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Chemistry Quiz

Chemistry Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

Chemistry is the science of matter - its composition, structure, properties, and the reactions by which it transforms. It spans from atomic structure and the periodic table to the...

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All 20 questions in this Chemistry quiz
  1. What is the chemical symbol for Gold?

    • A. Pb
    • B. Ag
    • C. Au
    • D. Gd
  2. What is the chemical name for common table salt?

    • A. Calcium Carbonate
    • B. Magnesium Sulfate
    • C. Potassium Nitrate
    • D. Sodium Chloride
  3. Which international day is April 22nd?

    • A. Environment Day
    • B. Water Day
    • C. Earth Day
    • D. Health Day
  4. Who develoepeed the Three Laws of Motion?

    • A. Newton
    • B. Einstein
    • C. Pascal
    • D. Galileo
  5. What is the value of 'g' (acceleration due to gravity) on Earth?

    • A. 9.8 m/s
    • B. 8.9 m/s
    • C. 11.5 m/s
    • D. 10.2 m/s
  6. Who is credited with the creation of the first epeeriodic table that successfully predicted the proepeerties of undiscovered elements?

    • A. John Dalton
    • B. Dmitri Mendeleev
    • C. Antoine Lavoisier
    • D. Ernest Rutherford
  7. What is the term for a sepeecies that is at risk of extinction?

    • A. Invasive
    • B. Endangered
    • C. Endemic
    • D. Common
  8. Which element has the atomic number 1?

    • A. Carbon
    • B. Oxygen
    • C. Hydrogen
    • D. Helium
  9. Which triatomic molecule, found high in the Earth's atmosphere, protects the planet by absorbing most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation?

    • A. O2 (Dioxygen)
    • B. O3 (Ozone)
    • C. CO2
    • D. N2
  10. What is the atomic number of an element based upon?

    • A. The number of neutrons
    • B. The number of protons
    • C. The total mass of the atom
    • D. The number of electrons in the outer shell
  11. What is the chemical molecule of heredity?

    • A. ATP
    • B. DNA
    • C. RNA
    • D. Protein
  12. Which rock is formed from the transformation of existing rock?

    • A. Sedimentary
    • B. Metamorphic
    • C. Igneous
    • D. Lava
  13. What is the energy of motion called?

    • A. Kinetic
    • B. Latent
    • C. Potential
    • D. Static
  14. What is the chemical formula for Ozone?

    • A. O4
    • B. O2
    • C. O
    • D. O3
  15. What is the chemical symbol for Silver?

    • A. Sr
    • B. Si
    • C. Au
    • D. Ag
  16. What is the term for a chemical bond formed by the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions?

    • A. Covalent Bond
    • B. Metallic Bond
    • C. Ionic Bond
    • D. Hydrogen Bond
  17. What is the 'Three Rs' of environment?

    • A. Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
    • B. Read/Write/Arithmetic
    • C. Rain/River/Rock
    • D. Run/Race/Ride
  18. Which fundamental law of chemistry states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction?

    • A. Law of Definite Proportions
    • B. Law of Multiple Proportions
    • C. Law of Conservation of Mass
    • D. Avogadro's Law
  19. Which instrument measures wind direction?

    • A. Rain gauge
    • B. Weather vane
    • C. Barometer
    • D. Anemometer
  20. Who proposed the first modern atomic theory in the early 1800s, suggesting that all matter is composed of small, indivisible particles called atoms?

    • A. J.J. Thomson
    • B. John Dalton
    • C. Ernest Rutherford
    • D. Niels Bohr