PHYSCI102/PSCI103 Designated Task 6

Physical Science 04 June 2022

Instruction: Answer the following questions provided below. Please separate the submissions of the WW
component and PT component in the assignment tab.
Written Work Component(s):
1. What are the most common names for these compounds and ions? (20 points)
a. 𝑁𝐻3- Azane
b. 𝐻𝐶𝑙- hydrochloric acid
c. 𝑂𝐻- Alcohol
Sulfate
d. 𝑆𝑂42 -
2. List the two elements that are liquids and the five (other than the six noble gases) that are gases at room
temperature and atmospheric pressure. (10 points)
3. How does the size of atoms change (a) across a period and (b) down a group? (10 points)
a.
b. Decrease from left to right
c. The atoms increase in size
4. What are the interesting properties of noble gases? How are noble gases used in lighting? (10 points)
- Tasteless
- Non flammable
- Odorless
- Colorless
- Gas discharge decorative lighting, known as "neon" lights, uses helium, neon, argon, and krypton
5. Volcanoes emit much hydrogen sulfide gas, 𝐻2𝑆, which reacts with the oxygen in the air to form water
and sulfur dioxide, 𝑆𝑂2. Every 68 tons of 𝐻2𝑆 reacts with 96 tons of oxygen and forms 36 tons of water.
How many tons of 𝑆𝑂2 are formed? (20 points)
6. When a sample of A reacts with one of B, a new substance AB is formed, and no B but a little of A is
left. Which is the limiting reactant? (10 points) .
7. Write the Lewis symbols and structures that show how 𝑁𝑎2𝑂 forms from sodium and oxygen atoms

8. Write the Lewis symbols and structures that show how 𝐵𝑎𝐵𝑟2 atoms forms from barium and bromine.

9. Predict which of these compounds are ionic and which are covalent. State your reasoning.
a. 𝑆𝐹6
b. 𝐾𝐵𝑟
c. 𝑁2𝑂3
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d. 𝐵𝑎𝑆
e. 𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3
f. 𝐶6𝐻5𝐶𝑙
10. Draw the Lewis structure for formaldehyde, 𝐻2𝐶𝑂, a compound whose odor is known to most biology
students because of its use as a preservative. Show a structure with dots only, and then show one with
both dots and dashes. (25 points)

Performance Tasks Component(s):

1. Classify each of the following materials as an element, compound, heterogeneous mixture, or
homogeneous mixture: (a) a fried egg, (b) ozone, (c) brass, (d) carbon dioxide. (20 points)
a. Fried egg- heterogeneous mixture
b. Ozone- element
c. Brass- homogeneous mixture
d. Carbon dioxide- compound

2. Arrange in order of increasing ionization energy (a) the Group 1A elements Na, Cs, and K, and (b) the
Period 4 elements As, Ca, and Br (30 points)
3. Arrange in order of increasing ionization energy (a) the Period 5 elements Sn, Sr, and Xe, and (b) the
Group 8A elements Ar, He, and Ne. (30 points)
4. Name each of these common acids (30 points):
a. 𝐻3𝑃𝑂4 (𝑎𝑞),- Phosphoric acid
b. 𝐻𝐶2𝐻3𝑂2 (𝑎𝑞),- Acetic Acid
c. 𝐻2𝐶𝑂3 (aq)- Carbonic acid
5. Calculate (to the nearest 0.1 u) the formula mass of these compounds (75 points).
a. Sodium Phosphate, 𝑁𝑎3𝑃𝑂4
b. Silver Carbonate, 𝐴𝑔2𝐶𝑂3
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c. Zinc Nitrate, 𝑍𝑛(𝑁𝑂3)2

6. Find the percentage by mass of the compounds in number 5 (75 points).
7. In a lab experiment, 7.75 g of phosphorus reacts with bromine to form 67.68 g of phosphorus tribromide.
(a) Calculate the percentage by mass of P in phosphorus tribromide. (b) How many grams of bromine
reacted, and how do you know? How much phosphorus tribromide would be formed if 10.00 g of
phosphorus reacted with 59.93 g of bromine, and how do you know? (50 points)
8. Predict the formula for each ionic compound. (Recall the polyatomic ions) (60 points):
a. cesium iodide
b. lithium sulfide
c. barium fluoride
d. beryllium oxide
e. aluminum nitrate
f. ammonium sulfate
9. Use your knowledge of the correct number of covalent bonds to predict the formula for a simple
compound formed between carbon and (a) hydrogen, (b) bromine, (c) sulfur, and helium (40 points).
10. Use your knowledge of the correct number of covalent bonds to predict the formula for a simple
compound formed between chlorine and (a) hydrogen, (b) nitrogen, (c) sulfur, and (d) carbon. (40
points)