. Grubbs receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for?

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Development of the polymerase chain reaction

Development of metathesis in organic synthesis

Discovery of fullerenes

Discovery of the electron

Question 8 of 33

Who discovered the element radon?

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Ernest Rutherford

Marie Curie

Henri Becquerel

Frederick Soddy

Question 9 of 33

Which scientist is famous for the discovery of radioactivity?

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Henri Becquerel

Albert Einstein

Niels Bohr

James Clerk Maxwell

Question 10 of 33

What element did Antoine Lavoisier help to identify?

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Hydrogen

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Carbon

Question 11 of 33

Who is known for the discovery of the electron?

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J.J. Thomson

Ernest Rutherford

Niels Bohr

James Chadwick

Question 12 of 33

Which discovery is attributed to Marie Curie?

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Radioactivity

Periodic Table

Theory of Relativity

X-rays

Question 13 of 33

Who discovered the neutron?

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James Chadwick

Ernest Rutherford

Niels Bohr

Albert Einstein

Question 14 of 33

Which of the following elements was discovered by Marie Curie?

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Polonium

Uranium

Thorium

Plutonium

Question 15 of 33

Who proposed the concept of the periodic law?

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Dmitri Mendeleev

Henry Moseley

John Dalton

Antoine Lavoisier

Question 16 of 33

Which of these scientists developed the concept of atomic numbers?

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Henry Moseley

Ernest Rutherford

Linus Pauling

Gilbert Lewis

Question 17 of 33

Who is known for the development of quantum mechanics?

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Niels Bohr

Max Planck

Werner Heisenberg

All of the above

Question 18 of 33

Which scientist is credited with the development of the theory of chemical bonding?

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Linus Pauling

Gilbert Lewis

Robert H. Grubbs

Richard Feynman

Question 19 of 33

Who discovered the law of multiple proportions?

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John Dalton

Joseph Proust

Dmitri Mendeleev

Robert Boyle

Question 20 of 33

Which element did Linus Pauling help to identify the structure of?

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Vitamin C

Insulin

Hemoglobin

Penicillin

Question 21 of 33

Who discovered the concept of electronegativity?

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Linus Pauling

Gilbert Lewis

Niels Bohr

John Dalton

Question 22 of 33

Which scientist is known for his work on the photoelectric effect?

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Albert Einstein

Niels Bohr

Max Planck

Erwin Schrödinger

Question 23 of 33

Who first proposed the concept of the atomic nucleus?

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Ernest Rutherford

J.J. Thomson

Niels Bohr

James Chadwick

Question 24 of 33

Which scientist is known for the development of the Bohr model of the atom?

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Niels Bohr

Albert Einstein

James Clerk Maxwell

Erwin Schrödinger

Question 25 of 33

Who discovered the element helium?

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Pierre Janssen

William Ramsay

Henry Moseley

Robert H. Grubbs

Question 26 of 33

Which scientist is known for the discovery of fullerenes?

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Richard Smalley

Robert F. Curl

Harry Kroto

All of the above

Question 27 of 33

Who is known for the discovery of the first synthetic polymer?

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Leo Baekeland

Wallace Carothers

Herman Staudinger

Michael Faraday

Question 28 of 33

Which chemist is associated with the development of the concept of catalytic converters?

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Francois Barre-Sinoussi

Robert H. Grubbs

John Bardeen

William G. Young

Question 29 of 33

Who is credited with the discovery of the process of fermentation?

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Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

Alexander Fleming

Joseph Lister

Question 30 of 33

Which scientist is known for discovering the structure of benzene?

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Friedrich August Kekulé

August Kekulé

Archibald Scott Couper

Alexander Crum Brown

Question 31 of 33

Who developed the first successful vaccine for smallpox?

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Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Jonas Salk

Albert Calmette

Question 32 of 33

Which chemist is famous for discovering the structure of proteins through X-ray crystallography?

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Rosalind Franklin

James Watson

Francis Crick

Linus Pauling

Question 33 of 33

Who is credited with the discovery of the process of polymerization?

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Herman Staudinger

Wallace Carothers

Michael Polanyi

Hugh Stott

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