THIRD WRITTEN TEST IN SCIENCE 10

QUARTER 4, SY 2021-2022

Instructions: Read each question carefully and write the correct answer in a
separate sheet of paper, or in the answer sheet provided to you. Do not write anything
on this test questionnaire.

1. Who is considered as the Father of Chemistry?

A. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
B. Ernest Rutherford
C. Dmitri Mendeleev
D. Robert Boyle

2. What determines an atom’s ability to undergo chemical reactions?

A. Protons
B. Neutrons
C. Innermost Electrons
D. Outermost Electrons

3. This law states that despite chemical reactions or physical transformations, mass
is conserved, that is, it cannot be created nor destroyed within an isolated system.
A. Law of Mass Action
B. Law of Multiple Proportions
C. Law of Combining Volumes
D. Law of Conservation of Mass

4. What do you call the minimum amount of energy needed to start a chemical
reaction?
A. Bond energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. Potential energy
D. Activation energy

5. The type of reaction that takes place when one element reacts with a compound
to form a new compound and a different element is a ___________ reaction.
A. Combination
B. Decomposition
C. Single displacement
D. Double displacement

6. What happens during a chemical reaction?

A. Atoms are destroyed.
B. Atoms are rearranged.
C. Elements are destroyed.
D. New elements are produced.

7. What happens when a piece of zinc metal is added to copper sulphate solution?
A. Precipitation reaction
B. Displacement reaction
C. Decomposition reaction
D. Double displacement reaction

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8. How is a chemical equation balanced?
A. Adding coefficients
B. Changing subscripts
C. Erasing elements as necessary
D. Adding elements as necessary

9. Hydrogen peroxide is a widely used disinfectant for minor cuts and scrapes. It is
always kept in a dark brown bottle because it needs to be protected from light. If
it is not, it will gradually breakdown to water and oxygen. What type of reaction
is this?
A. Combination
B. Decomposition
C. Single displacement
D. Double displacement

10. Magnesium chloride (MgCl2) is the product of a reaction between magnesium

(Mg) and chlorine (Cl2). What is its chemical equation?
A. Mg + Cl2 MgCl2
B. Mg + Cl2 MgCl
C. MgCl2 Mg + Cl2
D. MgCl2 Mg + Cl

11. What mass of CO2 will be formed when 6g of carbon is burnt in 32g of oxygen?
A. 12 g
B. 22 g
C. 26 g
D. 38 g

For items 12-15, refer to the given information below.

Carbon (C) combines with oxygen (O2) at low concentration to form carbon monoxide
(CO). Below is the chemical equation of the reaction. The mass of 1 carbon atom is
12.010 g while the mass of 1 oxygen atom is 15. 999 g.
C + O2 CO2

12. What would be the total mass of the reactants before the chemical reaction?
A. 12.010 g
B. 15.999 g
C. 28.009 g
D. 56.018 g

13. What would be the mass of the carbon monoxide formed in the chemical
reaction?
A. 12.010 g
B. 15.999 g
C. 28.009 g
D. 56.018 g

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14. What can you infer about the mass of the reactants and products?
A. Carbon monoxide would have greater mass than the mass of carbon and
oxygen.
B. The combined mass of carbon and oxygen is equal to the mass of carbon
monoxide.
C. The combined mass of carbon and oxygen is greater than the mass of the
carbon monoxide.
D. Mass cannot be determined due to incomplete data.

15. Which of the following supports the notion that mass is conserved before and
after the reaction?
A. The chemical equation is balanced in both sides.
B. Same elements were involved only before the reaction.
C. Two moles of carbon and oxygen yielded to 2 moles of carbon monoxide.
D. Equal amount of carbon gas and oxygen gas was involved in the reaction.

16. A student conducted an experiment and observed that an iron (Fe) reacts with
copper sulfate (CuSO4) and forms iron III sulfate (FeSO4) and copper. What do
you think the type of chemical reaction that took place during the experiment?
A. Combination
B. Decomposition
C. Single displacement
D. Double displacement

17. Which of the following does not happen during a chemical reaction?
A. A rearranged of atoms takes place to form new products.
B. Formation of new substance with entirely different properties.
C. Breaking of old chemical bonds and formation of new chemical bonds.
D. An atom of one element changes into that of another element to form a
new product.

18. Which of the following statements best justify the balancing of skeletal equation:
I. According to the law of conservation of mass, mass (or atoms) are neither
created nor destroyed in chemical reactions.
II. It means the total mass of the products formed in chemical reaction must
be equal to the mass of reactants consumed.
III. The number of atoms on the reactant side should always be equal to the
compounds on the product side.

A. I only
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I, II and III

19. When sodium hydroxide solution is added to copper sulfate solution, a blue
precipitate of copper hydroxide is formed along with sodium sulfate solution.
What kind of chemical reaction takes place between them?
A. Chemical combination reaction
B. Chemical displacement reaction
C. Chemical decomposition reaction
D. Chemical double decomposition reaction

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20. Which weighs more: a whole cookie or a cookie that has been broken and
crumbled?
A. Both cookies has no weight.
B. A whole cookie weighs more because the cookie is still intact.
C. They are equal because conservation of matter says that the sum of the
parts equals the whole.
D. A cookie that has been broken and crumbled weighs more because the
cookie had a physical change.

21. Which among the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? Exposure of silver
chloride to sunlight for a long duration turns gray due to:
I. Oxidation of silver chloride.
II. Sublimation of silver chloride.
III. Decomposition of chlorine gas from silver chloride.
IV. The formation of silver by decomposition of silver chloride.

A. I only
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I and IV

22. A balloon inflates when it is put over a bottle where baking soda and vinegar are
mixed together. What concept can you formulate from the aforementioned
statement?
A. It inflates because mixing baking soda and vinegar produces a helium gas.
B. The baking soda and vinegar have a chemical reaction which releases an
oxygen gas.
C. When baking soda and vinegar are mixed together, their reaction produces
a hydrogen gas.
D. The baking soda and vinegar have a chemical reaction which releases
carbon dioxide.

23. In a double displacement reaction between aqueous potassium iodide and

aqueous lead nitrate, a yellow precipitate of lead iodide is formed. While
performing the activity lead nitrate is not available, but lead acetate would do.
What idea can you generate in using such alternative?
A. It means that any type of lead can be used as a substitute in a double
displacement reaction between aqueous potassium iodide and still forms
a yellow precipitate of lead iodide.
B. Substituting chemicals in performing experiments with what is available
is highly encouraged.
C. In a double displacement reaction with aqueous potassium iodide, a
precipitate of lead iodide is always formed.
D. It suggests that lead nitrate and lead acetate are both soluble salt in water
that would produce the same precipitate of lead iodide when mixed with
aqueous potassium iodide.

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24. A student conducted an experiment on solutions on copper, iron sulphate and
zinc sulphate which are prepared and marked I, II and III respectively. Few
pieces of aluminum are added to each solution. After some time change will be
observed in all of the solutions. What hypothesis could you formulate from this
observation?
A. Aluminum reacts to all kinds of metal solutions.
B. Aluminum is reactive to three given metal solutions.
C. Iron sulphate shows changes or reactions faster than copper and zinc
sulphate.
D. A certain quantity of aluminum is needed to evoke a reaction in the
solutions on copper, iron sulphate and zinc sulphate.

25. Take 5 mL of sodium sulphate solution in a test tube and 5 mL of barium

chloride solution in another test tube. Mix the two solutions slowly and leave
the test tube undisturbed for some time. A white precipitate is formed after some
time. If you are to make a statement, which is correct about the above reaction?
A. It is a neutralization reaction since an acid reacts with alkali to give a salt.
B. It is a displacement reaction since chloride ions are replaced by sulphate
ions.
C. It is a double displacement reaction since exchange of ions occurs between
the two reactants.
D. It is a combination reaction since barium ions combine with sulphate ions
to give barium sulphate.

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