Exam (elaborations) Chemistry - 1

1. Multiple Choice: Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium? w) John Dalton x) Dmitri Mendeleev y) Emil Fischer z) Marie Curie ANSWER: Z -- MARIE CURIE 2. Short Answer: Who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium? ANSWER: D -- MARIE CURIE 3. Multiple Choice: Which of the following pairs of German scientists discovered the atomic fission of uranium and set the stage for the nuclear age? w) Hahn and Strassman x) Nernst and Planck y) Ostwald and Heisenberg z) Bohr and Rutherford ANSWER: W -- HAHN AND STRASSMAN 4. Multiple Choice: Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental properties in 1869? w) Theodore Richards x) Antoine Lavoisier y) Dmitri Mendeleev z) Svante Arrhenius ANSWER: Y -- DMITRI MENDELEEV 5. Short Answer: Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental properties? ANSWER: DMITRI MENDELEEV