Chemistry Questions and Answers

1. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Answer: Au
2. Who is known as the father of modern chemistry?
Answer: Antoine Lavoisier
3. What is the chemical formula for water?
Answer: H₂O
4. Which gas is responsible for the green color of plants?
Answer: Chlorophyll
5. What is the atomic number of carbon?
Answer: 6
6. Name the process by which plants make their food.
Answer: Photosynthesis
7. What is the chemical formula for table salt?
Answer: NaCl
8. Which element is essential for human bones and teeth?
Answer: Calcium
9. What is the common name for acetylsalicylic acid?
Answer: Aspirin
10.Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
11.What is the chemical formula for methane?
Answer: CH₄
12.Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
Answer: Oxygen
13.What is the pH of a neutral solution?
Answer: 7
14.Who proposed the modern atomic theory?
Answer: John Dalton
 15.What is the lightest element on the periodic table?
Answer: Hydrogen
16.Which gas is responsible for the “rotten egg” smell?
Answer: Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S)
17.What is the chemical formula for vinegar?
Answer: CH₃COOH
18.Who discovered radium and polonium?
Answer: Marie Curie
19.What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Answer: Fe
20.What does the pH scale measure?
Answer: Acidity or alkalinity of a solution
21.Which element is found in abundance in Earth’s crust?
Answer: Oxygen
22.What is the chemical formula for ozone?
Answer: O₃
23.Who developed the periodic table?
Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev
24.What is the process of converting a solid directly into a gas called?
Answer: Sublimation
25.Which gas is responsible for the greenhouse effect?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
26.What is the chemical formula for glucose?
Answer: C₆H₁₂O₆
27.Who is known for the discovery of radioactivity?
Answer: Henri Becquerel
28.What is the common name for ethanoic acid?
Answer: Vinegar acid
29.What is the chemical symbol for silver?
Answer: Ag
 30.Which gas do humans exhale during respiration?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
31.Who formulated the laws of chemical combination?
Answer: Joseph Proust
32.What is the chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide?
Answer: H₂O₂
33.Which gas is used in the manufacturing of soft drinks?
Answer: Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
34.What is the chemical formula for common salt?
Answer: NaCl
35.Who discovered the electron?
Answer: J.J. Thomson
36.What is the chemical symbol for mercury?
Answer: Hg
37.Which element is essential for the process of blood clotting?
Answer: Calcium
38.What is the chemical formula for ammonia?
Answer: NH₃
39.Who first proposed the concept of the atom?
Answer: Democritus
40.What is the chemical symbol for tin?
Answer: Sn
41.Which gas is known as laughing gas?
Answer: Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
42.What is the chemical formula for aspirin?
Answer: C₉H₈O₄
43.Who is known for the discovery of the neutron?
Answer: James Chadwick
44.What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
Answer: K
 45.Which element is present in all organic compounds?
Answer: Carbon
46.What is the chemical formula for rust?
Answer: Fe₂O₃
47.Who formulated the laws of electrolysis?
Answer: Michael Faraday
48.What is the chemical symbol for lead?
Answer: Pb
49.Which gas is produced during the decomposition of organic matter in the absence
of oxygen?
Answer: Methane (CH₄)
50.What is the chemical formula for adrenaline?
Answer: C₉H₁₃NO₃