1.2 Alchemy

What is Alchemy?

• An early kind of science

• Biology

• Physics

Alchemists were scientists

• True

• False

What was the reputation of Alchemists?

• People thought they were incredible scientists

• People thought they were kind

• People thought they were crazy

• People thought they were innovators

What were most Alchemists obsessed with?

• Creating gold

• Finding diamonds

• Finding copper

• Creating dollars

Alchemist's believed the Philosopher's stone could heal people.

• False

• True

Alchemists used cryptic language...

• to confuse other alchemists

• to classify metals

• to keep their findings secret

• to be better understood

What did alchemists' believe were the 4 basic building blocks of matter?

• air, earth, water, fire

• air, earth, mercury, water

• air, earth, planets, fire

• air, planets, fire, water

An alchemist is someone who tries to turn lead into what?

• water

• silver

• gold

• mercury

Everything made from atoms is?

• gold

• matter

• silver

• mercury

What is matter?

• anything that has mass and volume (takes up space).

• anything that has mass (takes up space).

• anything that has volume (takes up space).