SCH3U UNIT 1 - Are You Ready?

Name:
Date:

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the following questions in the space provided.

1. Draw a floor plan of the laboratory where you will be working (answer on the
reverse side of page 3). On your plan indicate the location of the following:
a) entrances (exits)
b) storage for eye protection
c) eyewash station
d) first-aid kit
e) fire extinguisher
f) fire blanket and/or shower
g) container for broken glass

2. Describe a standard test for each of the following gases.

a) oxygen:

b) hydrogen:

c) carbon dioxide:

3. State 3 indications that a chemical (not physical) change may have occurred.
i)
ii)
iii)

4. Classify the following statements as qualitative or quantitative.

a) The flame from the burning candle was 4 cm high.
b) Coal is a primary source of carbon.
c) Chlorine gas has a mustard yellow colour.
d) The temperature for the oxygen gas is 30.0 oC.

5. Identify the following substances as an element, a compound, a homogeneous

mixture or a heterogeneous mixture.
a) Caesar salad c) aluminum foil
b) sugar crystals d) brewed tea

6. Write the symbol for each of the following elements.

a) hydrogen e) sodium i) gold
b) carbon f) calcium j) potassium
c) oxygen g) iodine k) sulfur
d) chlorine h) lithium l) nitrogen

7. a) Using the periodic table on page 654 of the textbook, identify two physical
 properties of the element zinc.
i) ii)

b) From your own experience, describe two chemical properties of the element oxygen.
i) ii)

8. Use the periodic table to answer the following questions concerning calcium.
a) In what period is it located?
b) In what group is it located?
c) What is its atomic number?
d) What is its atomic mass?
e) In what state would you find it at room temperature?

9. Name the species represented by the Bohr-Rutherford diagrams below.

a)  c)
 element symbol element symbol

  6e -
   2e-





b)  3+ d)
 2-
  
  ion formula   ion formula
  
 


10. State the number of significant digits for each of the following.
a) 135 mm e) 0.0600 g
b) 0.09 kg f) 830 mg
c) 20 students g) 6.02 x 1023 molecules
d) 4.00 x 102 cm h) 5.70 L

11. For each of the following:

i. balance the chemical equation
ii. write the word equation

a) KClO3(s)  KCl(s) + O2(g)

 +

b) Fe(s) + O2(g)  Fe2O3(s)

 + 

c) Mg(s) + HCl(aq)  MgCl2(aq) + H2(g)

+  +

d) N2(g) + H2(g)  NH3(g)

+ 

12. Observe the diagram below of a laboratory. List 10 safety hazards.

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