Chemistry Quiz Name__________________

Biology
15 Aug 2008

1. Atoms consist principally of what three fundamental particles?

(a) electrons, positrons, and neutrons

(b) elements, positrons, and neutrons
(c) elements, protons, and neutrons
(d) electrons, protons, and molecules
(e) electrons, protons, and neutrons

2. How many atoms are in a sulfuric acid molecule?

(a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 6 (e) 8

3. If a sample of propane, C3H8, contains a total of 6.0 x 103 atoms of carbon, how
many molecules of propane are in the sample?

(a) 6.0 x 103 (b) 3.0 x 103 (c) 8.0 x 103 (d) 1.1 x 104 (e) 2.0 x 103

4. Each response below lists an ion by name and by chemical symbol or formula.
Also each ion is classified as monatomic or polyatomic and as a cation or anion.
Which response contains an error?

(a) hydroxide OH– monatomic anion

(b) carbonate CO32– polyatomic anion
(c) ammonium NH4+ polyatomic cation
(d) magnesium Mg2+ monatomic cation
(e) sulfite SO32– polyatomic anion

5. What is the formula for manganese(III) oxide?

(a) MgO (b) MnO (c) MnO4 (d) Mg2O3 (e) Mn2O3

6. Calculate the formula weight of Na2SO4.

(a) 193 amu (b) 119 amu (c) 142 amu (d) 215 amu (e) 185 amu

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7. What is the mass of 0.432 moles of C8H9O4?

(a) 86.9 g (b) 391 g (c) 169 g (d) 113.8 g (e) 73.0 g

8. What is the percent by mass of sulfur in Al2(SO4)3?

(a) 9.38% (b) 18.8% (c) 24.6% (d) 28.1% (e) 35.4%

9. Analysis of a sample of a covalent compound showed that it contained 14.4%

hydrogen and 85.6% carbon by mass. What is the empirical formula for this
compound?

(a) CH (b) CH2 (c) CH3 (d) C2H3 (e) C2H5

10. What is the coefficient for carbon dioxide when the following equation showing
the combustion of isopropyl alcohol is balanced with the smallest whole number
coefficients?
C3H8O + O2 → CO2 + H2O

(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 13 (d) 4 (e) 1

11. How many grams of O2 are required to burn 18 grams of C5H12?

C5H12 + 8O2 → 5CO2 + 6H2O

(a) 16 g (b) 32 g (c) 64 g (d) 80 g (e) 92 g

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12. How many valence electrons does a phosphorus atom have?

(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 4

13. What is the formula for the binary compound of calcium and bromine?

(a) CaBr (b) Ca2Br (c) CaB (d) CaB2 (e) CaBr2

14. How many unshared pairs of electrons are in the outer shell of the central
nitrogen atom of NH3?

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1 (e) 0

15. Draw the dot formula for ethylene, C2H4. Each carbon-hydrogen bond is a
_______ bond and each carbon-carbon bond is a ______ bond.

(a) single, single (b) single, double (c) single, triple

(d) double, single (e) double, double

16. Which of the responses lists only the molecules below that have polar covalent
bonds?

HI, I2, S8, KCl

(a) HI and KCl (b) I2 (c) S8

(d) I2 and KCl (e) HI

17. Which one of the following molecules has only 120° bond angles?

(a) PF3 (b) SF6 (c) BI3 (d) PF5 (e) NF3

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18. The molecular geometry of PCl3 is ______.

(a) pyramidal (b) trigonal planar (c) tetrahedral

(d) octahedral (e) trigonal bipyramidal

19. According to the Arrhenius theory, which of the following is an acid?

(a) NH3 (b) CH4 (c) HCl (d) H2 (e) NaOH

20. In the equation

HF + H2O H3O+ + F–

(a) H2O is a base, and HF is its conjugate acid.

(b) H2O is an acid, and HF is the conjugate base.
(c) HF is an acid, and F– is its conjugate base.
(d) HF is a base, and H3O+ is its conjugate acid.
(e) HF is a base, and F– is its conjugate acid.

21. Determine the oxidation number of the underlined element in NaNO3.

(a) +1 (b) +2 (c) +3 (d) +4 (e) +5