Family
Yes/No: Did Mendeleev have a large family?
Yes (He was the youngest)
How old was Mendeleev when his father went blind?
a) 4 b) 32 c) 12 d) 16
d) 16
a) 2 b) 13 c) 27 d) 6
b) 13
How many siblings did Mendeleev have?
a) 2 b) 7 c) 16 d) 24
c) 16 (exact # uncertain)
Who did Mendeleev work with that led him to his discovery?
a) John Dalton b) Robert Bunsen & Gustov Kirchoff
c) Linus Pauling d) Antoine Lavoisier & Marie Curie
b) Robert Bunsen & Gustov Kirchoff
When and where was Dmitri Mendeleev born?
a) March 9, 1827 - Knoxville, Tennessee
b) Jan. 31, 1848 - Rome, Italy
c) Feb. 8, 1834 - Verkhnie Aremzyani, Siberia
d) Nov. 2, 1872 - Frankfurt, Germany
c) Feb. 8, 1834 - Verkhnie Aremzyani, Siberia
How old was Mendeleev when he wrote his 1st book?
a) 27 b) 7 c) 82 d) 45
a) 27
How many elements did Mendeleev predict?
a) 12 b) 3 c) 22 d) 7
b) 3
Where did Mendeleev and his family move to when he was 16?
a) St. Petersburg, Russia b) New York, New York
c) Moscow, Russia d) London, England
a) St. Petersburg, Russia
What award did Mendeleev's 1st book receive?
a) Domidov Prize b) Nobel Prize c) Pulitzer Prize
d) Grammy Awards
a) Domidov Prize
What event played a key role in Mendeleev's discovery?
a) 1st International Chemistry Conference b) Solvay Conference c) International Conference on d) Conference on Applied Energy Chemical Engineering
a) 1st International Chemistry Conference
What was Mendeleev's 1st book called?
a) Chemistry Research b) My Research
c) The Life of Chemistry d) Organic Chemistry
d) Organic Chemistry (500 pages, wrote in 61 days)
What was Mendeleev's importance to Chemistry? (2)
a) Discovered the atom b) Discovered the electron
c) Discovered the periodic law d) Created the periodic table
c) Discovered the periodic law & d) Created the periodic table