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Chemistry trivia questions and answers

Chemistry is the study of the properties and behavior of matter. Fancy yourself as a bit of an expert chemist? Find out how good you are with these fun chemistry trivia questions, with answers.

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Chemistry trivia questions

Question 1
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
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Au.
Question 2
What name is given to an atom or molecule that has a net electric charge because it has lost or gained one or more electrons?
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Ion.
Question 3
NaCl is the chemical formula for which common condiment?
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Salt (sodium chloride).
Question 4
What is the first element on the period table?
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Hydrogen.
Question 5
Which Polish/French physicist and chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
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Marie Curie.
Question 6
What color does potassium burn?
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Purple or violet.
Question 7
What is the chemical formula for water?
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H20.
Question 8
What are the six naturally occurring noble gases?
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Helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and radon (Rn).
Question 9
Which Russian chemist formulated the periodic table?
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Dmitri Mendeleev.
Question 10
What is the only periodic table group that contains elements in three of the main states of matter at standard temperature and pressure?
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The group of halogens.
Question 11
Which is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
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Mercury.
Question 12
Does sea water have a higher or lower boiling point than freshwater?
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Higher.
Question 13
Which gas law states that the absolute pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed system?
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Boyle’s Law.
Question 14
Which chemist introduced the atomic theory into chemistry?
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John Dalton.
Question 15
What is the only letter not in the periodic table?
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J.
Question 16
What is the term used for when a material goes from solid to gas without becoming a liquid?
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Sublimation.
Question 17
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
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Hydrogen.
Question 18
What is nitrous oxide more commonly known as?
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Laughing gas.
Question 19
Pb is the chemical symbol for which element?
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Lead.
Question 20
Heavy water contains which isotopic form of hydrogen?
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Deuterium.
Question 21
What are the 3 colors of litmus paper?
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Red, blue and purple.
Question 22
Which metal has the highest melting point?
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Tungsten.
Question 23
Fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br) and iodine (I) all belong to which group in the periodic table?
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Halogens.
Question 24
What is the heaviest element on the periodic table?
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Oganesson.
Question 25
If a solution has a pH of 8 is it acidic or alkaline?
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Alkaline.
Question 26
By what common name do we know acetylsalicylic acid?
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Aspirin.
Question 27
Brass is an alloy of which two metals?
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Copper and zinc.
Question 28
What element gives a blue diamond its blue color?
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Boron.
Question 29
Which chemical element has the lowest boiling point of all the elements?
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Helium.
Question 30
What measurement is defined as the number of atoms found in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12, where the carbon-12 atoms are unbound, at rest and in their ground state?
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A mole.

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