CHEM 1701 – Assignment 2 – Part 1 (4% of final grade)

Chemistry I for Pre-health Science

All assignment components are due on: ____________________________________

___ /50 marks

Background and Content:

The purpose of this assignment is to help prepare you for test 2 and for you to explore connections between
your classroom learning and healthcare. To accomplish these goals, the assignment has three parts.

Part 1 – Basic knowledge [50 marks]

 4% of final grade
 This part contains content specific questions to help review material and prepare you for the test.
 Submit to folder in DC Connect titled “Assignment2_Part 1”

Learning Outcomes:
The following course learning outcomes (CLO) and essential employability skills (EES) are addressed
throughout this assignment. The CLO’s and EES can be found in the course outline.
 CLO 4, 5, 6, 7
 EES 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11

Grading:
 Points have been attributed to each question.
 While you may work in pairs or small groups to complete the assignment, each student must submit
their own original work.
 Assignments may be checked for authenticity using TurnItIn software.

Handing in your work:

 Submit your completed work to the appropriate Assignments folders in DC Connect.

Other things to note:

 Show all work for full marks.
 Apply significant digit rules and round appropriately for all answers.

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Part 1 – Basic Knowledge [50 marks]

Rationale: This part of the assignment is good review for the test. The questions below are similar in structure
and style to questions you may see on the test.

Instructions:
 Answer the following questions in the space provided
 Show all work for full marks
 Consider the point value of each question as a guide as to how much detail you should include
 Apply significant digit and rounding rules as discussed in class
 Don’t forget units in your final answers

UNIT 4: Chemical Bonding

1. (1 mark) Which of the following 2 elements will join with an ionic bond?
a. hydrogen and chlorine
b. nitrogen and oxygen
c. aluminum and cesium
d. barium and bromine
e. argon and chlorine

2. (6 marks) For the molecule below, you will give a full analysis including the following:

CHFClBr
Item Answer
a. Total amount of valence
26 valence electrons
electrons

b. Lewis Structure

c. Electronegativity
differences
d. Structural formula and
delta notation
C = F : 4.0-2.5 = 1.5
C = Br : 2.8-2.5 = 0.3
C = Cl : 3.0-2.5 = 0.5
C = H : 2.5-2.1 = 0.4
δ+ C – F δ-
δ+ C – Br δ-

δ+ C – Cl δ-

δ- C – H δ+

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 e. Type of bond
Polar
(non-polar or polar)

f. VSEPR shape tetrahedral

3. (2 marks) Which of the following diagrams indicates how water molecules hydrogen bond? Explain your
choice with proper definitions of hydrogen bonding.

a. b. c. d.

C. Because it’s a polar covalent bond, which means the attraction of hydrogen (positive)
and oxygen (negative) can connect, like a magnet. It’s where the pairs electrons are
unequal shared and this is when it find the help of another element to become equal.

UNIT 5: Nomenclature
4. (1 mark) The chemical formula for iron (III) oxide is:
a. Fe3O
b. FeO
c. FeO3
d. Fe2O3
e. Fe3O2

5. (1 mark) The name for the compound having the formula Cl2O5 is:
a. chlorine oxide
b. pentachlorine dioxide
c. dichlorine pentoxide
d. dichloride pentoxide
e. pentachloride dioxide

6. (1 mark) The chemical formula for magnesium phosphate is:

a. Mg3PO4
b. Mg3(PO4)2
c. Mg2(PO4)3
d. Mg3P2

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 e. Mg2P3

7. (1 mark) The chemical formula for dinitrogen tetroxide is:

a. N4O2
b. N2O
c. N2O4
d. NO2
e. N4O

8. (1 mark) In which of the following names of compounds is there a mistake?

a. potassium chloride
b. dichloride disulfide
c. magnesium oxide
d. ammonium hydroxide
e. calcium phosphate

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 Explain the mistake in the space below.

Dichloride disulfide because the first element should never end with an “-ide”.

9. (1 mark) The chemical formula for tin (IV) sulfate is:

a. Sn2(SO4)4
b. SnSO4
c. Sn(SO4)2
d. SnSO2
e. Sn2SO4

10. (5 marks) Give the correct name for each of the following:

Structure IUPAC name

NH4Cl Ammonium chloride
SnBr2 Tin (ii) bromide
Al2(SO3)3 Aluminum sulfite
Cl2O3 Dichlorine trioxide
F1- Fluorine ion

11. (5 marks) Give the correct formula or symbol for each of the following:

IUPAC name Formula or symbol

lead (IV) sulfide PbS2
potassium nitrate KNO3
sulfur tetrafluoride SF4
aluminum sulfite Al2(SO3)3
lithium ion Li1+

UNIT 6: Chemical Reactions

12. (4 marks) Write the chemical formulas for the reactants/products and balance the following equations (do
not forget physical states).

Word equation Chemical equation

a. Solid lead (IV) carbonate decomposes
Pb(CO3)2 (s)  PbO2 (s) + 2CO2 (g)
with heat to give solid lead (IV) oxide
[decomposition reactions]
and carbon dioxide gas.
b. Aqueous solutions of cobalt (II) nitrate
and sodium chromate react to give a Co(NO3)2 (aq) + Na2CrO4 (aq)  CoCrO4 (s) + 2NaNO3 (aq)
cobalt (II) chromate precipitate and [double replacement]
aqueous sodium nitrate.

13. (4 marks) Classify each of the following reactions as REDOX or NONREDOX. Then further classify each
reaction as either DECOMPOSITION, COMPOSITION, SINGLE-REPLACEMENT, DOUBLE-
REPLACEMENT.

Reaction Redox or nonredox? Type of reaction

a. Zn(s) + Cl2(g) → ZnCl2(s) Redox Combination reaction
b. CaO(s) + SiO2(s) → CaSiO3(s) Nonredox Combination reaction
c. N2O5(g) + H2O(l) → 2HNO3(aq) Nonredox Combination reaction
d. H2CO3(aq) → CO2(g) + H2O(l) Nonredox Decomposition reaction

UNIT 7: The Mole

14. (3 marks) Calculate the number of moles in each of the following.

Quantity Moles

(9.21 g Ba) X (1molBa / 137.33gBa)

a. 9.21 g of barium
= 0.07 mol Ba [3 s.d.]

(3.1 x 1025 atoms I) X (1molBa / 6.02x1023 atoms I)

25
b. 3.1 x 10 atoms of iodine gas
= 51 mol I [2 s.d.]

45.3 g Ca(OH)2 X (1molCa(OH)2 / 74.1 g Ca(OH)2)

c. 45.3 g of calcium hydroxide
= 0.611 mol Ca(OH)2 [3 s.d.]

15. You spent the day colour coding your periodic table with crayons. You decided to weigh the crayons before
you started and weighed them again after you completed your fun science art project. Your data is below.

Substance Mass before (g) Mass after (g) Mass used (g)

Crayons (C25H52) 23.66 g 17.56 g 6.1 g

 a. (1 mark) Find the mass used and enter this value in the table above.

b. (1 mark) Find the molar mass of the crayons.

(12.01gC x 25) + (1.01gH x 52) = 352.77 g/mol C25H52

c. (1 mark) How many molecules of crayon wax were used in your science art project?

(6.1gC25H52) X (1molC25H52 / 352.77gC25H52) X (6.02x1023 molecules C25H52)

= 1.0x1022 molecules C25H52

16. Consider the reaction: KHCO3(s) → K2CO3(aq)  H2O(l)  CO2(g)

a. (3 marks) What mass of K2CO3 is produced when 0.466 g of potassium hydrogen carbonate
(KHCO3) is decomposed?

2KHCO3 (s)  K2CO3 (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)

0.466gKHCO3 X (1molKHCO3 / 100.12gKHCO3) X (1molK2CO3 / 2molKHCO3) X

(138.21g K2CO3 / 1molK2CO3)

= 0.322g K2CO3

b. (2 marks) How many moles of carbon dioxide gas will be produced with 5.5 g of KHCO3?

2KHCO3 (s)  K2CO3 (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)

5.5gKHCO3 X (1molKHCO3 / 100.12gKHCO3 ) X ( 1molCO2 / 2molKHCO3 )

= 0.03mol CO2

16. Suppose 1.25 mol of N2 and 50.0 g of O2 are mixed. The reaction is as follows:

N2(g) + O2(g)  NO2(g)

a. (3 marks) What mass of NO2 (g) would be produced?
N2 (g) + 2O2 (g)  2NO2 (g)

1.25molN2 X (28.02gN2 / 1molN2) = 35.0gN2

N2 : 35.0gN2 X (1molN2 / 28.02gN2) X (2molNO2 / 1molN2) X (46.01gNO2 / 1molNO2)
= 115gNO2
O2 : 50.0gO2 X (1molO2 / 32gO2) X (2molNO2 / 2molO2) X (46.01gNO2 / 1molNO2)
= 71.9gNO2

b. (1 mark) Determine the limiting reactant.

O2 (71.9gNO2) is the limiting reactant as it produces the least amount of product while N2
(115NO2) is the excess reactant,

c. (2 marks) If the reaction is carried out and 26.9 g of NO2 is produced, what is the percentage yield?

(26.9gNO2 / 71.9gNO2) X 100%

= 37%