Multiple choice

Who discovered the oxygen?

  1. Neil Bohr

  2. William Harvey

  3. William Ramsay

  4. Lavoiser

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Oxygen was independently discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Joseph Priestley, but Antoine Lavoisier is credited with naming it and recognizing its role in combustion.

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