Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
- 1. Who is often referred to as the 'Father of Modern Chemistry'?
A) Antoine Lavoisier
B) Albert Einstein
C) Isaac Newton
D) Marie Curie
- 2. In which century was Antoine Lavoisier born?
A) 19th century
B) 18th century
C) 20th century
D) 17th century
- 3. What is the chemical formula for oxygen, a gas Lavoisier discovered?
A) CO2
B) H2O
C) N2
D) O2
- 4. Lavoisier is credited with establishing the law of conservation of what?
A) Density
B) Energy
C) Volume
D) Mass
- 5. What was Lavoisier's profession, in addition to being a chemist?
A) Tax collector
B) Painter
C) Musician
D) Architect
- 6. What was Lavoisier's wife's name?
A) Marie Antoinette
B) Marie Sklodowska
C) Marie Curie
D) Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze
- 7. In what year was Lavoisier executed during the French Revolution?
A) 1810
B) 1794
C) 1776
D) 1855
- 8. Which scientific organization was founded by Lavoisier in France?
A) Max Planck Institute
B) National Academy of Sciences
C) Royal Society of London
D) French Academy of Sciences
- 9. Lavoisier conducted experiments to demonstrate that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed. Which law does this concept illustrate?
A) Law of Definite Proportions
B) Law of Conservation of Mass
C) Law of Multiple Proportions
D) Avogadro's Law
- 10. In 1783, Lavoisier was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences. What branch of natural sciences did he primarily contribute to?
A) Chemistry
B) Biology
C) Physics
D) Astronomy
- 11. What is the name of the piece of apparatus crucial to Lavoisier’s work that allowed him to carry out chemical reactions in a controlled environment?
A) Pneumatic trough
B) Bunsen burner
C) Erlenmeyer flask
D) Beaker
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