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CHM121
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Short Questions
1. Identify a solid.
A) definite volume and definite shape
B) definite volume and no definite shape
C) no definite shape and definite volume
D) no definite shape and no definite volume
2. A substance that can't be chemically broken down into simpler substances is
A) a homogeneous mixture.
B) an element.
C) a heterogeneous mixture.
D) a compound.
E) an electron.
3. A physical change
A) occurs when iron rusts.
B) occurs when sugar is heated into caramel.
C) occurs when glucose is converted into energy within your cells.
D) occurs when water is evaporated.
E) occurs when propane is burned for heat.
4. How many significant figures are in the measurement, 20.300 m?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 1
E) 2
5. In a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed. Which law does this refer to?
A) Law of Definite Proportions
B) Law of the Conservation of Mass
C) Law of Modern Atomic Theory
D) Law of Multiple Proportions
E) First Law of Thermodynamics
6. Identify the charges of the protons, neutrons, and electrons.
A) protons +1, neutrons 0, electrons -1
B) protons 0, neutrons -1, electrons +1
C) protons -1, neutrons 0, electrons +1
D) protons 0, neutrons +1, electrons -1
E) protons +1, neutrons -1, electrons 0
7. Ions differ in the number of
A) electrons.
B) neutrons.
C) protons.
D) neutrons and protons.
E) electrons and protons.
8. Predict the charge that a calcium ion would have.
A) 6B) 2C) 3+
D) 2+
E) 1+
9. Which of the following does NOT describe a metal?
A) good conductor of heat
B) good conductor of electricity
C) tends to gain electrons
D) forms ionic compounds with nonmetals
E) found on the left side of the periodic table.
10. A covalent bond is best described as
A) the sharing of electrons between atoms.
B) the transfer of electrons.
C) a bond between a metal and a nonmetal.
D) a bond between a metal and a polyatomic ion.
E) a bond between two polyatomic ions.
11. Give the structure for sodium perchlorate.
A) NaClO
B) NaClO2
C) NaClO3
D) NaClO4
12. Calculate the molar mass for Mg(ClO4)2.
A) 223.21 g/mol
B) 123.76 g/mol
C) 119.52 g/mol
D) 247.52 g/mol
E) 75.76 g/mol
A) rubidium disulfide.
B) rubidium sulfide.
C) rubidium(II) sulfide.
D) rubidium sulfur.
14. Give the name for PBr3.
A) phosphorus tribromide
B) potassium tribromide
C) phosphorus (III) bromide
D) phosphorus (II) bromide
E) phosphorus bromide
15. Which of the following is an ionic compound?
A) SF2
B) Mg3(PO4)2
C) Cl2O
D) CH2O
E) PBr5
Medium Questions
16. How many liters of air are in a room that measures 10.0 ft 11.0 ft and has an 8.00 ft ceiling?
17. How many xenon atoms are contained in 2.36 moles of xenon?
18. Calculate the mass percent composition of sulfur in Al2(SO4)3.
Long Questions
19. Write a balanced equation to show the reaction of sulfurous acid with lithium hydroxide to form water
and lithium sulfite.
20. Determine the empirical formula for a compound that contains C, H and O. It contains 52.14% C and
34.73% O by mass.