History of Chemistry

Question 1

Who developed the process of vulcanization of rubber?

Answer 1

Charles Goodyear

Question 2

Who invented the battery?

Answer 2

Alessandro Volta

Question 3

The chemistry of living things and living systems created a new combined field in science known as ______-chemistry.

Answer 3

Bio

Question 4

Who is generally called the “father of modern chemistry”?

Answer 4

Antoine Lavoisier

Question 5

Which of the following is a gas discovered by Joseph Priestley?

Answer 5

Oxygen

Question 6

Which early chemist worked with gas-phase reactions and was able to describe their behavior mathematically?

Answer 6

Robert Boyle

Question 7

Dynamite was invented by Alfred

Answer 7

Nobel

Question 8

Who is generally credited with developing the process of using heat to prevent the growth of microorganisms and preserve milk and wine?

Answer 8

Louis Pasteur

Question 9

Choose who developed the first synthetic resin.

Answer 9

Leo Baekeland

Question 10

Robert Boyle contributes the basic ideas for the behavior of gases to chemistry.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Put forth his atomic theory in 1807

Answer 11

John Dalton

Question 12

Laid the groundwork for a more quantitative approach to chemistry by calculating the number of particles in a given amount of a gas.

Answer 12

Amadeo Avogadro

Question 13

The field of electrochemistry (both theoretical and applications) developed through major contributions by

Answer 13

Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday

Question 14

Developed the first plastic

Answer 14

J.W Hyatt