Eastern Visayas State University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Science and Mathematics Education Department
Tacloban City

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN CHEMISTRY 7

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________________

Program, Year & Section: ____________________ Score: ___________________

Directions: This test contains a 30-item multiple choice questions. Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of the
correct answer. Strictly observe NO ERASURES.

1. What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific 7. What does it imply when a white powder was tested and
investigation? heated until such time that it melts completely?
a. It is a mixture.
a. Make an observation, ask a question, analyze b. It is a pure substance.
results, formulate hypothesis, test the hypothesis, c. It is a homogeneous mixture.
draw conclusions, communicate results. d. It is a combination of pure substance and mixture.
8. Which of the following is NOT an example of element?
b. Make an observation, ask questions, formulate
a. Hydrogen
hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results,
b. Iron
draw conclusions, communicate results.
c. Water
c. Make an observation, ask a question, formulate d. Oxygen
hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, 9. What do you call a solution that contains the maximum
analyze results, communicate results. amount of solute that is capable of being dissolved?
a. Saturated
d. Formulate hypothesis, test the hypothesis, make b. Unsaturated
an observation, analyze the results, ask a c. Supersaturated
question, draw conclusions, communicate results. d. None of the above
10. Which of the following statements BEST describes
2. What do you call the smallest particle of an element?
hypothesis?
a. Atom
a. A statement about an observation that can be
b. Compound
tested through experimentation.
c. Element
b. An integrated set of ideas that together explain a
d. Molecule
broader set of observations than any single guess.
3. What are the two (2) classes of matter?
c. A generalization based upon empirical data.
a. Atom and molecule
d. Predictions that can be tested based upon
b. Element and compound
experiments.
c. Plant and animal cells
11. Ana wants to compare the chemical properties of two
d. Substance and mixture
substances. In doing it, he prepared two flasks containing
4. When do we likely say that a substance is an element?
the substances and labeled them Liquid A and Liquid B. He
a. If it is made up of one kind of atom.
monitored the boiling points of the liquids and found that
b. If it is made up of two or more atoms.
the boiling points were 100˚C for substance A and 110˚C -
c. If it cannot be broken down into simpler
112˚C for liquid B. How would you classify the two
substances.
liquids?
d. Both a & c
a. Liquid A is pure substance while Liquid B is a
5. From the illustration below, what will happen when a 30.0
mixture.
g of salt (NaCl) is added to 100 ml of water?
b. Liquids A and B contain two or more atoms that
are chemically bonded.
c. Liquid A has varying boiling points while liquid
B has a fix boiling point.
d. Liquid A may be homogenous or heterogeneous
but substance B is not.
12. Which of the following describes the concentration of
solutions?
a. It is a measure of the amount of solute relative to
Solution the amount of the solution.
b. It can be defined quantitatively and qualitatively.
a. When 30.0 g of NaCl is added to 100 ml of water, c. It is the ratio of the number of moles of a solute
it all dissolves, forming a saturated solution. to the volume of solution in litre.
b. There are no changes happened. d. All of the above.
c. When 30.0 g of NaCl is added to 100 ml of water, 13. Which of the following is an example of compound?
it all dissolves, forming an unsaturated solution. a. Salt
d. None of the above b. Potassium
6. Which of the following does NOT describe a compound? c. Carbon
a. It is a pure substance. d. Nitrogen
b. It is a mixture of two or more elements.
c. It can be broken down into simpler substances
d. It is mixed in any proportion by mass.
14. Which of the following is NOT a quantitative expression of 23. A solution is prepared by mixing 30 grams of table salt,
concentration of solutions? (Sodium chloride) and 120 grams of water. What is the
a. Mass Percent concentration of table salt in % by mass?
b. Molarity a. 5 %
c. Solution Dilution b. 10%
d. Concentrated c. 15%
15. What do you call a substance that is made up of one kind of d. 20%
atom and cannot be broken down into simpler substances? 24. Which of the following elements is used in party balloons?
a. Atom a. Oxygen
b. Compound b. Helium
c. Element c. Neon
d. Molecule d. Nitrogen
16. Which of the following statements BEST describes 25. Which of the following pertains to a group of atoms that is
experiment? chemically bonded?
a. A method of testing hypothesis. a. Atom
b. A scientific procedure to perform especially in a b. Compound
laboratory to determine something. c. Element
c. Pertains to a procedure carried out to support or d. Molecule
validate a hypothesis in a scientific investigation. 26. Which of the following statements distinguishes pure
d. A scientific test in which you perform a series of substances from mixtures?
actions. a. Can be separated by physical means.
17. What do you call a substance that is made up of more than b. Consists of two or more kinds of matter.
one atom and can be broken down into simpler substances? c. Have no specific solubility and densities.
a. Atom d. Have constant boiling temperature and melting
b. Compound temperature.
c. Element 27. Which one is the best way to determine whether an
d. Molecule unknown sample is a substance or a mixture?
18. What process is used in separating salt from water in a a. Knowing its density
seawater mixture? b. Tasting the given sample
a. Condensation c. Observing its physical appearance
b. Distillation d. Testing its melting and boiling point
c. Evaporation 28. What is the difference between a substance and a mixture?
d. Filtration a. Substance can be separated while mixture cannot
19. Which of the following is a physical appearance of a be separated.
substance? b. Substance has many components while mixture
a. Non-uniform has one only.
b. Homogeneous c. Substance is heterogeneous while mixture is
c. Heterogeneous homogeneous.
d. Complicated d. Substance is pure while mixture is impure.
20. Which of the following statements BEST describes a 29. How many grams of salt (NaCl) are needed to prepare 500
conclusion? mL of a 10% brine solution?
a. A conclusion is a restated hypothesis and tells a. 40 g of salt
whether the results of an experiment supported its b. 50 g of salt
hypothesis or not. c. 60 g of salt
b. A conclusion is solely based on the d. 70 g of salt
experimenter's target result 30. From the illustration below, what will happen when a 40.0
c. A conclusion is drawn through observation. g of salt (NaCl) is added to 100 ml of water?
d. A conclusion is one of the first steps in the
scientific investigation.
21. Which of the following is a property of mixture?
a. It has a definite composition.
b. It consists of a single phase.
c. It has a heterogeneous composition.
d. It can be chemically separated into its
components.
22. Which of the following solutions contains less than the
maximum amount of solute that is capable of being Solution
dissolved?
a. Saturated a. When a 40.0 g of salt (NaCl) is added to a 100 ml of water,
b. Unsaturated 36.0 g dissolves and 4.0 g remains undissolved, forming an
c. Supersaturated unsaturated solution.
d. None of the above b. There’s nothing happened in the solution.
c. When a 40.0 g of salt (NaCl) is added to a 100 ml of water,
36.0 g dissolves and 4.0 g remains undissolved, forming a
saturated solution.
d. None of the above

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Prepared by:
RANDEL T. CELLS
BSED-SCIENCE 2A