1. Acids will turn litmus paper to what color?

ANSWER: Red
2. The electrolyte is a solution of water and _________
ANSWER: Sulfuric acid (salt?)
3. Which of the following refers to a measure of the quantity of an element or
compound?
ANSWER: Mole
4. When the charge of an atom becomes unbalanced, the charged atom is called
_______
ANSWER: an ion
5. Which of the following type of reactions in which bonds within a compound are
disrupted by heat or other energy to produce simpler compounds or elements?
ANSWER: Decomposition or analysis
6. What do you call the elements in the first two groups in the periodic table?
ANSWER: Light metals
7. It is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
ANSWER: Atomic number
8. What do you call the electrons in the last orbit or shell of an atom?
ANSWER: External electrons (Valence Electrons)
9. What is the smallest part of matter?
ANSWER: Particle
10. Which of the following groups in the periodic table the most strongly
electronegative elements?
ANSWER: Group VIA
11. Adding more solute to an already saturated solution will cause the excess solute to
settle to the bottom of the container. What is this process called?
ANSWER: Precipitation
12. Reactions generally proceed faster at high temperatures because which of the
following?
ANSWER: The molecules collide more frequently and the activation energy is
less.
13. Which component of an atom has no electric charge?
ANSWER: Neutron
14. What is the maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in the
valence shell of an atom?
ANSWER: 8
15. Which of the following refers to the measure of the amount of negative ions in the
water?
ANSWER: Alkalinity
16. How are metals containing atoms with less than four valence electrons classified?
ANSWER: a conductor
17. Sublimation is a direct change from
ANSWER: solid to gaseous phase
18. What term refers to the attraction between like molecules?
ANSWER: Cohesion
19. Halogens fall under what group in the periodic table?
ANSWER: Group VIIA
20. What do you call the bonding that occurs in inert gases and other elements with
full shells, primarily due to attraction between dipole structures?
ANSWER: Van der Waals
21. What refers to the negatively charged component of an atom?
ANSWER: Electron
22. During a complete or partial neutralization of acids, what is the ionic compound
formed?
ANSWER: Salt
23. What type of bond results in form the sharing of electrons by two atoms?
ANSWER: Covalent bond
24. Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?
ANSWER: Sodium (Na)
25. What do you call materials that do not conduct electric current?
ANSWER: Insulator
26. The opposite of alkali:
ANSWER: Acid
27. The amount of electricity a battery can produce is controlled by
ANSWER: the strength of the acid
28. Which one refers to the number of gram-moles of solute per liter of solution?
ANSWER: Molarity
29. If an atom contains more than four valence electrons, the material is classified as
_______
ANSWER: Insulator
30. Applying a greater pressure causes pure solvent to leave the solution. What is the
name of this process?
ANSWER: Reverse osmosis
31. What type of bonding occurs in metals when metal atoms lose electrons and the
metallic ions are attracted to a “sea” of delocalized electrons?
ANSWER: Metallic bonding
32. Which of the following elements is NOT radioactive?
ANSWER: Cobalt
33. Which of the following refers to nucleic acid that stores genetic information?
ANSWER: DNA
34. During chemical reactions, bonds between atoms are broken and new bonds are
usually formed. What do you call the starting substance?
ANSWER: Reactants
35. What do you call solutions having the same osmotic pressure?
ANSWER: Isotonic solutions
36. What is the term used to describe hydrocarbons containing single covalent bonds
between carbon atoms?
ANSWER: Alkanes
37. Which of the following will occur if a substance is oxidized?
ANSWER: it loses electrons
38. Another name for dielectric?
ANSWER: Insulator
39. Which of the following refers to the change from gaseous to liquid phase?
ANSWER: Condensation
40. One of the following statements is wrong. Which one?
ANSWER: The mass of an electron is heavier than that of a proton
41. A deuteron is
ANSWER: a nucleus containing a neutron and a proton
42. Which one is the positively charged ion?
ANSWER: Cation
43. What do you call a substance that dissociates in solutions to produce positive and
negative ions?
ANSWER: Electrolyte
44. What refers to the number of gram equivalent weights of solute per liter of
solution?
ANSWER: Normality
45. Which of the following has the characteristics of both metals and non-metals?
ANSWER: Metalloids
46. What term is regularly used to refer to a negatively charged ion?
ANSWER: Anion
47. What type of reaction has two compounds as reactants and two compounds as
products?
ANSWER: Double displacement
48. How much is the pH content of a base
ANSWER: Between 7 and 14
49. During chemical reactions, bonds between atoms are broken and new bonds are
usually formed. The ending substance is called ________
ANSWER: Products
50. What type of reaction has one element and one compound as reactants?
ANSWER: Single displacement
51. Which is not a state of matter?
ANSWER: Dew
52. Diamond is
ANSWER: a pure carbon
53. When different phases (solid, liquid or solid and gas) are present in a
heterogeneous mixture, the method of separation used is ________
ANSWER: Filtration
54. What is the conversion of liquid into gaseous state?
ANSWER: Evaporation
55. What refers to the property of the substance which changes when the amount of
the substance changes?
ANSWER: Extensive property
56. If a property of a substance does not change when the amount of the substance
changes, it is a/an __________ property.
ANSWER: Intensive
57. Mixtures can be classified as:
ANSWER: heterogeneous and homogeneous
58. The properties of solids depend on both:
ANSWER: their chemical composition and their structure
59. All gaseous mixtures are
ANSWER: homogeneous
60. Elements are composed of how many types of atoms?
ANSWER: 4
61. The mass of proton is approximately how many atomic mass unit (amu)?
ANSWER: 1
62. What is the neutral atom?
ANSWER: an atom with electrons the same number as protons
63. What type of bonding in which electrostatic attraction is predominant?
ANSWER: ionic bonding
64. What term refers to the passage of an electric current through an electrolyte
caused by an external voltage source?
ANSWER: Electrolysis
65. When all of the atoms of a molecule are the same, the substance is called
ANSWER: a compound
66. What is formed when acids will react with active metals?
ANSWER: Hydrogen
67. How much is the pH content of an acid?
ANSWER: Between 0 and 7
68. What is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without itself undergoing a
chemical change?
ANSWER: Catalyst
69. The condition of a liquid electrolyte is measured in terms of its
ANSWER: Specific gravity
70. Which is NOT a part of an atom?
ANSWER: Ion
71. How does all B families and group VIII in the periodic table named?
ANSWER: Transition metals
72. The device which measures the acid content of the cell is called ________
ANSWER: Hydrometer
73. The vertical columns in the periodic table are called
ANSWER: Groups
74. An atom that loses some of its electron or accepts extra electrons from another is
called
ANSWER: Ion
75. In a copper atom, the valence ring contains:
ANSWER: One electron
76. Which of the following statements regarding organic substances is FALSE?
ANSWER: Organic matter is generally stable at very high temperatures
77. In which of the following is energy removal being applied?
ANSWER: Changing water to ice
78. Which of the following is added to the drinking water distributions system for
disinfection?
ANSWER: Chlorine
79. What do you call a substance that cannot be decomposed any further by a
chemical reaction?
ANSWER: Element
80. Which of the following is the strongest type of bonds?
ANSWER: Covalent
81. What do you call hydrocarbons containing carbon to carbon double bonds?
ANSWER: Alkenes
82. The air we breathe is an example of
ANSWER: a mixture
83. What is the atomic number of helium?
ANSWER: 2
84. Element with the least atomic number is
ANSWER: Hydrogen
85. What is the symbol of silver?
ANSWER: Ag
86. “P” is the symbol of what element?
ANSWER: Phosphorous
87. The atomic number of Germanium is
ANSWER: 32
88. An idea put forth for testing is called
ANSWER: hypothesis
89. How many elements are there all in all?
ANSWER: 112
90. Which of the following are found in the nucleus of an atom?
ANSWER: Protons and neutrons
91. What element is known as the lightest metal?
ANSWER: Lithium
92. Bases will turn litmus paper to what color?
ANSWER: Blue
93. Which of the following is the atomic number of silicon?
ANSWER: 14
94. “At the same pressure and temperature, equal volumes of all gases contain equal
number of molecules”. This is known as
ANSWER: Avogadro’s Law
95. Which of the following refers to the number of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus of an atom?
ANSWER: Atomic weight
96. What is the smallest subdivision of an element or compound that can exist in a
neutral state?
ANSWER: Molecule
97. The formula for Dinitrogen Pentoxide is
ANSWER: N2O5
98. The elements if Group 0 in the periodic table are called _________
ANSWER: Noble gases
99. The smallest whole unit of an element?
ANSWER: Atom
100. Which of the following groups in the periodic table the most weakly
electronegative elements?
ANSWER: Group IA