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, Chapter 1: Chemistry: The Science of ChangeChapter 1: Chemistry: The Science of Change
1. What is a unifying principle that explains a body of experimental observations?
A) Law B) Hypothesis C) Theory D) Phenomena E) Prediction
Ans: C Difficulty: Easy
2. What is defined as a tentative explanation for observations that are made that result in
the formulation of this concept?
A) Law B) Hypothesis C) Theory D) Phenomena E) Prediction
Ans: B Difficulty: Easy
3. What is term used for findings that are summarized based on a pattern or trend?
A) Law B) Hypothesis C) Theory D) Phenomena E) Prediction
Ans: A Difficulty: Easy
4. Which of the following activities is not a part of good science?
A) Proposing a theory D) Designing experiments
B) Developing a hypothesis E) Indulging in speculation
C) Making quantitative observations
Ans: E Difficulty: Easy
5. Which one of the following is a "substance" in the sense of the word as used in your
textbook?
A) Air B) Tap water C) Sea water D) Water E) Toothpaste
Ans: D Difficulty: Medium
6. Which of the following cannot be separated into a simpler substance by chemical
means?
A) Element D) Homogeneous mixture
B) Emulsion E) Heterogeneous mixture
C) Compound
Ans: A Difficulty: Medium
7. If a liquid contains 60% sugar and 40% water throughout its composition then what is it
called?
A) Solute D) Heterogeneous mixture
B) Compound E) Solvent
C) Homogeneous mixture
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Ans: C Difficulty: Medium
8. Which of the following does not have a uniform composition throughout?
A) Element D) Heterogeneous mixture
B) Compound E) Solvent
C) Homogeneous mixture
Ans: D Difficulty: Easy
9. Which of the following is not an S.I. base unit?
A) Meter B) Ampere C) Second D) Gram E) Kelvin
Ans: D Difficulty: Medium
10. The S.I. base unit of mass is
A) mg B) g C) kg D) metric ton E) lb
Ans: C Difficulty: Medium
11. The S.I. prefix mega- (M) means
A) 10-6 B) 10-3 C) 103 D) 106 E) 109
Ans: D Difficulty: Easy
12. The SI prefixes milli and mega represent, respectively:
A) 106 and 10-6 D) 10– 3 and 109
B) 10– 3 and 106 E) 10– 6 and 10– 3
C) 103 and 10– 6
Ans: B Difficulty: Medium
13. How many micrograms are in 65.3kg?
A) 0.653 g D) 6.53 10-8 g
B) 6.53 107 g E) 6.53 1010 g
C) 6.53 104 g
Ans: E Difficulty: Difficult
14. A dose of medication was prescribed to be 35 microliters. Which of the following
expresses that volume in centiliters?
A) 3.5 105 cL D) 3.5 10-4 cL
B) 3.5 104 cL E) 3.5 10-3 cL
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C) 3.5 cL
Ans: E Difficulty: Difficult
15. How many milliliters is 0.0055 L?
A) 0.55 mL B) 5.5 mL C) 0.5 mL D) 0.0000055 mL E) 182 mL
Ans: B Difficulty: Medium
16. How many hertz is 600.11 MHz?
A) 6.0011 10-4 Hz D) 6.0011 10-2 Hz
B) 60.011 Hz E) 6.0011 108 Hz
C) 6.0011 106 Hz
Ans: E Difficulty: Medium
17. The distance between carbon atoms in ethylene is 134 picometers. Which of the
following expresses that distance in meters?
A) 1.34 10-13 m D) 1.34 10-7 m
B) 1.34 10-12 m E) 1.34 10-6 m
C) 1.34 10-10 m
Ans: C Difficulty: Medium
18. Which of these quantities represents the largest mass?
A) 2.0 102 mg D) 2.0 102 cg
B) 0.0010 kg E) 10.0 dg
C) 1.0 105 g
Ans: D Difficulty: Difficult
19. The mass of a sample is 550 milligrams. Which of the following expresses that mass in
kilograms?
A) 5.5 108 kg D) 5.5 10-6 kg
B) 5.5 105 kg E) 5.5 10-1 kg
C) 5.5 10-4 kg
Ans: C Difficulty: Difficult
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