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Test bank for Introductory Chemistry Concepts and Critical Thinking 6th
Edition by Charles H. Corwin - (All Chapters) Updated Version 2024
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement
or answers the question.
_______1) What is the term for the pseudoscience that attempted to discover a universal cure for
disease and a magic elixir for immortality?
A) organic chemistry
B) alchemy
C) biochemistry
D) inorganic chemistry
E) none of the above
_______2) What is the term for the study of chemical substances derived from plants and animals?
A) biochemistry
B) inorganic chemistry
C) alchemy
D) organic chemistry
E) none of the above
_______3) What is the term for the study of the composition and properties of matter?
A) biochemistry
B) science
C) alchemy
D) chemistry
E) none of the above
_______4) What is the term for the procedure of collecting data and recording observations under
controlled conditions?
A) chemistry
B) alchemy
C) experiment
D) science
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E) none of the above
_______5) What is the term for a tentative proposal of a scientific principle that attempts to
explain the meaning of a set of data collected in an experiment?
A) theory
B) hypothesis
C) estimation
D) natural law
E) none of the above
_______6) What is the term for the study of chemical substances that do not contain the element
carbon?
A) organic chemistry
B) biochemistry
C) alchemy
D) inorganic chemistry
E) none of the above
_______7) What is the term for an extensively tested proposal of a scientific principle that states a
measurable relationship at different conditions?
A) experiment
B) hypothesis
C)theory
D) natural law
E) none of the above
______8) What is the term for the study of chemical substances that contain the element carbon?
A) inorganic chemistry
B) alchemy
C) biochemistry
D) organic chemistry
E) none of the above
9) What is the term for the methodical exploration of nature and the logical explanation of the
observations?
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A) science
B) chemistry
C) alchemy
D) experiment
E) none of the above
______10) What is the term for an investigation that entails performing an experiment, proposing a
hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating a theory or law?
A) chemistry
B) scientific method
C) science
D) alchemy
E) none of the above
______ 11)What is the term for an extensively tested proposal of a scientific principle that explains
the behavior of nature?
A) natural law
B) hypothesis
C) experiment
D) theory
E) none of the above
______12) What two forces were responsible for bringing the natural world into existence
according to the beliefs of the ancient Chinese?
A) yin and yang
B) male and female
C) shiva and vishnu
D) positive and negative
E) none of the above
______13) What four elements composed everything in nature according to the beliefs of the
ancient Greeks?
A) air, earth, fire, and water
B) air, ashes, fire, and water
C) smoke, earth, fire, and water
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D) air, earth, salt, and water
E) none of the above
______14) Which of the following was a basic element in nature according to Aristotle?
A) salt
B)ashes
C)ether
D)smoke
E)none of the above
______15)Who is generally considered to be the founder of the scientific method?
A)Aristotle
B)Antoine Lavoisier
C)Robert Boyle
D)John Dalton
E)none of the above
______16) What book helped establish the scientific method by arguing that theories are no better
than the experiments on which they are based?
A)Scientific Investigations of Gases
B)Methods of Chemical Research
C)Elementary Treatise on Chemistry
D)The Skeptical Chymist
E) none of the above
______17)Which of the following is a basic step in the scientific method?
A)analyze experimental data and propose a hypothesis
B)test a hypothesis and state a theory or law
C)perform an experiment and collect data
D)all of the above
E) none of the above
______ 18) What is the difference between a hypothesis and a scientific theory?
A) A hypothesis is a tentative proposal and a theory is a tested proposal.
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