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History of Chemistry
1. Where do we find the earliest known use of actual chemistry? _________________________________

2. Why was chemistry developed? _______________________________________________________

3. What did the Greeks believe were the four elements?

4. Why was much or the early information temporarily lost?

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5. What group was responsible for preserving and expanding the learning of the Greeks? ___________________________________

6. How did this science influence Europe? _________________________________________

7. What was the primary goal of the alchemist? __________________________________________

8. What is the "philosopher's stone?" ___________________________________________

9. How does chemistry relate to industry? ____________________________________________

10. How does alchemy influence the periodic table? ____________________________________________

11. What did Dmitri Mendelyeev do? ___________________________________________________

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