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Chemistry- Topic: First chemist, from alchemy to chemistry

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the investigations of Alchemy?

a)

To discover new chemicals

b)

Turning ordinary metals into gold and silver

c)

To make fire

d)

Making medicine to live forever

e)

both 2 & 4

2.

What is elixir of life?

a)

A substance made of Hydrogen

b)

A material that can turn gold into silver

c)

A medicine that would allow people to live forever

3.

What is the chemical name of saltpetre?

a)

Potassium nitrate

b)

Sulphur nitrate

c)

Carbon di oxide

d)

Oxygen

4.

How did Chinese people use gunpowder?

a)

to make fire

b)

To make paper

c)

to make fireworks

5.

Which of the following tree was associated with paper making process of Chinese people?

a)

lacquer tree

b)

Palm tree

c)

mulberry tree

d)

Jute tree

6.

In which of the following Muslim counties Alchemy was vastly studied?

a)

Iran

b)

Turkey

c)

Arabia

d)

Iraq

7.

What was the purpose of Jabir Ibn Haiyan's investigations?

a)

To find Elixir of life

b)

Improving ways of investigations

c)

Writing new books

d)

Turning ordinary metal into golds

8.

What was the key discoveries of Gerber?

a)

Organizing Periodic table

b)

Different kinds of Acids

c)

Both 2 and 4

d)

Creating group of metal and non metal

9.

What is the name of the book of an Irish scientist?

a)

Sceptical chemistry

b)

Sceptical substances

c)

Sceptical ways of investigations

d)

Sceptical chymist

10.

What are the focused areas of modern chemistry?

a)

Making substances like Philosopher's stone

b)

Believe in experimentations

c)

Using evidence to explain the nature of different substances

d)

Both 2 & 3

e)

Resolve conflicts worldwide

11.

What was the first chemical reactions to be brought about by fire?

a)

Release copper from its ore

b)

cooking food

c)

Discover iron from it's ore

12.

What kind of chemical reaction takes place in the process of making fire with two wood piece rubbing together?

a)

Carbon in the air mix up with the oxygen in the wood

b)

Carbon Di Oxide in the air mix up with the oxygen in the wood

c)

Carbon in the wood mix up with the oxygen in the air

13.

What is Alchemy?

a)

An early kind of science

b)

Biology

c)

Physics

14.

According to your textbook people of which country had used fire about three quarters of a million years ago?

a)

Egypt

b)

Turkey

c)

France

d)

Arabia