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,Chapter 1: Chemical Foundations
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1. Which ssof ssthe ssfollowing ssis ssan ssexample ssof ssa ssquantitative ssobservation?
A) The sspiece ssof ssmetal ssis sslonger ssthan ssthe sspiece ssof sswood.
B) Solution ss1 ssis ssmuch ssdarker ssthan sssolution ss2.
C) The ssliquid ssin ssbeaker ssA ssis ssblue.
D) The sstemperature ssof ssthe ssliquid ssis ss60°C.
E) At ssleast sstwo ssof ssthe ssabove ss(A-D) ssare ssquantitative
ssobservations.
ANS: s s s s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssscientific
ssmethod ssMSC: s s Conceptual
2. A ssquantitative ssobservation
A) contains ssa ssnumber ssand ssa ssunit
B) does ssnot sscontain ssa ssnumber
C) always ssmakes ssa sscomparison
D) must ssbe ssobtained ssthrough
ssexperimentation
E) is ssnone ssof ssthese
ANS: s s s s A DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssscientific
ssmethod ssMSC: s s Conceptual
3. Generally, ssobserved ssbehavior ssthat sscan ssbe ssformulated ssinto ssa ssstatement,
sssometimes ssmathematical ssin ssnature, ssis sscalled ssa(n)
A) observation
B) measurement
C) theory
D) natural sslaw
E) experiment
ANS: s s s s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssscientific
ssmethod ssMSC: s s Conceptual
4. The ssstatement ss―The sstotal ssmass ssof ssmaterials ssis ssnot ssaffected ssby ssa sschemical sschange ssin
ssthose ssmaterials‖ ssis sscalled ssa(n)
A) observation
B) measurement
C) theory
D) natural sslaw
E) experiment
ANS: s s s s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssscientific
ssmethod ssMSC: s s Conceptual
5. A sschemical sstheory ssthat sshas ssbeen ssknown ssfor ssa sslong sstime ssbecomes ssa sslaw.
, ANS: s s s s F DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssscientific
ssmethod ssMSC: s s Conceptual
6. Which ssof ssthe ssfollowing ssmetric ssrelationships ssis ssincorrect?
A) 1 ssmicroliter ss= ss10–6
ssliters
B) 1 ssgram ss= ss103 sskilograms
C) 103 ssmilliliters ss= ss1
ssliter
D) 1 ssgram ss= ss102
sscentigrams
E) 10 ssdecimeters ss= ss1
ssmeter
ANS: s s s s B DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssmeasurement ss| ssSI ssunit ss|
ssprefixes ssMSC: s s Quantitative
7. For sswhich sspair ssis ssthe ssSI ssprefix ssnot ssmatched sscorrectly sswith ssits ssmeaning?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
ANS: s s s s C DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssmeasurement ss| ssSI ssunit ss|
ssprefixes ssMSC: s s Conceptual
8. A ssmetric ssunit ssfor sslength ssis
A) gram
B) milliliter
C) yard
D) kilometer
E) pound
ANS: s s s s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssmeasurement ss| ssSI ssunit ss|
ssbase ssunit ssMSC: s s Conceptual
9. Which ssof ssthe ssfollowing ssis ssnot ssa ssunit ssin ssthe ssSI sssystem?
A) ampere
B) candela
C) Kelvin
D) meter
E) calorie
ANS: s s s s E DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: s s Chemistry ss| ssgeneral sschemistry ss| ssgeneral ssconcepts ss| ssmeasurement ss| ssSI ssunit ss|
ssbase ssunit ssMSC: s s Conceptual
10. Order ssthe ssfour ssmetric ssprefixes ssfrom sssmallest ssto sslargest.