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Chemistry is an area of science that explores how different kinds of materials interact. Why do we add salt to food? What makes bread rise? How does gas/petrol make a car go? All these and more are questions of chemistry.
11 quizzes and 110 trivia questions.
1.
  Chemical Symbols for Kids    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match each chemical with its symbol.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, fyre-x, Jul 01 24
Very Easy
fyre-x
Jul 01 24
686 plays
2.
  Glorious Chemistry for Kids!   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Chemistry is a subject that you can always have a little bit of fun with, whether it be making little explosions or stinking the room out. Enjoy! [Suitable for slightly older children]
Easier, 10 Qns, jonnowales, Aug 25 20
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11
Easier
jonnowales gold member
Aug 25 20
7622 plays
3.
  Combustion for Kids!   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Combustion is a big and scientific word for burning something. Do you know just how it works?
Easier, 10 Qns, WesleyCrusher, May 26 23
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9,10
Easier
WesleyCrusher editor
May 26 23
1527 plays
4.
  Going Back to School Once Again    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Here is another chemistry quiz for you kids. Simply match the symbol of these elements with their name. Enjoy!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, LoveAnimals555, Feb 03 23
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
LoveAnimals555
Feb 03 23
1289 plays
5.
  Going Back to School Again    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
So kids, here is another chemistry quiz for you! Your task is simple: just match the element symbol with its name. Hope you enjoy! :)
Very Easy, 10 Qns, LoveAnimals555, Feb 03 23
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Very Easy
LoveAnimals555
Feb 03 23
1349 plays
6.
  Going Back to School    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
As a kid in school, Chemistry was my favourite subject. I also like to do match quizzes on FunTrivia! So remembering those school days, I am presenting a chemistry quiz for you kids! You have to match the symbol of the element with its name. Good luck!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, LoveAnimals555, Aug 30 20
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
LoveAnimals555
Aug 30 20
1308 plays
7.
  Elements in the Periodic Table    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a fun quiz for kids!
Easier, 10 Qns, dandan1, Jul 16 24
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11
Easier
dandan1
Jul 16 24
1941 plays
8.
  Elementary?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Whether matter is solid, liquid or gas, it is made up of simple building blocks called atoms. These simplest substances are called elements, and their names are shortened to symbols. Try to work out which symbol goes with which element in these questions
Easier, 10 Qns, barrywlj, May 26 23
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Easier
barrywlj
May 26 23
1541 plays
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  Children's Chemistry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz are questions based on introductory chemistry. There is much harder chemistry that I will introduce and that you will come across in your life.
Easier, 10 Qns, coolguy987, Aug 30 20
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Easier
coolguy987
Aug 30 20
1198 plays
10.
  An Introduction to Chemistry    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to my first quiz. This quiz will cover some middle school chemistry. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Chemxpert13AK, Aug 30 20
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Average
Chemxpert13AK
Aug 30 20
546 plays
trivia question Quick Question
OK, you walk into a chemistry lab and your teacher says,'sorry about the smell of hydrogen sulphide'. What would the smell be similar to?

From Quiz "Glorious Chemistry for Kids!"




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  Starting Chemistry for Kids    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz introducing you to the subject of chemistry and covers middle-school chemistry. Enjoy yourself!
Average, 10 Qns, 18397aluminium, Aug 30 20
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9,10
Average
18397aluminium
Aug 30 20
423 plays

Chemistry for Kids Trivia Questions
1. This substance is shiny and very valuable. People pay a lot of money for it and use it to make jewelry. What substance am I speaking of?

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: gold

Iron is also what we call a periodic element like gold but it is less valuable. Table salt is a compound made from sodium and chlorine. Baked beans has nothing to do with this!

2. For something to burn, you need fuel and air. Which part of air is needed to sustain a fire?

From Quiz Combustion for Kids!

Answer: Oxygen

Just like you need oxygen to breathe, a fire also needs oxygen to burn. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide both cannot sustain a fire. Phlogiston was a key element of a 17th century theory about fires - it was speculated that any burning substance would release this substance.

3. The chemical symbol is Hg. Which element am I talking about?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: mercury

Mercury is a silvery liquid also known as quicksilver or hydragyrum (its Latin name). It can be very poisonous.

4. One of the most recognisable parts of chemistry is the very helpful periodic table. This table helps to group certain elements together. One way they do this is by putting things into periods, but what is the other classification?

From Quiz Glorious Chemistry for Kids!

Answer: Groups

When the periodic table was set up, it was organised so that a period of elements moved across the table from left to right and a group moved from top to bottom. If you study chemistry to a moderately advanced level, you will be taught the reasons for this. A Russian man named Mendeleev devised the table.

5. When you add a metallic oxide and water, what type of product do you get?

From Quiz An Introduction to Chemistry

Answer: base

When you add a non-metallic oxide and water, you get an acid. Neutralization of acids and bases result in the formation of neutral salts. Any substance which is used to tell if any other substance is acidic or basic is known as an indicator.

6. Pipes used to be made of this but they don't usually make them from this substance anymore as they realised it poisoned people. What substance am I talking of?

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: lead

Metals are substances which cover most of the periodic table and lead is a metal. A very, very long time ago they used to make pipes out of bricks but that's not what I am talking about.

7. This element is usually found in light bulbs. What is the element?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: tungsten

Tungsten reacts with oxygen at high temperatures. It glows brightly when heated, which makes it good to use in light bulbs.

8. Neutralisation is the posh name that chemists give to the reaction between an acid and a(n) what?

From Quiz Glorious Chemistry for Kids!

Answer: Alkali

This is one of the first general chemical equations you will learn as a chemistry student! Acid + Alkali (or base) --> Salt + Water. For all you eager young scientists, an acid has a pH of less than 7 (7 is the pH of neutral compounds) whilst an alkali has a pH greater than 7.

9. Which mineral acid is also found in our stomach to help the digestion process?

From Quiz An Introduction to Chemistry

Answer: Hydrochloric acid

The stomach produces a thick layer of mucus so that the acid does not corrode the walls of the stomach! Hydrochloric acid, formula HCl, doesn't have oxygen atoms like the other answer choices.

10. What is the substance used in pencils that allows you to write with them?

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: carbon

Carbon in the form of graphite is what is used in pencils. Calcium and iron don't wear off so easily and so are not good for writing with. Chocolate! Hmmmmmm why would anybody waste that on homework?!

11. Most fires release smoke which tends to rise upwards. Why does it do that?

From Quiz Combustion for Kids!

Answer: Hot air is lighter than cold air

Smoke consists of fine dust particles in gases released by the fire. This gas has just been heated by the fire and is thus lighter than the surrounding cold air. It thus rises upwards. This effect is used in hot air balloons - they float because the hot air inside them is lighter than the cold air outside.

12. This element can react with oxygen. When it does, it will create rust. Which element is this?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: iron

Rust is also known as iron oxide. You can find this compound on almost every single iron object. For example, monkey bars.

13. What is one way to test if a substance is acidic, basic or neutral?

From Quiz An Introduction to Chemistry

Answer: Using an indicator

The best example is litmus paper. Red litmus turns blue on application of a base while blue litmus turns red on application of an acid. Tasting or touching it can be very dangerous, as acids and bases can be corrosive. Water can only dilute the acid/base, not test it.

14. A lot of our bones are made up of this.

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: calcium

Bones made of uranium? No, no, no, that would kill us! Lead; that is definitely NOT good for our bodies. Calcium is what I was looking for. Along with magnesium and zinc, it is very important for healthy bones.

15. Sometimes combustion can even take place without air. Why is this possible?

From Quiz Combustion for Kids!

Answer: Other substances can take the role of the air

You do not necessarily need air to burn something - just oxygen. This oxygen can be part of other chemical compounds. Gunpowder, for example, consists of carbon, sulphur and saltpeter. The first two of these three substances are fuel - they would burn in air - while heated saltpeter releases the needed oxygen to sustain the fire.

16. This element is the most abundant metallic element in the Earth's crust. Which element is this?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: aluminum

Aluminum is an important ingredient in making silverish paint. It is also used to make baking pans. The only two elements that are more abundant in the earth's crust are oxygen and silicon, both of which are classified by chemists as non-metals due to their physical and chemical properties.

17. This one uses the first letter plus another for the name. What is the symbol for magnesium?

From Quiz Elementary?

Answer: Mg

Often the first and third letters are used. Manganese is Mn. Ms and Ma mean nothing. Magnesium is a metallic element that burns with a bright flame.

18. Carboxylic acids and alcohols react together to form ______.

From Quiz An Introduction to Chemistry

Answer: esters

Salts are formed in the reaction of acids and bases. Ethanol is actually a type of alcohol. Ethane is a hydrocarbon gas.

19. This element is the most abundant element in the universe and is essential for our life.

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: hydrogen

All these elements are essential for our life but hydrogen is the most abundant. Stars burn hydrogen for fuel.

20. This element is used for respiration. Without it we would not survive. What element is this?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: oxygen

Oxygen is essential for the survival of you and me. But each breath we take, less than half of the air is oxygen. Most of the air we breathe is nitrogen!

21. Some take their symbols from ancient names that look nothing like their common names. You may want to look at a Periodic Table of the Elements for these. What heavy grey metal has the symbol Pb?

From Quiz Elementary?

Answer: Lead

Lead takes its name from plumbum, a Latin word. Plumbers are called that because they used to work with lead pipes. Cobalt is Co, chromium is Cr and copper is Cu (also from a Latin word - cuprum).

22. What is the name given to the chemical process in which a substance goes from being in a solid state straight to being a gas?

From Quiz Glorious Chemistry for Kids!

Answer: Sublimation

Sublimation is where the liquid phase is skipped and a solid substance can be changed straight into a gas. It can also work in the reverse direction - from a gas straight into a solid. A common example of sublimation in action is when dry ice "melts" - it goes straight from being in a solid state to being vaporous.

23. This noble metal is the most malleable and ductile metal as well. You need aqua regia to dissolve it. It is very lustrous and yellow in colour. What is the name of this element?

From Quiz Starting Chemistry for Kids

Answer: Gold (Au)

Aqua regia is a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid in a ratio of 1:3. The symbol of gold (Au) is comes from its latin name 'aurum'. Osmium is the densest metal. Silver is the best electrical and thermal conductor. Platinum is the most non-reactive metal.

24. What is the formula for carbon dioxide?

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: CO2

CO is carbon monoxide. There is no such compound as CaO2 and there isn't an element with the chemical symbol Ox.

25. What is the symbol for sodium?

From Quiz Elementary?

Answer: Na

Sodium takes its name from the Latin natrium. It explodes if placed in water, so is usually stored in kerosene. Combine sodium (Na) with chlorine (Cl) and you get the compound sodium chloride (NaCl) or table salt. S is sulphur, which shows why it can't also be sodium.

26. With an atomic number of 7, this element makes up 78% of the air we breathe. Being an inert gas, it is used for the packaging of chips and other foodstuffs. What is the name of this non-metallic gas?

From Quiz Starting Chemistry for Kids

Answer: Nitrogen

Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air and is essential for plant growth. It has a valency of 3 and is a non-metallic gas. It occurs naturally as a diatomic molecule.

27. After doing an experiment, you bring a burning matchstick near the reaction and notice that the gas being released burns with a popping sound. Which gas might it be?

From Quiz An Introduction to Chemistry

Answer: Hydrogen

Hydrogen is the lightest gas and the most abundant element in the universe with an atomic number of 1. Helium is an inert gas.

28. What compound is essential for our life?

From Quiz Children's Chemistry

Answer: water

Xylyl bromide is poisonous. Bleach is also poisonous. Iron oxide is basically rust but water is essential for all life.

29. This gaseous element is normally used in brightly-lit signs. Which element am I talking about?

From Quiz Elements in the Periodic Table

Answer: neon

Different amounts of neon (and maybe some of another element) can make different colors. It is colourless without the electrical charge applied to the sign.

30. What is the symbol for silver?

From Quiz Elementary?

Answer: Ag

Another Latin one - argentum. Argentina was named for this because silver was mined there. S is sulphur and Si is silicon.

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