Oxygen Quiz: Trivia Questions and Answers

1. What is the atomic number of oxygen?

12

10

8

2. What is the group of oxygen in the periodic table?

Inert Gases

Chalcogen Group

Halogen Group

3. Approximately how much of the human body is oxygen?

20%

10%

65%

4. The name oxygen was coined in 1777 by:

John Mayow

Antoine Lavoisier

Robert Boyle

5. What is the process of rusting using the oxygen called?

Combustion

Photosynthesis

Oxidation

6. Oxygen is continuously replenished in the earth's atmosphere by which process?

Fermentation

Photosynthesis

Glycolosis

7. Which plants living near the oceans produce a lot of oxygen?

Corals

Photoplanktons

Seaweeds

8. In terms of magnetic ordering, what is oxygen?

Ferromagnetic

Antiferromagnetic

Paramagnet

9. In how many oxidation states can oxygen exist?

1

4

2

10. What did the famous scientist Priestley call oxygen as?

Dephlogisticated Air

Breathable Gas

Combustion Gas

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