Applied Chemistry Post-Test Name: ____________________________________ Summer 2008

1. Water has a special property that makes it not dissolve into oil. Name that property.

2. Rust is formed from the reaction of iron with oxygen in the air. What is the chemical we used to speed up the rusting process?

3. A Cartesian Diver (an eye dropper in a 2 liter bottle) falls to the bottom when squeezed. Why?

4. Thiosulfates cause the eye to make sulfuric acid and thus cry. What happens to the thiosulfates as an onion is cooked? Thiosulfates do this because they are what kind of compounds?

5. What are the three main carbon sources for humans? (Think about the foods we consume.)

6. The reaction between acetic acid (vinegar) and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is the reaction between an acid and a base. What is the special name for this reaction.

7. What three products are formed when acetic acid reacts with sodium bicarbonate? (You may list the specific compounds or there general names, e.g. a salt.)

~ OVER ~ 8. Fill in the name for the following three government agencies: EPA ____________________________________

USDA ____________________________________ FDA ____________________________________ 9. Name five areas of chemistry: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 10. What important information do MSDS sheets provide us?

11. Are toothpaste and household cleaner similar or different? Why?

12. What metal did not react sufficiently with the copper(II)sulfate?

13. Name one chemist we visited and one thing you learned from that chemist.

BONUS QUESTION How does chemistry relate to you as a human or what you want to be when you grow up?