JALANDONI MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Lapu, Iloilo City

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 9
SY 2015-2016
SECOND QUARTER EXAM
Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer before the number.
1. Protons are located in the nucleus of the atom. A proton has
a. No charge
c. A positive and a negative charge
b. A negative charge
d. A positive charge
2. Neutrons are in the nucleus of the atom. A neutron has
a. A positive charge
c. A negative charge
b. No charge
d. Twice as much positive charge as a
proton
3. An electron is in a region outside the nucleus. An electron
a. Is larger than a proton and has no charge
b. Has less mass than a proton and has a negative charge
c. Is smaller than a proton and has no charge
d. Has a positive charge
4. Electrons are in regions around the nucleus called energy levels.
The first energy level
a. Is furthest from the nucleus c. Holds the most electrons
b. Is closest to the nucleus
d. Needs more than two electrons
to fill it up
5. The atoms in a column of the periodic table all have
a. The same abbreviation
b. The same number of energy levels
c. The same number of electrons
d. The same number of electrons in the outer energy level
6. In the process of covalent bonding, atoms share electrons. This
means that
a. Electrons from each atom are attracted to the nucleus of both
atoms
b. Protons and neutrons attract
c. Atoms lose electrons and become ions
d. Atoms gain electrons and become ions
7. In the process of ionic bonding

a. Both atoms gain electrons

b. One atom gains one or more electrons and the other loses the
same number
c. Atoms switch protons
d. Both atoms lose electrons
8. In the process of ionic bonding, ions come together because
a. Opposite charges repel
c. Salt is magnetic
b. Positive and negative ions attract d. Like charges attract each
other
9. In a Lewis dot diagram, the electrons shown
a. Are in the innermost energy level
c. Are in the
outermost energy level
b. Always equal the number of protons
d. Always add up to an
even number

10.Which of the following is not part of Dalton's atomic theory?

a. Atoms cannot be divided, created, or destroyed.
b. The number of protons in an atom is its atomic number.
c. In chemical reactions, atoms are combined, separated, or
rearranged.
d. All matter is composed of extremely small particles called atoms.
11.Because most particles fired at metal foil passed straight through,
Rutherford concluded that
a. atoms were mostly empty space.
c. electrons formed
the nucleus.
b. atoms contained no charged particles.
d. atoms were
indivisible
12.The smallest unit of an element that can exist either alone or in
combination with other such particles of the same or different
elements is the
a. electron. b. proton.
c. neutron. d. atom
13.Yaya Dub was working with an unknown element that was known to
have the following electron dot notation
. Which of the following
elements could it be?
a. H;
b. K;
c. Ca;
d. Al;
14.Which of the following gives the correct electronic configuration for
the element sulfur?
a. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2
c. 1s2 2s2 3s2 3p4
2
2
6
4
2
b. 1s 2s 2p 2d
d. 1s 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d8
15.Each p-orbital can accommodate a maximum of __________
electrons.

a.

b. 3

c. 1

d. 6

16.Which orbital diagram representation is incorrect?

a. 1s
2s
2p

b. 1s

c. 1s

d. 1s

2s

2p

2s

2s

2p

2p

Consider the following electron configurations to answer the following:

a. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d8
b. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1
c. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d8 4p6
d. 1s2
e. 1s2 2s2 2p1
f. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2
g. 1s2 2s2 2p4
h. 1s1
17.This denotes an element from the transition metals.
18.This element follows the duet rule.
19.This element belongs to the noble gases.
20.This element belongs to the boron group.
21.This element belongs to the alkaline earth metals.
22.This element belongs to the chalcogens.

23.This is the lightest element.

24.This is an element from the alkali metals.
25.In which set of elements would all members be expected to have
very similar chemical properties?
a. S, Se, Si
c. Ne, Na, Mg
b. O, S, Se
d. Na, Mg, K
26.Who first proposed an atomic theory based on scientific knowledge?
a. John Dalton
c. Robert Brown
b. Jons Berzelius
d. Dmitri Mendeleev
27.Experiments with cathode rays led to the discovery of the
a. Proton
c. neutron
b. Nucleus
d. electron
28.In the gold foil experiment, most of the particles fired at the foil
a. Bounced back
c. were absorbed by the foil
b. Passed through the foil
d. combined with the foil
29.Circle the event in each group that came first
a. Discovery of the nucleus or discovery of the neutron or
discovery of the electron
b. Gold-foil experiment or cathode ray experiment or The Matrix
c. Plum pudding model or People Power Revolution or solid sphere
model
d. Idea that atoms exist or idea that atoms have particles or ideas
that atoms have energy levels
e. Nucleus discovered or particles discovered in the atom or Titanic
sank
30.How is an energy level symbolized?
a. n b. s c. d
d. f
Part II. Write the electron configuration and orbital diagram of
a. Cl b. Ar c. Ne d. Ca e. K

f. Br g. He h. S

i. C

Part III. Write the Lewis structure of the following:

a. CCl4

b. CO2

c. H2S

d. HF

d. PF3

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