[CH102

CHEMISTRY FOR LIVING EXAM 2 PRACTICE PROBLEMS ]

Chapter 4: 9, 11, 26, 29, 39, 44, 55; Your Turn 4.3-4.7, 4.9, 4.11-4.14, 4.23, 4.49
Chapter 5: 1, 3, 6, 8, 15 (a & b), 37, 56; Your Turn 5.5, 5.19 (a & c)
Chapter 6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 25, 31, 36; Your Turn 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.9-6.14

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1. How many moles of Tungsten atoms are found in 45.0 grams of the metal? How
many atoms of Tungsten would this be?

2. What is the most likely charge on an ion formed by the following elements?
a) Selenium (Se) _______________ c) Rubidium (Rb)_______________
b) Astatine (At) ________________ d) Nitrogen (N)________________

3. Write the chemical formulas and names for the compounds formed from the pairs
of ions in the table below:
S2- F- PO43-
K+


Al3+


Cr2+



4. Magnesium metal burns in oxygen to form magnesium oxide, MgO.
2 Mg (s) + O2 (g) à 2 MgO (s)

a. How many moles of magnesium are in 25.0 grams?
b. How many moles of oxygen are needed to react with 25.0 g of Mg?
c. How many grams of MgO can be produced when 25.0 g of Mg reacts?

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5. Balance the following chemical equations:

______ Ag(NO3) (aq) + ______ K2SO4 (aq) à ______ KNO3 (aq) + ______Ag2SO4 (s)


_______Ca(NO3)2 (aq)+ _____Na3PO4 (aq) à _____Ca3(PO4)2 (aq)+ _____ NaNO3 (aq)


6. Calculate the molecular weight of BCl3. Draw a Lewis structure for this molecule
(the B is the central atom). Predict the shape of this molecule and give an
approximate angle of the Cl – B – Cl bonds.

7. What is the molar mass of Fe(OH)3? What charge does the iron have in this ionic
compound? Write the name for this compound.

8. Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed primarily of calcium carbonate
(CaCO3). Given that a 125 g sample of limestone contains 40.1 g of carbon (C), what
is the mass % carbon in limestone?

9. Limestone (CaCO3) produces CaO (s) and CO2 (g) when it is heated to 850 oC.
a. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.
b. How many moles of CO2 are produced when 1.28 moles of CaCO3 are heated?
c. What is the mass of CO2 (g) produced by this reaction?

10. How many moles of hydrogen atoms are in 1 mole of propanol molecules
(C3H8O)?

11. How many moles of sucrose (C11H22O11) are in a 5.00 lb bag of sugar? How many
molecules of sucrose would be in the bag of sugar?

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12. Write the products of the beta (β) decay of the following radioisotopes:

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!"𝑇ℎ !"𝑃𝑏 !"𝑃𝑎 !𝐻 !!𝐶𝑠



13. Write the products of the alpha (α) decay of the following radioisotopes:

!"# !"# !"# !"# !"#
!"𝐵𝑖 !"𝑃𝑜 !"𝑃𝑎 !"𝐴𝑚 !"𝑃𝑢


14. Write a balanced nuclear reaction based on the following descriptions:


Californium-254 (Cf-254) goes through alpha decay to produce curium-250 (Cm-250).

Neptunium-239 (Np-239) goes through beta decay to produce plutonium-239 (Pu-239).

Tellurium-130 (Te-130) is struck by a neutron to form an intermediate, which is then
followed by beta decay to produce iodine-131 (I-131).


!!! ??
?𝑋𝑒 → ?? ?? + 𝛾


!"# !"# ??
?𝑆𝑔 → !"# ?? + ?? ??


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!"? ? → ??𝑃𝑎 + ?? ??