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Alchemy was a speculative science practiced by alchemists based on logic and experimentation. Alchemists believed the philosopher's stone could transform base metals like lead into gold. They made contributions to chemistry such as isolated zinc and invented gunpowder, but lacked standardized scientific practices. While modern science can change metals using expensive and dangerous particle accelerators, alchemists failed to create the philosopher's stone.

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Quiz Alchemy

Alchemy was a speculative science practiced by alchemists based on logic and experimentation. Alchemists believed the philosopher's stone could transform base metals like lead into gold. They made contributions to chemistry such as isolated zinc and invented gunpowder, but lacked standardized scientific practices. While modern science can change metals using expensive and dangerous particle accelerators, alchemists failed to create the philosopher's stone.

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1.

Which of the following describe


alchemy?
a) It was the practice of the scientific method.
b) It was a field of science based on logic and
experimentation.
c) It was a speculative science practiced by
alchemists.
d) It was a protoscientific tradition practiced in
Egypt, Asia, and Europe.
2. Which of the following was believed
by the alchemists as the material that
could transform base metals into gold?
a) philosopher's stone
b) elixir of life
c) elixir of immortality
d) laudanum
3. Who among the following invented
the gunpowder?

a) Chinese
b) Indians
c) Egyptians
d) Europeans
4. Which of the following is not a
contribution of alchemists to
modern chemistry?

a) isolated metallic zinc


b) invented steel and gunpowder
c) discovered subatomic particles
d) developed distillation and
extraction
5. Which of the following were the
contributions of Indian alchemists?

a) isolation of metallic zinc


b) invention of steel
c) production of silver nitrate
d) creation of poisons such as
mercuric sulfide
6. Which of the following is true about
laudanum?

a) It was created by Aristotle.


b) It was made by Paracelsus.
c) It was an opium tincture.
d) It was used as a painkiller.
7. Which of the following sets of
substances comprise the tria prima?

a) salt, mercury, sulfur


b) mercury, zinc, steel
c) steel, salt, sulfur
d) mercury, steel, sulfur
8. Which of the following became the
problems of the alchemy as time
passed by?
a) The symbols of alchemists were borrowed
from myths.
b) The formula of substances read like magic
spells.
c) The alchemists had no standardized scientific
practice.
d) The alchemists used common laboratory
techniques.
9. Which of the following are
contributions of the alchemists to the
development of chemistry?
a) They were able to create procedures to
prepare liquors.
b) They contributed to the vast uses of inks,
paints, and cosmetics.
c) They developed spectroscopic techniques for
analyzing materials.
d) They discovered the elements copper,
uranium, and calcium.
10. Alchemists failed to create philosopher's
stone, the material that could transform base
metals into gold. But modern scientists can now
change base metals such as lead into gold using
particle accelerators. What is the major problem
with the use of accelerators?

a) The method is too dangerous.


b) The method is very expensive.
c) Lead is more valuable than gold.
d) Low-quality gold is produced.
1.) Which of the following describe
alchemy?
a) It was the practice of the scientific
method.
b) It was a field of science based on logic
and experimentation.
c) It was a speculative science practiced
by alchemists.
d) It was a protoscientific tradition
practiced in Egypt, Asia, and Europe.
2. Which of the following was believed
by the alchemists as the material that
could transform base metals into gold?
a) philosopher's stone
b) elixir of life
c) elixir of immortality
d) laudanum
3. Who among the following invented
the gunpowder?

a) Chinese
b) Indians
c) Egyptians
d) Europeans
4. Which of the following is not a
contribution of alchemists to
modern chemistry?

a) isolated metallic zinc


b) invented steel and gunpowder
c) discovered subatomic particles
d) developed distillation and
extraction
5. Which of the following were the
contributions of Indian alchemists?

a) isolation of metallic zinc


b) invention of steel
c) production of silver nitrate
d) creation of poisons such as
mercuric sulfide
6. Which of the following is true
about laudanum?

a) It was created by Aristotle.


b) It was made by Paracelsus.
c) It was an opium tincture.
d) It was used as a painkiller.
7. Which of the following sets of
substances comprise the tria prima?

a) salt, mercury, sulfur


b) mercury, zinc, steel
c) steel, salt, sulfur
d) mercury, steel, sulfur
8. Which of the following became the
problems of the alchemy as time
passed by?
a) The symbols of alchemists were borrowed
from myths.
b) The formula of substances read like magic
spells.
c) The alchemists had no standardized
scientific practice.
d) The alchemists used common laboratory
techniques.
9. Which of the following are
contributions of the alchemists to the
development of chemistry?
• They were able to create procedures to
prepare liquors.
• They contributed to the vast uses of inks,
paints, and cosmetics.
• They developed spectroscopic techniques for
analyzing materials.
• They discovered the elements copper,
uranium, and calcium.
10. Alchemists failed to create philosopher's
stone, the material that could transform base
metals into gold. But modern scientists can now
change base metals such as lead into gold using
particle accelerators. What is the major problem
with the use of accelerators?

a) The method is too dangerous.


b) The method is very expensive.
c) Lead is more valuable than gold.
d) Low-quality gold is produced.

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