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CHEM 100
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2013

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Using interpolation, as we did in the lab on density of water, which of the following would represent an appropriate burette reading?

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9.131 ML
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The visible fog above the dry ice in the states of matter lab was composed of what?

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WATER
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Which of the following observations casts STONGEST doubt on the hypothesis that the visible fog above the dry ice in the states of matter lab was composed of gaseous CO2?

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WHEN THE COLLER CONTAINING THE DRY IVE WAS OPENED, THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO FOG VISIBLE ABOVE THE DRY ICE

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Which of the following is true about the scientific method?

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WHEN POSSIBLE, SCIENTISTS SUBJECT EVEN HIGHLY PLAUSIBLE HYPOTHESES TO EMPIRICAL TESTING

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Which of the following is an alkali metal that will react vigorously with water?

 

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POTASSIUM

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What is the charge on a lithium ion containing 3 protons and 2 electrons?

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+1
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Nitrogen has the atomic number 7. How many electrons does an electrically neutral atom of nitrogen have?

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7
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One of the isotopes of nitrogen is nitrogen-15. How many protons are there in the nucleus of nitrogen-15?

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7
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One of the isotopes of nitrogen is nitrogen-15. How many electrons are there in an electrically neutral atom of nitrogen-15?

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7
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What was the name of the element referred to as the “T-Rex of the chemical elements” in the film “The Periodic Table”?

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FLOURINE
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If the name of an ion ends in “ide” what charge will it have?

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NEGATIVE
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The compound ammonium chloride, produced by the reaction of gaseous ammonia and hydrogen chloride gas, has the formula-

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NH4CL
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To be a free radical, a chemical species MUST have

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AT LEAST ONE UNPAIRED ELECTRON

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T/F: A molecule of the polymer called “polyethylene” contains about half as many double bonds as it does carbon atoms

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FALSE
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What information might not be obtained by looking at a structural formula?

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THE SHAPE OF THE MOLECULE (ANGLES OF THE BONDS)

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The SI base unit for length is

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METER
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The SI unit for mass is

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KILOGRAM
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Which of these is the balanced chemical equation for the formation of hydrogen gas as performed in the “States of Matter” laboratory?

 

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2HCL(AQ)+ZN(S) à H2(G)+ZNCL2(AQ)

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The atmosphere contains about 78% nitrogen, which is transparent and colorless. This well-established datum casts doubt on the hypothesis of what?

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THAT THE CLOUD SEEN ABOVE THE LIQUID NITROGEN IS NITROGEN GAS

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The hypothesis (an incorrect one, as it turns out) that dry ice sublimes as it “warms up to room temperature” could be tested by doing what?

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MEASURING THE TEMP OF THE DRY ICE WITH A THERMOMETER AS SUBLIMATION OCCURS

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Suppose a vibrating slinky is vibrating with a  wavelength of 14M and a frequency of 1/s/ Then the slinky is excited more vigorously so that the frequency is now 2/s. What is the new wavelength with the new frequency of 2/s?

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7M
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If the mass of a sample of water is measured as 2.01G, to the nearest 0.02G, then the relative uncertainty in the measurement is

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0.01
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The rules for significant figures when measurements are multiplied or divided are based on the effects of-

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RELATIVE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MEASUREMENT

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The rules for significant figures when measurements are added or subtracted are based on the effects of-

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THE ABSOLUTE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MEASUREMENT

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If the mass of a 2.22ML sample of solution is measured as 2.58G, its density would best be reported as

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1.16G/ML
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A chemical bond formed by the sharing of a pair of electrons is

 

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A COVALENT BOND

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Breaking chemical bonds always

 

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REQUIRES ENERGY

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Forming chemical bonds always

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RELEASES ENERGY
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The reaction H2à H+H (WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ENERGY?)

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RELEASES ENERGY
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The reaction H2à H+H (ENDERGONIC OR EXERGONIC)

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ENDERGONIC
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What kind of radiation is of longer wavelength than visible light, causes molecules to vibrate more vigorously, and is absorbed by some molecules in the atmosphere?

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INFARED
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What kind of radiation is very short in wavelength, is highly penetrating, causes ionization of the matter that it passes through, and is produced by changes within the atomic nucleus?

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GAMMA
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Which of the following colors of light has the longest wavelength?

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RED
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Which of the following reactions requires UV radiation, and therefore can only occur during the daytime?

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CLOOCL  à CLOO+CL

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In the original mechanism proposed by Rowland and Molina:

CL+03 à CLO+O2

CLO+O à CL+O2

Which species is the catalyst?

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ATOMIC CHLORINE
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Which of the following events PERMANENTLY removes catalytically active chlorine from the stratosphere?

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MIGRATION OF HCL MOLECULES BACK INTO THE TROPOSPHERE, WHERE THEY ARE RAINED OUT DOWN TO EARTH

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CFC’s

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CARRY CHLORINE ATOMS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE, WHERE THE CHLORINE IS THEN RELEASED AND BEGINS TO DESTROY OZONE.

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The step CL+O3 à CLO+O2

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IS COMMON TO BOTH OF THE MAJOR PROPOSED MECHANISMS FOR DESTRUCTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE BY CHLORINE

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Oxides of nitrogen

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CONTRIBUTE TO DEPLETION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE AND INCREASE IN TROPOSPHERIC OZONE.

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Visible light cannot break up ozone

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BECAUSE IT (THE VISIBLE LIGHT) DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY PER PHOTON

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Ozone can

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ACT AS AN OXIDIZING AGENT

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In the spectroscopy lab, Dr. Carter’s shirt appeared red when illuminated by the flame from the air-starved Bunsen burner. It looked black when illuminated by the flame emission from the sodium atoms. What was the reason for this?

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THERE WAS NO RED LIGHT FOR THE SHIRT TO REFLECT, SINCE THE SODIUM EMITTED YELLOW, WHICH THE SHIRT ABSORBED.

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What allotropes of oxygen absorb the band of ultraviolet radiation from 242NM to 320NM?

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ONLY OZONE

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The flame emission color for copper was

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GREEN
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For which of the following elements did the visible spectrum have both:

The greatest number of visible lines overall AND

The greatest number of visible lines in the long-wavelength region of the visible spectrum?

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NEON
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The reaction NO2àNO+O

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CAN AND DOES OCCUR IN THE TROPOSPHERE

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High density polyethylene differs from low density polyethylene because

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LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HAS SHORTER CHAINS WITH MORE BRANCHING
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