General Education

SCIENCE
1. Who is the father of Modern Chemistry?
A. Wilhelm Ostwald
B. Euclid
C. Antoine Lavoisier
D. Aristotle
Rationalization
A. Wilhelm Ostwald
- co-founder of the discipline of physical chemistry.
B. Euclid
- founder of geometry or the father of geometry.
C. Antoine Lavoisier
- was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th century chemical revolution
and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and history of biology.
D. Aristotle
- father of biology.
2. All are noble gas except ____.
A. Neon
B. Helium
C. Argon
D. Hydrogen
A. Neon
B. Helium
C. Argon
D. Hydrogen
Noble Gases:
 Argon
 Helium
 Krypton
 Xenon
 Neon
 Oganesson
 Ragon
3. Group of elements that are known as
salt formers
A. Halogen
B. Transition
C. Alkaline metals
D. Metalloids
A. Halogen
- Group 7A of the periodic table are halogens:
Florine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, Astatine. The name “halogen” means “salt
former”, derive from the Greek words Halo- “salt” and –gen “formation”.
B. Transition
C. Alkaline metals
D. Metalloids
4. The state of matter which is also called
ionized gas.
A. Plasma
B. Liquid
C. Solid
D. Blood
A. Plasma
- Is the fourth state of matter, a high energy, electrically charged gas produced
by heating the gas until the electrons in the outer orbitals of the atoms
separate, leaving the atoms with a positive charge.
B. Liquid
C. Solid
D. Blood
5. All are state of matter except
A. Plasma
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Atom
Rationalization
A. Plasma
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Atom
In Physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can
exist. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: Solid, Liquid, Gas,
and Plasma.
6. What is the most common state of matter
in the universe and also called ionized gas?
A. Liquid
B. Plasma
C. Gas
D. Solid
Rationalization
A. Liquid
B. Plasma (ionized gas)
- Is the fourth state of matter, a high energy, electrically charged gas produced
by heating the gas until the electrons in the outer orbitals of the atoms separate,
leaving the atoms with a positive charge.
C. Gas
D. Solid
7. Among solid, liquid, and gas, the most
compressible is _______.
A. Gas
B. Liquid
C. Solid
Rationalization
A. Gas
- The kinetic-molecular theory explains why gases are more
compressible than either liquids or solids.
Gases are compressible because most of the volume of a gas is
composed of the large amount of empty space between the gas

B. Liquid
C. Solid
8. When matter is composed of two or more elements
that are chemically combined, that matter is classified
as ________.
A. Mixture
B. Compound
C. Element
D. Solution
Rationalization
A. Mixture
B. Compound
- pure substance with two or more elements.
C. Element
D. Solution
9. A physical combination of two or
more substance is known as _______.
A. Homogeneous Mixture
B. Mixture
C. Pure substance
D. Heterogeneous Mixture
Rationalization
A. Homogeneous Mixture
B. Mixture
C. Pure substance
D. Heterogeneous Mixture
10. What refers to the total number of protons and
neutrons in the nucleus of an atom?
A. Sublevel
B. Electrons
C. Element
D. Mass number
Rationalization
A. Sublevel
B. Electrons
C. Element
D. Mass number
- Is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
11. The change of matter affecting only
the appearance, size, or shape.
A. Mechanical change
B. Physical change
C. Chemical change
D. Nuclear change
Rationalization
A. Mechanical change
B. Physical change
- Is one that involves no change in the fixed composition of
substance.
C. Chemical change
D. Nuclear change
12. What type of change results in the
formation of a new substance?
A. Mechanical change
B. Physical change
C. Chemical change
D. Nuclear change
Rationalization
A. Mechanical change
B. Physical change
C. Chemical change
- is one that involves the reaction of one or more substance,
referred to as reactants, to form one or more different substances
known as products.
D. Nuclear change
13. What phase change is represented
when a solid turns to gas?
A. Vaporization
B. Sublimation
C. Condensation
D. Ionization
Rationalization
A. Vaporization
B. Sublimation
C. Condensation
D. Ionization
PHASE OF CHANGES:
MELTING – solid to liquid
VAPORIZATION – liquid to gas
DEPOSITION – gas to solid
SUBLIMATION – solid to gas
CONDENSATION – gas to liquid
FREEZING – liquid to solid
IONIZATION – gas to solid
DEIONIZATION – plasma to gas
14. An element contains 10 protons, 5 neutrons, and 10
electrons. The mass number of the element is ___.
A. 12
B. 17
C. 15
D. 10
Rationalization
A. 12
B. 17
C. 15
D. 10

Mass number = protons + neutrons

= 10 + 5
= 15
15. The first metal used by man was ____.
A. Iron
B. Copper
C. Gold
D. Zinc
Rationalization
A. Iron
B. Copper
- It was first used by man over 10,000 years ago.
C. Gold
D. Zinc
16. The only liquid nonmetal
A. Phosphorus
B. Carbon
C. Fluorine
D. Bromine
Rationalization
A. Phosphorus
B. Carbon
C. Fluorine
D. Bromine (Br)
- The only liquid non-metal
17. What do you call the horizontal rows
on the periodic table?
A. groups
B. metals
C. periods
D. non-metals
Rationalization
A. Groups
- vertical columns on the periodic table

B. Metals

C. Periods
- horizontal rows on the periodic table

D. Non-metals
18. Group IIA elements are called _____.
A. Alkali metal
B. Alkaline earth metal
C. Halogens
D. Chalcogens
Rationalization
A. Alkali metal
- Group 1, IA, lithium family
B. Alkaline earth metal
- group 2, IIA, beryllium family
C. Halogens
D. Chalcogens
19. The most abundant organic molecule
on the surface of the earth.
A. Colloids
B. Cellulose
C. Cellebrum
D. Glycogen
Rationalization
A. Colloids
B. Cellulose
- Is the most abundant organic molecule on the surface of
earth. It is also an important structural component of the
primary cell wall of green plant.
C. Cellebrum
D. Glycogen
20. Heterogeneous mixture composed of two phases of
matter, the dispersed phase and the continuous phase.
A. Colloids
B. Cellulose
C. Cellebrum
D. Glycogen
Rationalization
A. Colloids
- Is a mixture in which one substance consisting of
microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended
throughout another substance.
B. Cellulose
C. Cellebrum
D. Glycogen