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Chemistry Midterm
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11th Grade
01/08/2013

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Inorganic chemistry is the study of
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non-carbon related compounds
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The two most important properties of all matter are...
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taking up space and having mass
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A student recorded the following while completing an experiment.
Color of substance: yellow, shiny powder
Effect of magnet: yellow, shiny powder was attracted
The student should classify the substance as a(n)
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Mixture
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A state of matter in which a material has no definite shape but has a definite volume is the ______ state
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Liquid
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A solid substance is...
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always the same shape regardless of its container
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A mixture is...
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a blend of any two or more kinds of matter, as long as each maintains its own unique properties
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If a mixture is not uniform through, it is called
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Heterogenous
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The vertical columns on the periodic table
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Groups
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A plausible explanation of a body of observed natural phenomena
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Theory
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The SI base units for length and time are
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meter and second
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The symbol mm represents
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millimeter
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The liter is defined as
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1,000 cm³
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Which of these is a measure of the amount of material?
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Mass
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The relationship between the mass m of a material, its volume V, and its density D is...
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D=m/V
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When density is measured
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the temperature should be specified
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The density of aluminum is 2.70 g/cm³. What is the mass of a solid piece of aluminum with a volume of 1.5 cm³?
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4.05 g
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0.25 g is equivalent to
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250 mg
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If repeated measurements agree closely but differ widely from the accepted value, these measurements are
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precise, but not accurate
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A chemist obtained the values 5.2246g, 5.2353 g, and 5.2501 g for the mass of a sample. Without knowing the true mass of the sample, it can be said that these values have
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Poor precision
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The number of significant figures in the measurement 0.000 305 kg is
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3
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The number of significant figures in the measured value 0.0320 g is
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3
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Which of these measurements has been expressed to three significant figures?
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0.202 g
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The number of significant figures in the measurement 2010 cm is
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4
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Three samples of 1.12g, 1.8 g, and 1.562 g are mixed together. The combined mass of the three samples, expressed to the correct number of significant figures, would be recorded as
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4.5 g
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How many significant figures would the answer to the following calculation have?

3.475 x 1.97 + 2.4712
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3
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The measurement 0.020 L is the same as
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2.0 x 10^-2 L
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The average distance between the Earth and the moon is 386,000 km. Expressed in scientific notation, this distance is written as
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3.86 x 10⁵ km
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When 6.02 x 10²³ is multiplied by 9.1 x 10⁻³¹, the product is
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5.4 x 10⁻⁷
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The capacity of a Florence flask is 250 mL. Its capacity in liters expressed in scientific notation is
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2.5 x 10⁻²
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Dalton incorporated the law of conversation of mass into his atomic theory by asserting that
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atoms are indivisible
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Which of the following statements it true according to modern atomic theory?
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Atoms of the same element may have different masses.
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The deflection of cathode rays in Thomson's experiments was evince of the ___ nature of electrons.
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charged
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How many isotopes of hydrogren are known
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3
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The atomic number of oxygen, 8, indicated that there are eight
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Protons in the nucleus of an oxygen atom
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All atoms of the same element have the same
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atomic number
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As the atomic number increases, the number of electrons in a neutral atom
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increased
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As the atomic number increases, the number of electrons in a neutral atom
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atomic number
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The atomic number of neon is 10. the atomic number of calcium is 20. Compared with a mole of neons, a mole of calcium contains
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an equal number of atoms
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Molar mass
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both (a) and (b)
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The mass of 5.000 mol of cesium (atomic mass 132.9 amu) is
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664.5 g
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The speed of an electromagnetic wave is equal to the product of its wavelength and its
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frequency
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the emission of electrons from metals that have absorbed photons is called the
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photoelectric effect
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Because excited hydrogen atoms always produce the same line-emission spectrum, scientists concluded that
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released photons of only certain energies
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the size and shape of an electron cloud are most closely related to the electrons
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energy
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The main energy levels of an atom are indicated by the
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Principle quantum number
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The spin quantum number of an electron can be thought of as describing
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the direction of an electron spin
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The set of orbitals that are dumbbell shaped and directed along the x, y, and z are axes called
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p orbitals
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The number of orbitals for the d sublevel is
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5
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How many orbitals can exist at the third main energy level?
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9
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The statement that no two electrons int he same atom can have the same four quantum numbers is
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the Pauli exclusion principle
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Which of the following rules requires that each of the p orbitals at a particular energy level receive one electron before any of them can have two electrons.
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Hund's Rule
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The sequence in which energy sublevels are filled is specified by
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the Aufbau principle
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Which of the following lists atomic orbitals in the correct order they are filled according to the Aufbau principle?
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1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 4s 3d 4p 5s
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Mendeleev left spaces in his periodic table and predicted the existence of three elements and their
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properties
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Mendeleev noticed that properties of elements usually repeated at regular intervals when the elements were arranged in order of increasing
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atomic mass
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Moseley's work led to the realization that elements with similar properties occures at regular intervals when the elements were arranged in order of increasing
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atomic number
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The periodic table
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permits the properties of an element to be predicted before the element is discovered
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What are the elements with atomic numbers from 58 to 71 called?
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the lanthanides
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The periodic law states that
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the physical and chemical properties of the elements are functions of their atomic numbers
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Elements in a group of column in the periodic table can be expected to have similar
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properties
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For elements in groups 1, 2, and 18, the increase in atomic number for successive elements follow the pattern 8, 8, 18, __, 32. What number completes the pattern?
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18
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