Question

In 1783 Antoine Lavoisier showed that the heat produced by respiration was comparable to the heat produced when charcoal was burned. This experiment shows the similarity between respiration and

a. boiling
b. combustion
c. ignition
d. melting

Answer 1

The answer is B: Combustion

Answer 2

Answer: B. Combustion

Lavoisier’s oxygen theory of combustion was one of his most notable contribution to science and earned him the title of the “father of modern chemistry”. He recognized the combustible property of oxygen and that phosphorus and other metallic elements increased in terms of weight when burned.