A tentative explanation for a set of observations that can be tested by further experimentation is referred to as
A. a hypothesis.
B. a law.
C. a theory.
D. none of the above.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
2.
A concise verbal or mathematical statement of a relationship between phenomena that is always the same under the same
conditions is referred to as
A. a hypothesis.
B. a law.
C. a theory.
D. none of the above.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
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3. A unifying principle that explains a body of facts and relations is referred to as
A. a hypothesis.
B. a law.
C. a theory.
D. none of the above.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
4. Complete the following sentence. A hypothesis is
A. a tentative explanation for a set of observations that can be tested by further
experimentation.
B.
a statement describing a relationship between phenomena that is always the same under the same conditions.
C. a unifying principle that explains a body of facts and relations.
D. a model used to visualize the invisible.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
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5. Complete the following sentence. A scientific law is
A. a tentative explanation for a set of observations that can be tested by further
experimentation.
B.
a statement describing a relationship between phenomena that is always the same under the same conditions.
C. a unifying principle that explains a body of facts and relations.
D. a model used to visualize the invisible.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
6. Complete the following sentence. A theory is
A. a tentative explanation for a set of observations that can be tested by further
experimentation.
B.
a statement describing a relationship between phenomena that is always the same under the same conditions.
C. a unifying principle that explains a body of facts and relations.
D. a model used to visualize the invisible.
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.03
Subtopic: Scientific Method
Topic: Study of Chemistry
1-3
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7. Choose the response that includes all the items listed below that are pure substances.
i. orange juice
ii. steam
iii. ocean water
iv. oxygen
v. vegetable soup
A. i, iii, v
B. ii, iv
C. i, iii, iv
D. iv only
E. all of them are pure
Bloom's Level: 3. Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.04
Subtopic: Classification and States of Matter
Topic: Study of Chemistry
8. Which of the following is an example of a physical property?
A. corrosiveness of sulfuric acid
B. toxicity of cyanide
C. flammability of gasoline
D. neutralization of stomach acid with an antacid
E. lead becomes a liquid when heated to 601oC
Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Section: 01.06
Subtopic: Properties of Matter
Topic: Study of Chemistry
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