10 Questions
What is the earliest recorded metal employed by humans?
Gold
What is the process known as for recovering certain metals from their ores by heating the rocks in a fire?
Smelting
What led to the discovery of glass and the purification of metals?
Fire
What technological shift began the Bronze Age about 3500 BC?
Combining copper and tin to make bronze
What do naturally occurring copper/tin ores typically include as a common impurity?
Arsenic
Which of the following was arguably the first chemical reaction used in a controlled manner?
Burning wood
What was the protoscience of chemistry, alchemy, unsuccessful in explaining?
The nature of matter and its transformations
Which aspect of early societies was affected by fire?
Cooking and habitat heating
What technology was used by civilizations by 1000 BC that would eventually form the basis of various branches of chemistry?
Extracting metals from ores
What did alchemists set the stage for by performing experiments and recording the results?
Modern chemistry
Test your knowledge of the history of chemistry from ancient civilizations to the present, including the development of technologies and the protoscience of alchemy.
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