Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter that
corresponds to the correct answer.

1. If you have 100 mL of 30% ethanol solution, what is the volume of ethanol in the solution?
A. 130 ml B.100 mL C. 70 mL D. 30 mL

2. Describe how you would prepare 100 grams of solution that is

0.5% salt (NaCl) by mass. Dissolve ________________.
A. 100.0 g NaCl in 5.0 g distilled water
B. 50.0 g NaCl in 100 g distilled water
C. 0.5 g distilled water in 99.5 g NaCl
D. 0.5 g NaCl in 99.5 g distilled water

3. Which of the following is a mixture?

A. Water B. oxygen C. sea water D.iron sulfide

4. Which of these statements is correct?

A.  Air is a mixture while table salt is a compound.
B. Table salt is a mixture while carbon is a compound.
C. Table salt is a compound while carbon is a mixture.
D. Carbon dioxide is a mixture while air is a compound.

5. Which statement about mixtures is correct?

A. A mixture is made up of elements chemically combined.
B. A mixture must contain at least two different substances.
C. It is extremely difficult to separate a mixture into different
substances.
D. The different substances in a mixture are in definite
proportion to each other.

6. What substance can be split into simpler substances by chemical

means?
A. mixture B. element C. molecule D. compound

7. Which of these is composed of two or more substances that are

mixed together but not chemically combined?
A. atom B. mixture C. molecule D. compound

8. What is being measured by the pH scale?

A. the strength of an acid B. the strength of hydrogen ions
C. the concentration of hydrogen ions D. the concentration of the solutions and mixtures

9. Which type of solution is one with a pH of 8?

A. Acidic B. basic C. neutral D. salt

10. Which range in pH level describes strong acids?

A. 1 – 3 B.4 – 6 C. 7 – 9 D.10 – 14

11. Which pH level indicates a basic solution?

A. 1 B.5 C. 7 D. 12
12. A normal rainfall is slightly acidic. What is its pH level?
A. 10 -1 B. 7 – 9 C. 5 – 7 D. 1 – 3

13. A student is researching an element that is not a conductor of heat

or electricity but is shiny like a metal. Which category does the
metal belong?
A. Metal B. metalloid C. non-metal D. compounds

14. Which of these has a shiny luster?

A. Metal B. metalloid C. non-metal D. compound
15.When a scientist listens to the sound of the waves, what skill is used?
A. interpreting data
B. drawing conclusions
C. making observations
D. making a hypothesis
16. In Science, what is the term used for an educated guess?
A. Question B. conclusion C. hypothesis D. observation
17. Which of the following decides whether or not the data supports
the original hypothesis?
A. asking questions C. making observations
B. drawing conclusions D. forming a hypothesis
18. Which step of the scientific methods involves the use of graphs?
A. analyze data B. make a hypothesis
B. asking questions D.communicate results
19. Which scientific procedure makes a discovery, tests a hypothesis or demonstrates a known fact?
A. Law B. theory C. hypothesis D. experiment
20. What are the five steps of a scientific Method?
A. Problem, hypothesis, experimentation, data collection and analysis, conclusion
B. Problem, experimentation, conclusion, hypothesis, data collection and analysis
C. Problem, experimentation, hypothesis, analysis
D. Problem, Hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
21. Which of the following is a saturated solution?
A. more solute than solvent B. more solvent than solute
C. equal moles of solute and solvent D. the maximum amount of solute dissolved in a solvent
22. What solution has a higher concentration than its solubility?
A. saturated B. supercritical C. unsaturated D. supersaturated
23. A sample of potassium nitrate (50.0 g) is dissolved in 100 g of water at 100˚C, with precautions taken
to avoid evaporation of any water. The solution is cooled to 30.0˚C and a small amount of precipitate is
observed. What type of solution is described?
A. hydrate B. saturated C. unsaturated D. supersaturated
24 . A solution is made at 25˚C. It is then slowly cooled to 20˚C with no change to the appearance of the
liquid. What term would be associated with this solution?
A. saturated B. unsaturated C. oversaturated D. supersaturated
25.A solution is prepared by mixing 30 g of sodium chloride in 70 g of water . What are the concentrations
of the solute and solvent in % by mass?
A. Solute 10 %, Solvent 90 C. Solute 20%, Solvent 80%
B. Solute 30% Solvent7 D. Solute 40%, Solvent 60%
26. If you have 1500 grams of bleach and the percent by mass of bleach is 3.62%. What is the mass of
NaOCl in the solution?
A. 0.543 g B.5.43g C.54.3 g D. 543 g
27. How many grams of solvent is present in 1500 grams of bleach? ( Refer to question number 26)?
A. 1446 g B.1495 g C.1557 g D.1597 g
28. How many grams of glucose are needed to prepare 300 ml of a 10% glucose solution?
A. 10 g B. 20 g C. 30g D. 40 g

Unknown Conducts Electricity Appearance Observation

1 No Black and gritty Snaps easily into small pieces
2 Yes Shiny Bends easily
3 No Blue Bends and snaps back to original shape
4 Yes Clear Shatters easily
29. Which of the observations will help you identify that a substance is a metal?
A. shatters easily C. conducts electricity
B. is black and gritty D. does not conduct electricity

30. The unknown substances have properties for their identification. Which of them is most likely a metal?
A. 1 B.2 C.3 D.4

31. Which of following is true about non- metals?

A. found along the stair step li ne
B. conductors of heat and electricity
C. on the left side of the periodic table
D. found to the right of the stair step line
32. Which property is true for metalloids?
A. They are not elements.
B. They never conduct electricity and is usually dull.
C. They always conduct electricity and is shiny
D. They are semiconductors with properties of both metals and nonmetals.
For items 33-34, refer to the figure below.

1 4
3
2

33. Where is the location of metalloids in the periodic table?

A. 1 B.3 C.1 and 2 D.3 and 4
34. Which shows where metals can be found?
A. 1 B.3 C.1 and 2 D.3 and 4
35. If an element is a semi-conductor, which classification correctly describes it?
A. Metal B. nonmetal C. metalloid D. compound
36. Which of the following manifests the highest melting and boiling point?
A. Metal B. nonmetal C. metalloid D. compound
37. Give reason why people stir coffee or juice in water after they have added sugar.
A. stirring will increase the movement or allows faster spreading of solute particles in the solvent
B. it hastens the contact between the surface of the solute and solvent particles
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
38. Which is more concentrated a solution 5 grams of salt in 10 grams of water or a solution containing 18
grams of salt in 90 grams of water?
A. 5 grams of salt in 10 hrams of water C. Both A and B
B. 18 grams of salt in 90 grams of water D. None of the above
39. The compound H2O is?
A. water B. sugar C. Vinegar D. wine
40. An element essential to the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth
A. Magnesium B. Potassium C. Calcium D. Zinc
41. Which of the following statements about compounds is correct?
A. At least one of the elements in a mixture must be a gas.
B. The elements in a compound are always present in the same ratio.
C. It is easy to separate a compound into the elements that makes it up.
D. The properties of compound are the same as the properties of the elements of which they made of.

42. Of the four illustrations below, which best represent chemical compounds only?

43. What substance is made up of only one type of atom?

A. Gas B. mixture C. Element D. compound
44. When a substance is analyzed using an electron microscope, it is found to contain only one type of
atom. What substance is this?
A. a mixture B.an element C. a compound D. neither of the three choices
45. Which of the following can be classified as a compound and as a molecule?
A. Water B. Sodium C. Oxygen D. Crude oil

46. Marie Currie, the Nobel Prize Awardee for chemistry, showed the existence of the element radium and
she produced 0.1 g of the compound radium chloride in 1902 by processing tons of pitchblende ore
obtained from mines in Bohemia. What is meant by the term compound?
A. It is made up of only one type of atom.
B. It cannot be split up into simpler substances by chemical means.
C. It is made up of two or more different types of atom chemically combined.
D. It is made up of two or more different types of atom mixed together but not chemically combined.
47. Which of the following represents the compound called carbon dioxide?
 A. Carbon and oxygen B. Sodium and oxygen C. Sodium and hydrogen D. Chlorine and hydrogen
48. Which of these substances is a compound?
A. Iron B. Oxygen C. Hydrogen D. Sodium fluoride
49. How many types of atom are present in a compound?
A.One B. any number C. two or more D. less than three
50. What is represented by this figure ?
A. mixture
B. element
C. molecule
D. compound