Atoms & Innovations – 50 Chemistry & Physics Questions from North America
This 50 Chemistry And Physics Quiz covers chemistry and physics topics including famous scientists, discoveries, laws, formulas, elements, reactions, motion, energy, electricity, magnetism, atomic structure, thermodynamics, optics, and modern physics. Each question includes four answer choices with the correct answer provided for self-checking.Â
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#1. Which American scientist developed the polio vaccine?
#2. Which American physicist developed the Manhattan Project atomic bomb?
#3. Which Canadian inventor patented the first electric cooking range?
#4. Which American chemist discovered the element plutonium?
#5. Which American scientist is known as the “father of modern rocket propulsion”?
#6. Which Canadian scientist co-discovered insulin?
#7. Which Canadian-American physicist co-invented the electron microscope?
#8. What is the SI unit of energy?
#9. What is the speed of light in a vacuum (approximately in miles per second)?
#10. Which American chemist is known for the Pauling scale of electronegativity?
#11. Which American physicist is known for the “photoelectric effect” explanation?
#12. Which American physicist is known for the famous “Feynman diagrams”?
#13. Which American physicist is known for the “Pilot Wave” interpretation of quantum mechanics?
#14. What is the chemical formula for water?
#15. Which American physicist is known as the “father of the atomic bomb”?
#16. Which American inventor created the first practical light bulb?
#17. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
#18. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
#19. Which American chemist won two Nobel Prizes (Chemistry and Peace)?
#20. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
#21. What is the chemical formula for methane?
#22. Which Canadian inventor patented the first electric streetcar (tram) in 1887?
#23. What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?
#24. Which American inventor created the first practical electric motor?
#25. Which Canadian-born inventor is credited with inventing the telephone?
#26. Which Canadian chemist won a Nobel Prize for work on chemical kinetics?
#27. Which Canadian physicist is known for his work on quantum optics and won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics?
#28. Which Canadian physicist was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for laser physics?
#29. Which Canadian scientist invented the “cobalt-60 cancer treatment” machine?
#30. Which American physicist created the first working laser?
#31. What is the pH of pure water at 25°C?
#32. Which American chemist discovered the element plutonium along with Glenn Seaborg?
#33. Which American physicist formulated the theory of relativity?
#34. What is the chemical symbol for silver?
#35. What is the chemical symbol for lead?
#36. What is the second most abundant element in the Earth’s crust?
#37. Which American chemist discovered the first synthetic rubber (neoprene)?
#38. Which Canadian medical scientist co-discovered the gene for cystic fibrosis?
#39. What is the chemical symbol for iron?
#40. What is the SI unit of force?
#41. Which Canadian scientist won the Nobel Prize for his work on neutron scattering?
#42. Which Canadian chemist invented the first process to extract nickel from ore?
#43. Which American physicist invented the cyclotron?
#44. Which American inventor patented the first practical automobile (Benz – German). Let’s ask: Which American company mass-produced the first affordable automobile?
#45. What is the chemical formula for table salt?
#46. Which Canadian invention is a type of portable communication device?
#47. Which American inventor built the first fully functional steamboat (Clermont) in 1807?
#48. What is the atomic number of carbon?
#49. What is the atomic number of oxygen?
#50. Which Canadian physicist won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering neutrino oscillations?
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