Quiz: Chemistry before Modern History

A theory that says the universe can be explained entirely by the actions and effects of tiny versions of gnomes

• Gnomes Theory of Physics

• Gnomes Theory of Chemistry

• Gnomes Theory of Science

It is the idea that things are made up of much smaller things that cannot be changed nor divided

• Alchemy

• atomism

• protoscience

They were two of the most important theorists about the natural and physical world.

• Leucippus and Anaxagoras

• Empedocles and Plato

• Democritus and Plato

• Leucippus and Democritus

He argued that there was an infinite number of elementary natural substances in the form of infinitesimally small particles that combined to comprise the different things in the universe.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Anaxagoras

He stated that everything is made up of four eternal and unchanging kinds of matter, fire, air (all gases), water (all liquids and metals) and earth (all solids).

• Anaxagoras

• Democritus

• Empedocles

He expanded Empedocles’ theory by saying each of the four kinds of matter is composed of geometrical solids further divisible into triangles.

• Aristotle

• Anaxagoras

• Plato

He believed that the four elements could be balanced in substances in an infinite number of ways, and that when combined gave proportions of “essential qualities,” hot, dry, cold and wet.

• Leucippus

• Aristotle

• Empedocles

They had techniques to utilize metals like gold and copper. They even assigned certain symbols to match metals with the heavenly bodies such as the Sun and Moon. They also made use of other materials such as dyes, glass, paints, and perfumes.

• Chinese

• Egyptians

• Mesopotamians

They adapted techniques from the Mesopotamians and perfected the use of bronze, dye and glass that the Greeks later copied.

• Egyptians

• Indians

• Chinese

They had their own processes for metalwork and ceramic materials, but they especially focused on finding minerals, plants and substances that could prolong life.

• Arabs and Muslims

• Mesopotamians

• Chinese