CHEM 101

Electron was discovered by 

A.J.J. Thompson 

The isotopes of an element differ in the number of 

Neutrons 

Atoms or ions which have the same electronic configuration

Isoelectronic 

Which group in the periodic table is known as the alkali metals.

Group 1 

Which group in the periodic table is known as the halogens. 

Group 7 

Which group in the periodic table is known as the alkaline earth metals. 

Group 2 

Which group in the periodic table is known as the noble gases. 

Group 8 

The components resulting from a reaction is called 

Products 

What kind of chemical bond will form in a binary compound where the elctronegativity difference

between atoms is less than 1.5
Covalent bond 
Compounds which only contain carbon and hydrogen are called 
Hydrocarbon 

Which of the following designation means that the amount of solute is expressed in
physical mass units, i.e. grams and the amount of solution is expressed in volume units, i.e.
milliliters 
w/v 

What kind of chemical bond will form in a binary compound where the elctronegativity difference
between atoms is greater than 2.0 
Ionic bond 

The isotope of hydrogen 

Protium, Tritium, Deuterium

The isotope of hydrogen with only one neutron

Tritium 

The atoms having different atomic number but the same mass number are called 

Isobars

What kind of chemical bond will form in binary compounds where the electronegativity difference
between atoms is less than 1.5?
Covalent bond 

The element which has a mass of about 9 amu is beryllium (Be), atomic number 4. What is the
charge on the Be atom?
Neutral 

The mass of an alpha particle is how many times more than that of an electron
7300 

Atoms with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called
Isotopes

The forces that hold atoms together are called

Chemical bond 
An atom or group of atoms that has a net positive or negative charge is called
Ion 

A positive ion is called 

Cation 

A negative ion is called 

Anion

The force of attraction between oppositely charged ions is called

Ionic bonding

The horizontal arrangement of elements of increasing atomic number in a periodic table is called 

Period

The vertical arrangement of elements of in a periodic table is called 

Group

If the number of gas molecule is doubled in a certain volume of gas, the pressure 
Is doubled

A symbolic representation to emphasize the valence shell of an atom is called 

Electron dot diagram

For which elements does the number of electrons in their outer or valence shelll correspond to their
group number 
Representative or main group

What is the maximum number of electrons that can fit in a “p” orbital 
5

The property of liquid which describes their resistance to flow is called 

Viscosity
The anions and cations which are unaffected by the reaction in solution are called 
Spectator ions

A reaction in which heat is produced is called

Exothermic

The atoms having different mass number but the same number of neutrons are called 
Isotones
Rutherford model of an atom failed to explain 
The position of proton and neutrons

The concept that electrons revolve around the nucleus in specific paths called orbits orenergy

levels was proposed by 
Niels Bohr

The number of atoms present in 6.023 x 10^23 12 grams of carbon-12 is called 

Avogadro’s constant

An instrument that separates particles of different isotopic composition and measure their individual
relative masses.
Mass spectrometer

These are compounds containing water molecules loosely bound to the other components.
Hydrates

If a more active element replaces a less active one in a compound, the reaction is: 
Replacement reactions

If a single reactant is transformed by heat or electricity into two or more products, the type of
reaction is:
Decomposition
The numerical value for standard pressure of any gas is:
760 mm Hg

Any process of extracting the metal in a fused state is called

Smelting

Which of the following does not change with change in temperature?

Mass

A device used to measure density.

Hydrometer

The statement “mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction” is known as:
The law of conservation of mass

What kind of chemical bond will form in binary compounds where the electronegativity difference
between atoms is greater than 2.0
Ionic bond

A reaction in which heat is absorbed is called 

Endothermic

In redox reaction, the component supplying the electrons is called the 

Reductant 

In redox reaction, the component receiving the electrons is called the 

Oxidant
A covalent bond formed by the combination of collinear p orbitals is also called a 
Sigma bond

The central part of an atom is called 

Nucleus
The mass of a proton is about how many times that of an electron 
1837

The particles in the nucleus, namely the neutrons and the protons are collectively referred to as 
Nucleons

The number of orbiting electron is normally _____ the number of the protons in the nucleus of an
atom 
Equal

The chemical formula which shows the relative number of atoms of all the elements present in a
compound is called the 
Empirical formula

The chemical formula which shows the exact number of atoms of all the elements present in a
compound is called the 
Molecular formula

When an atom loses an electron it forms 

Cation

When an atom gains an electron it forms 

Anion
The maximum number of electrons that the first energy level can accommodate is 
2

The X-rays are discovered by 

W.C. Roentgen

Refers to atoms or ions, which have the same electronic configuration.

Isoelectronic 
Which group of the periodic table is known as the akali metals?
Group I 

Which group is known as the halogens?

Group VII 

The horizontal arrangement of elements increasing atomic number in a periodic table is called:
Period 

The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is called 

Atomic number 

The measure of the resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion is called 
Inertia 

Refers to agreement of a particular value with the true value 

Precision 

Refers to the degree of agreement among several measurements of the same quantity 

Accuracy 

A property of matter often used by chemist as an “identification number” for a substance

Density 

Protons and neutrons can be broken down further into elementary particles called 
Quarks 

The principle of constant composition of compound, originally called “Proust’s Law” is now known as 
Law of definite proportion 

The mass that enters into a chemical reaction remains the unchanged as a result of the reaction.
In precise form: mass is neither created nor destroyed. This is known as:
The law of conservation of mass 
When the same elements can form two different compounds, the ratio of masses of one of the
elements in the two compounds is a small whole number relative to a given mass of the other
elements. This is known as:
The law of multiple proportion 

The ratio of the density of the test liquid to the density of the reference liquid is called 
Specific gravity 

How many electrons are there in a covalent bond? 

2 
SI unit of temperature 
Kelvin 

The elements that a compound is composed of is present in fixed and precise proportion by mass.
This is known as 
Law of constant composition

The mass to the nearest atomic-mass unit of an atom which contains 9 protons and 10 neutrons 
19 amu 

The net electric charge of any atom is 

0

The tendency of atoms to attract electrons into their valence shells to form anions is described by
the concept of 
Electron affinity

The tendency of atoms to attract electrons shared in a covalent bond is called 

Electronegativity 

A covalent bond between atoms of identical electronegativity is called 

Nonpolar 
A formula which describes only the number of each element in the molecule is called the 
Molecular formula

The formula which shows how atoms are joined together is called the 
Structural formula

The pairs of electrons not shared in the covalent bond are called 
Nonbonded electrons or lone pair

The word atom comes from the Greek word ”atomos” meaning 
Cannot be cut

Under normal state an atom is said to be 

Electrically neutral

The word electron comes from the Greek word ”elektron” meaning 
Amber

The word proton comes from the Greek word ”proteios” meaning 
Of first importance

A solid which has no crystalline structure is called 

Amorphous

A chemical substance which readily evaporates and readily diffuses at ordinary room temperature
and pressure conditions is called 
Volatile

Which of the following falls under fluids 

Both liquid and gas

The gases that rarely take part in a chemical reaction are called 
Noble gases

Which type of ions, metals form when enter into a chemical reaction 
Positive ions

The chemical name for baking soda 

Sodium bicarbonate

The subatomic particle with a negative charge and mass of 9.1 x 10^ -31 kg is 
Electron

The subatomic particle with a positive charge of mass 1.6 x 10 -27 kg is 
Proton

Neutron was discovered by 

Chadwick