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CHEMISTRY HOLIDAY TEST

Instructions:Answer all questions .


1.Define the following terms based on your experience:
i. Chemistry
ii. Laboratory
iii. Laboratory apparatus
2.Draw,name and give the use of any 13 Laboratory apparatus
you know.
3.Define the following :
i. An element
ii. A compound
3b.Identify the first twenty elements in their correct order.
3c.Identify any four compound you know giving clearly
elements which they are composed of.
3d. Some elements have symbols which are based on Latin
nomenclature , Identify five of these elements giving their
correct Latin names.
3e. Write down the chemical symbols of the following
elements.
i. Phosphorus
ii. Hellium
iii. Berrylium
iv. Nitrogen
v. Argon
vi. Xenon
vii. Silicon
viii. Boron
ix. Calcium.
3f.State any three differences between elements and
compounds.
4.Define and explain the following terms.
I. Physical changes
II. Chemical changes
4a. For each of the above changes , identify five characteristics
giving three examples of each change.
5a.Okurut made two experiments ,one made up of water and
sand gravel and another with unhydrous copper (ii)sulphate
crystals and water . Differentiate the two setups.
5b. Define a mixture giving five examples of such .
5c.Differentiate between a mixture and a compound.

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