Question 1
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How are science and technology related?
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Technology is a branch of natural science.
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Science is a branch of technology.
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Advances in science may lead to advances in technology and vice versa.
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Science and technology are not related.
Question 2
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Which is NOT a branch of natural science?
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life science
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Earth and space science
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physical science
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social science
Question 3
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What is a system of knowledge and the methods used to find that knowledge?
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science
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technology
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measurement
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curiosity
Question 4
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What are the building blocks of all matter?
Question 5
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Which of the following is an example of a safe laboratory procedure?
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tying back long hair and loose clothing
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eating or drinking from laboratory glassware
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touching hot objects with your bare hands
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testing an odor by directly inhaling the vapor
Question 6
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In which step of the scientific method is information obtained through the senses?
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drawing conclusions
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making observations
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analyzing data
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revising a hypothesis
Question 7
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What is a physical or mental representation of an object or an event?
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a theory
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a hypothesis
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a model
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a scientific law
Question 8
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What is a statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature?
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a scientific law
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a fact
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a scientific theory
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a hypothesis
Question 9
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What is the most important safety rule?
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never work with chemicals
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always use unbreakable glassware
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always follow your teacher's instructions and textbook directions exactly
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never do experiments that involve flames or hot objects
Question 10
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The prefix kilo- means...
Question 11
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The prefix milli- means...
Question 12
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Of the following, the most correct way to express density is...
Question 13
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... is the closeness of a measurement to the actual value being measured.
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accuracy
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hypothesis
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conclusion
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precision
Question 14
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SI is based on units of...
Question 15
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A measurement must include both a number and a(n)...
Question 16
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What are the building blocks of all matter?
Question 17
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In which step of the scientific method is information obtained through the sense?
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revising a hypothesis
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drawing conclusions
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analyzing data
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making observations
Question 18
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On the Celsius scale, at what temperature does water freeze?
Question 19
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On the Celsius scale, what temperature is Absolute Zero at?
Question 20
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Why are scientific models important?
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they prove scientific theories
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they help visualize things that are very complex, very large, or very small
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they make it harder to understand things
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they never change
Question 21
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How is 0.00016 written in scientific notation?
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0.16x10^-3
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16x10^4
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1.6x10^-4
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1.6x10^-5
Question 22
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Change 21 kilometers to meters?
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210,000 m
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21,000 m
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2,100 m
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210 m
Question 23
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Timers at a swim meet used four different clocks to time an event. Which recorded time is most precise?
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55.25 s
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55.2 s
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55 s
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55.254 s
Question 24
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On the Celsius scale, at what temperature does water boil?
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0 degrees
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212 degrees
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32 degrees
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100 degrees
Question 25
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How do scientists who speak different languagse make their data understandable to one another?
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they all must speak French
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they all use SI
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they communicate through a universal translator
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they all use different systems of measurement
Question 26
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A measurement standard is defined as...
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a system of prefixes
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the distance between two points
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the interval between two events
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an exact quantity people agree to use for comparison
Question 27
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The correct symbol of the SI unit of temperature is...
Question 28
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The correct symbol for milliliter is...
Question 29
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The SI unit that is used in the United States to measure time is the...
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kelvin
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second
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liter
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kilogram
Question 30
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A unit of measurement that is obtained by combining other units is a ... unit
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dependent
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metric
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standard
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derived
Question 31
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What type of graph is represented by Figure 1-1?
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circle graph
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pie graph
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bar graph
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line graph
Question 32
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Figure 1-1 shows how a steel ball moved during an experiment. Average speed is calculated by dividing total distance by time (v=d/t). Did the steel ball speed up, slow down, or remain at the same speed throughout the experiment?
Question 33
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How do scientists communicate the results of investigations?
Question 34
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What is a peer review?
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a process in which scientists copy other scientists' work
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a process in which scientists examine other scientists' work
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a process in which only close friends of a scientist review the scientist's work
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a process in which scientists keep their work secret
Question 35
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Why are peer reviews important?
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scientists receive comments and suggestions from other scientists
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data are checked for accuracy
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scientists receive questions and criticism from their peers
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all of the above
Question 36
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If the relationship between manipulated variable and the responding variable is a direct proportion, what will a line graph of this relationship look like?
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a straight line
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a jagged line
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a curved line
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none of the above
Question 37
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A(n) ... is a way of organizing data that is used to show changes, trends, or patterns that occur in related variables
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television
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line graph
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bar graph
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circle graph
Question 38
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The ... is the variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable
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manipulated variable
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responding variable
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hypothesis
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constant
Question 39
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What measurements are compared in Figure 1-3?
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monthly sunshine in Port Hardy
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monthly precipitation in cm in Port Dover
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monthly precipitation in cm in Port Hardy
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yearly sunshine in Port Dover
Question 40
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Use Figure 1-3 to determine the approximate total annual precipitation.
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65 cm
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565 cm
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465 cm
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165 cm
Question 41
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In Figure 1-3, which month had the lowest amount of precipitation?
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January
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July
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November
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October
Question 42
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In a graph, the variable on the horizontal axis is the...
Question 43
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The type of graph that would be used to show how some fixed quantity is broken down into parts is a ...
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circle graph
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table
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bar graph
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line graph
Question 44
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Which of the following are PURE SUBSTANCES?
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solutions
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compounds
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homogeneous mixtures
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colloids
Question 45
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A substance that is made up of only one kind of atom is a(n)...
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compound
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homogeneous mixture
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element
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solution
Question 46
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What is the symbol for aluminium?
Question 47
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If a MATERIAL contains three elements joined in a fixed proportion, it is a(n)...
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mixture
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solution
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atom
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compound
Question 48
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Which of the following is a characteristic of a MIXTURE?
Question 49
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A mixture that appears to contain only one substance is a(n)...
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homogeneous mixture
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heterogeneous mixture
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compound
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element
Question 50
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Which of the following is a heterogeneous mixture?
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water in a swimming pool
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sugar water
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a jar of mixed nuts
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stainless steel
Question 51
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Which of the following is malleable?
Question 52
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Which of the following has the highest VISCOSITY?
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honey
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milk
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water
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orange juice
Question 53
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A substance has a melting point of 0 degrees Celsius and a boiling point of 100 degrees Celsius. The substance is most likely...
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water
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hydrogen
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gold
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table salt
Question 54
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A material that is malleable and conducts electricity is most likely...
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wood
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ice
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a metal
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motor oil
Question 55
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Filtration can be used to separate mixtures based on ...
Question 56
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What method can be used to separate parts of a liquid mixture when the entire mixture can pass through a filter?
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filtration
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distilation
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straining
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screening
Question 57
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When a physical change in a sample occurs, which of the following does NOT change?
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shape
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temperature
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volume
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composition
Question 58
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Which of the follwing is a physical change?
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sawing a piece of wood in half
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burning a piece of wood
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rust forming on an iron fence
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a copper roof changing color from red to green
Question 59
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Flammability is a material's ability to burn in the presence of ...
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hydrogen
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nitrogen
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oxygen
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carbon dioxide
Question 60
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A substance that has high reactivity ...
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easily combines chemically with other substances
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burns in the presence of water
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displaces dissolved oxygen
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has a high boiling point
Question 61
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Which of the following is a chemical change?
Question 62
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Ninety-nine percent of all the matter that can be observed in the universe exists as ... (Hint: What are the stars and sun made of?)
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gases
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plasma
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liquids
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solids
Question 63
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Matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape is a ...
Question 64
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a definite volume but no definite shape
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a definite shape but no definite volume
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no definite shape or no definite volume
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a definite volume and definite shape
Question 65
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In which of the substances in Figure 3-1 are the forces of attraction among the particles so weak that they can be ignored under ordinary conditions?
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Substance A
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Substance B
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Substance C
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all of the above
Question 66
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The temperature and volume in a closed container of gas remain constant. If the number of particles of gas is increased, the gas pressure will ...
Question 67
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What is the result of a force distributed over an area?
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temperature
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volume
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pressure
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mass
Question 68
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Collisions of helium (a gas) atoms and the walls of a closed container cause ...
Question 69
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Which of the following factors affect the pressure of an enclosed gas?
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temperature
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volume
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number of particles
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all of the above
Question 70
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The law that states that the volume of a gas is DIRECTLY proportional to its temperature in kelvins if the pressure and the number of particles is constant is ...
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Boyle's law
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Bose's law
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Einstein's law
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Charles's law
Question 71
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Boyle's law states that the volume of a gas is INVERSELY proportional to its pressure if the ...
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temperature and number of particles are constant
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temperature reaches absolute zero
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number of particles decreases
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temperature and number of particles are doubled
Question 72
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The phase change that is the reverse of condensation is ...
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freezing
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sublimation
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vaporization
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melting
Question 73
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During a phase change, the temperature of a substance ...
Question 74
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During what phase change does the arrangement of water molecules become more orderly?
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melting
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freezing
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boiling
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condensing
Question 75
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The phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas is ...
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deposition
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sublimation
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condensation
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vaporization
Question 76
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The phase change in which a substance changes from a gas directly to a solid is ...
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condensation
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evaporation
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deposition
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sublimation
Question 77
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The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid is ...
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freezing
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melting
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sublimation
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condensation
Question 78
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The phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first is ... (EX. - Just like dry ice)
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sublimation
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deposition
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evaporation
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melting
Question 79
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The Greek philosopher Democritus coined what word for a tiny piece of matter that cannot be divided?
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element
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atom
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electron
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molecule
Question 80
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Democritus thought that matter was made of tiny particles ...
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of earth, air, fire, and water
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that could not be divided
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that could be divided
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that were all round and smooth
Question 81
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According to John Dalton's observations, when elements combine in a compound, ...
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the ratio of their masses is always the same
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each element contributes an equal number of atoms
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their volumes are always equal
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their masses are always equal
Question 82
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Which of the following most accurately represents John Dalton's model of the atom?
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a tiny, solid sphere with an unpredictable mass for a given element
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a hollow sphere with a dense nucleus
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a tiny, solid sphere with a predictable mass for a given element
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a sphere that is hollow throughout
Question 83
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J.J. Thomson's experiments provided evidence that an atom ...
Question 84
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The diagram in Figure 4-1 shows the results of Rutherford's gold foil experiment. What caused some of the alpha particles to bounce straight back from the gold foil?
Question 85
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Rutherford's gold foil experiment provided evidence for which of the following statements?
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negative and positive charges are spread evenly throughout an atom
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alpha particles have a positive charge
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gold is not as dense as previously thought
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there is a dense, positively charged mass in the center of an atom
Question 86
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Who provided evidence for the existence of a nucleus in an atom?
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John Dalton
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J.J. Thompson
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Democritus
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Ernest Rutherford
Question 87
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In an atomic model that includes a nucleus, positive charge is ...
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concentrated in the center of an atom
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spread evenly throughout an atom
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concentrated at multiple sites in an atom
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located in the space outside the nulceus
Question 88
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Which statement best describes Rutherford's model of the atom?
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it is like an avocado with the pit representing the nucleus
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it is like an aquarium with swimming fish representing positive charges
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it is like a fried egg with the yolk representing the nucleus
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it is like a huge stadium with a positively charged marble at the center
Question 89
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Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
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electron
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alpha particle
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neutron
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proton
Question 90
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Which statement about subatomic particles is true?
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protons, neutrons, and electrons all have about the same mass
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unlike protons or electrons, neutrons have no mass
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neutrons have no charge and no mass
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an electron has far less mass that either a proton or neutron
Question 91
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Which of the following is unique for any given element?
Question 92
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The number of protons in one atom of an element is that element's ...
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mass number
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balanced charge
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atomic number
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isotope
Question 93
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To find the number of neutrons in an atom, you would subtract ...
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mass number from atomic number
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atomic number from mass number
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atomic number from electron number
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isotope number from atomic number
Question 94
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Which statement is true about oxygen-17 and oxygen-18?
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they do not have the same number of protons
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their atoms have an identical mass
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they are isotopes of oxygen
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they have the same mass number
Question 95
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In Niels Bohr's model of an atom, electrons move ...
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like balls rolling down a hall
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like planets orbiting the sun
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like popcorn in a popcorn popper
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like beach balls on water waves
Question 96
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What can you assume has happened if an electron moves to a higher energy level?
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the atom has become more stable
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the electron has lost energy
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the electron has gained energy
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the atom has lost an electron
Question 97
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What do scientists use to predict the locations of electrons in atoms?
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probability
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algebra
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geometry
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ratios and proportions
Question 98
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What does the electron cloud model describe?
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the most likely locations of electrons in atoms
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the precise locations of electrons in atoms
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the number of electrons in an atom
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the mass of the electrons in an atom
Question 99
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Which of the following provides the best analogy for an electron in an atomic orbital?
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a bee moving from flower to flower in a garden
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a bird resting on a tree branch
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an ant crawling on the surface of a leaf
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a bee trying to escape from a closed jar
Question 100
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Mendeleev arranged the known chemical elements in a table according to increasing ...
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atomic number
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number of electrons
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number of protons
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mass
Question 101
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Mendeleev gave the name eka-aluminium to a(n) ...
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compound containing aluminium
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mixture of aluminium and an unknown element
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unknown element he predicted would have properties similar to those of aluminium
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rare isotope of aluminium
Question 102
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The usefulness of Mendeleev's periodic tables was confirmed by ...
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the discovery of subatomic particles
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its immediate acceptance by other scientists
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the dicovery of elements with predicted properties
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the dicovery of the nucleus
Question 103
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Which general statement does NOT apply to metals?
Question 104
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Figure 5-1 shows a portion of a blank periodic table. Identify the segments labeled A and B.
Question 105
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Moving from left to right across a row of the periodic table, which of the following values increases by exactly one from element to element?
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isotope number
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atomic number
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atomic mass unit
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mass number
Question 106
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The unit for atomic mass is ...
Question 107
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One twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom is used to define a(n) ...
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atomic number
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atomic magic
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mass number
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atomic mass unit
Question 108
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Which list of elements contains only metals? (Hint: which side are metals on and where are the following elements located?)
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carbon, iodine, tin
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tin, copper, cesium
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helium, iron, copper
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iodine, carbon, argon
Question 109
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At room temperature, non of the metals are ...
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soft
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liquids
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malleable
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gases
Question 110
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Group 7A of the periodic table contains the ...
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most reactive nonmetals
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most reactive metals
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least reactive nonmetals
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least reactive metals
Question 111
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Two highly reactive elements in Period 2 are the metal lithium and the ...
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metalloid arsenic
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nonmetal selenium
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nonmetal fluorine
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nonmetal krypton
Question 112
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Atoms of the most reactive elements tend to have ...
Question 113
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As you move from left to right across a period, the number of valence electrons ...
Question 114
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Compared with Group 2A elements, Group 6A elements have ...
Question 115
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A member of the boron family has three valence electrons, while a member of the nitrogen family has ...
Question 116
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Which of the following Group 1A elements is the most reactive?
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Cs (cesium)
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Li (lithium)
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K (potassium)
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Na (sodium)
Question 117
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Which of the following Group 7A elements is the most reactive?
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Cl (chlorine)
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I (iodine)
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F (fluorine)
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Br (bromine)
Question 118
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Among the alkali metals, the tendency to react with other substances ...
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does not vary among members of the group
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increases from top to bottom within the group
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varies in an unpredictable way within the group
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decreases from top to bottom within the group
Question 119
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To keep them from reacting, some highly reactive elements are stored in ... (Hint: what is a noble gas?)
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water
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pure oxygen
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liquid mercury
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argon