101 Chemistry Trivia Questions To Reveal if You Belong in the Lab

1. Copper and tin mix to create which alloy?

2. What chemical element has the symbol Pb?

3. Substances initially involved in a chemical reaction are known as what?

4. What in particular is it that gives fireworks their myriad of colors?

5. What is the opposite of the word 'alkali'?

6. CH4 is the chemical symbol for which gas?

1. Which of these gases is mainly responsible for acid rain?

2. Why is titanium expensive to extract from its ore?

3. Which element has a relative atomic mass of 1?

4. If a chemical compound's name ends in '-ate' as in 'calcium carbonate' which element does it contain?

5. What is the second most abundant element in the Universe?

6. Calcium is displayed on the Periodic Tables as?

1. How many forms of radioactivity are there?

2. Which is the only metal that is in liquid form at room temperature?

3. Which of these describes what salt does in water?

4. Why is tungsten a good metal for electric light bulb filaments?

5. Which element is present in all organic compounds?

6. Typically, a non-metallic element will be which of these things?

1. What is produced in the Haber-Bosch process?

2. Approximately how many molecules thick is a piece of paper?

3. H2O contains how many elements?

4. When was the element bohrium discovered?

5. What is the opposite of alkaline?

6. Whereabouts does the group of elements known as the Actinides appear in the Periodic Table?

1. Approximately how many different organic chemical compounds are currently known?

2. Water is made up of hydrogen and what else?

3. The most abundant rare gas in the atmosphere is?

4. Which of these liquids boils at 78.2 C?

5. Which of these gases is the densest?

6. The law which states that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure is known as who's law?

1. How many different elements are there in CH3COOH?

2. What is the chemical symbol for Americium?

3. Which of these elements was discovered in 1250?

4. Which element has the chemical symbol Ti?

5. Equal masses of oxygen, hydrogen and methane are kept under identical conditions. The ratio of the volumes of gases will be?

6. Which of these is a fundamental rule of chemistry?

1. Chlorine, bromine and iodine are members of which group of chemical elements?

2. How many chemical elements are there in the group known as the lanthanides?

3. What is a benefit of a limestone quarry?

4. What is the chemical symbol for Bromine?

5. What is the process called when some molecules of water turn into gas?

6. The property of lasting a long time before wearing out is know as what?

1. Which of these liquids boils at 80.1 C?

2. What is the pH value of apple juice?

3. When water is cooled what happens?

4. Bronze is a mix of how many metals?

5. What name is given to atoms of the same element that have different atomic weights?

6. Which of these is NOT one of the inert gases?

1. Incomplete combustion can produce black particles of what?

2. Photosynthesis is a chemical process through which plants produce?

3. At what number in the Periodic Table would you find Einsteinium?

4. Where do most minerals come from?

5. Which chemical element has the symbol 'K'?

6. Which of these is a chemical element?

1. The solid state of water is known as what?

2. The major constituent of air is which gas?

3. By which name is the chemical with the formula D2O better known?

4. Three of these chemicals are gaseous at room temperature, which is the odd one out?

5. When was the element ununbium discovered?

6. Spectroscopy is a branch of chemistry concerning what?

1. What is the common name for the compound with the chemical formula NaHCO3?

2. When solids reach their melting points they become what?

3. What is sodium chloride more commonly known as?

4. Magma, spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the Earth's early life and solidified into hard rocks called?

5. Which element has the atomic number 21?

6. What is the main constituent of limestone?

1. Which acid has the formula HNO3?

2. Hydrochloric acid is a solution of which gas?

3. Which of these building materials is damaged by acid rain?

4. In comparison with steel, what is pure iron like?

5. What state is fluorine in at room temperature?

6. Which of these gases is the least?

1. Which of these is NOT true of calcium?

2. Which of these elements appears earliest in the Periodic Table?

3. The element symbol for potassium is?

4. Which of these is NOT true of gases?

5. Of these elements, which is the most toxic to humans?

6. If iodine is dropped on food that contains starch, what color does it turn?

1. As a solid melts what happens to the temperature?

2. Which is the only substance on Earth which is naturally present in solid, liquid and gaseous form?

3. Which fuel releases the most carbon dioxide when used?

4. Which gas makes up 0.03 per cent of the air we breathe?

5. The mineral containing both magnesium and calcium is?

6. How many neutrons is there in a Hydrogen (H) atom?

1. N is the symbol of which chemical element?

2. Which is most dense?

3. Which gas can be used to fill balloons, and to effect a comedy voice if inhaled ...?

4. Most plastics are what?

5. How many chemical elements begin with the letter Z?

6. Which of these is not an ingredient in concrete?

1. Which crystalline hydrocarbon is used to make mothballs?

2. What type of substances do we get from substances called 'ores'?

3. A 'buckyball' is an allotrope of which element ?

4. What is NaCl the chemical formula for?

5. The main active constituent of tea and coffee is?

6. Which chemical element is the main source of nuclear energy?

1. What industrial chemical is made by the Haber-Bosch process?

2. The oil used in the froth floatation process is?

3. What happens to layers of metal ions when the metal is bent?

4. Which element has the atomic number 1?

5. What is the pH value of ant venom?