Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Donna Strickland—all of them proved their worth as scientists by winning a Nobel Prize. You (probably) haven’t. But maybe you should have. Do you wonder whether you really should have become a physicist? Maybe a chemist? If you ace all of these quizzes, you’ll need to face your regret.
Periodic Table Quiz
periodic table with atomic number, symbol, and atomic weightPeriodic table showing each element's atomic number, symbol, and atomic weight.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.There are 118 chemical elements. This quiz has 118 questions. You make the connection.
Science Quiz
Rutherford atomic modelPhysicist Ernest Rutherford envisioned the atom as a miniature solar system, with electrons orbiting around a massive nucleus, and as mostly empty space, with the nucleus occupying only a very small part of the atom. The neutron had not yet been discovered when Rutherford proposed his model, which had a nucleus consisting only of protons.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Yes, that’s right: just Science Quiz. Everything in science in only 60 questions.
Define It: Math Terms
Enrico FermiItalian-born physicist Enrico Fermi explaining a problem in physics, c. 1950.National Archives, Washington, D.C.If you’re going to do science, you need math. Lots of it.
27 True-or-False Questions from Britannica’s Most Difficult Science Quizzes
Bunsen burnerBunsen burner in a laboratory.© Ggw1962/Dreamstime.comYour fellow readers have already identified the toughest true and false quizzes in Britannica’s collection of quizzes. See if you can do better.
Everything in Space in a 25-Minute Quiz
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), as seen in an optical image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.CFHT/NOAO/AURA/NSF/NASA/ESA/STScIWe’ve got to specialize at some point, right? So let’s dive into space. Really, really deep into space. (We know you can get through it faster, though.)
