This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Chemistry > Chemistry Basics > Chemistry – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chemistry Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Branch of chemistry that is concerned with the art and science of determining what matter is and how much of it exists. A) Physical Chemistry. B) Inorganic Chemistry. C) Analytical Chemistry. D) Organic Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analytical Chemistry. 2. Form of matter that has an indefinite shape, flows, and yet has a fixed volume. A) Gas. B) Solid. C) Vapor. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid. 3. Substance that consists of one type of atom. It is a pure substance. Found on the Periodic Table. A) Compound. B) Element. C) Mixture. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Element. 4. How is a solid defined? A) Indefinite shape and indefinite volume. B) Definite shape and definite volume. C) Found in the stars. D) Definite volume, indefinite shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Definite shape and definite volume. 5. All of the following are characteristics of all living things EXCEPT A) Respond to stimulus. B) Grow and develop. C) Maintain homeostasis. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 6. In baking soda (NaHCO3) the three represents a ..... A) Exponent. B) Subscript. C) Compound. D) Element. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subscript. 7. Which of the following is an example of the law of conservation of matter? A) N2O + H $\rightarrow$ H2O + N. B) 40 g + 3 g $\rightarrow$ 10 g + 13g. C) 60 g + 20 g $\rightarrow$ 15 g + 30 g. D) P2H5OH $\rightarrow$ 2P + 6H + O. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) P2H5OH $\rightarrow$ 2P + 6H + O. 8. In order to convert to Kelvin, you add ..... to the Celsius measurement. A) 237. B) 732. C) 372. D) 273. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 273. 9. It is one of the frontiers that the chemists are currently exploring in relation to the discovery and development of viable alternative source of power that can be utilize for the consumption of the people. A) Health and Medicine. B) Food and Agriculture. C) Materials and Technology. D) Energy and Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy and Environment. 10. Substances that are formed during a chemical change are known as: A) Products. B) Precipitates. C) Reactants. D) Catalysts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Products. 11. The family in the periodic table that contains the most reactive metals is the ..... A) Other Metals. B) Alkali Metals. C) Alkaline Earth Metals. D) Transition Metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alkali Metals. 12. A layer of white solid formed quickly when a piece of sodium is placed on a table in room condition. What is the identity of the white solid? A) Na. B) NaOH. C) Na2O. D) NaCl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Na2O. 13. An ionic bond forms when A) Valence electrons are shared. B) A sea of mobile electrons surround the cations. C) Valence electrons are transferred between atoms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valence electrons are transferred between atoms. 14. ..... is the branch of chemistry that would measure the amount of energy an atom absorbs in nuclear reaction. A) Physical Chemistry. B) Organic Chemistry. C) Biochemistry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical Chemistry. 15. A substance whose all the atoms have same atomic number is called ..... A) Element. B) Molecule. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Element. 16. A can of Coke will sink in a bowl of water. A can of Diet Coke will float in a bowl of water. What does this tell you about the density of the Diet Coke? A) It is bigger than 1. B) It is smaller than 1. C) It is equal to 1. D) It is equal to-1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is smaller than 1. 17. What is the formula for the compound formed by iron (II) ions and chromate ions? A) FeCrO4. B) Fe2(CrO4)3. C) Fe(CrO4)2. D) Fe2CrO4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FeCrO4. 18. What is the subscript in $ 3CaCl_2$ A) Cl. B) Ca. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 19. What is the meaning of green technology? A) Technology for green plants. B) Green colored technology. C) Study on producing substances at nanoscale. D) Application developed to minimize the negative effect of harmful human activities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Application developed to minimize the negative effect of harmful human activities. 20. PVC pipe is an example of which of the following? A) Iconic bonds. B) Bondings. C) Covalent compound. D) Polymer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polymer. 21. A student determined the heat of fusion of water to be 88 calories per gram. If the accepted value is 80. calories per gram, what is the student's percent error? A) 90.%. B) 5.0%. C) 11%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10%. 22. Whether or not bonds form is due to the? ? ? ? ? A) Protons. B) Atomic mass. C) Valence electron configurations. D) Chance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valence electron configurations. 23. No sides and no angles are equal (~90$^ \circ$) A) Monoclinic. B) Triclinic. C) Rhombohedral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triclinic. 24. A $ free\ radical$ is ..... A) Positively charged. B) Negatively charged. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral. 25. When atoms share electrons, the electrical attraction of an atom for the electrons is called the atom's A) Resonance. B) Electron affinity. C) Electronegativity. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electronegativity. 26. Chlorine gas is ..... colour A) Purplish black. B) Reddish brown. C) Greenish yellow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenish yellow. 27. Which formula is correct to calculate the $ No.\ of\ moles$? A) $ No.\ of\ moles=\frac{mass\ in\ grams}{molar\ mass}$. B) $ No.\ of\ moles=\frac{molar\ mass}{mass\ in\ grams}$. C) $ No.\ of\ moles=\frac{mass\ in\ kg}{molar\ mass}$. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ No.\ of\ moles=\frac{mass\ in\ grams}{molar\ mass}$. 28. All of the following are general characteristics of a substance in the liquid state except A) Able to flow. B) Not easily compressed. C) Definite shape. D) Definite volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definite shape. 29. The metal ion which is NOT coloured is-: A) Cobalt (II) ion. B) Copper (II) ion. C) Iron (III) ion. D) Sodium ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sodium ion. 30. An atom that has a positive or negative charge. A) Electrode. B) Cathode. C) Ion. D) Anode. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ion. 31. Particles (molecules) in a ..... have more energy than the other states of matter. A) Gas. B) Solid. C) Liquid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas. 32. What type of bond is formed between atoms of different charges? A) Hydrogen. B) Ionic. C) Covalent. D) Peptide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ionic. 33. A chemist mixes 19 grams of copper with 102grams of silver nitrate. The total mass of the products is expected to be 121grams. Which of the following would best explain these results? A) Lawof Conservation of Energy. B) Lawof Definite Proportions. C) Lawof Multiple Proportions. D) Lawof Conservation of Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lawof Conservation of Matter. 34. A mixture that contains a solvent and at least ine solute is called a A) Solvent. B) Solution. C) Solute. D) Mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solution. 35. What gives water many properties that are important to living things? A) Density. B) Hydrogen bonds. C) Temperature. D) Specific heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrogen bonds. 36. A chemical property that refers whether a compound will burn when exposed to flame. A) Toxicity. B) Chemical Stability. C) Reactivity. D) Flammability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flammability. 37. Which is a metalloid A) Li. B) Si. C) Zr. D) H. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Si. 38. An atom has 13 protons, 15 neutrons and ..... electrons what is its mass number? A) 15. B) 26. C) 13. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 28. 39. An octet is equal to A) 6. B) 2. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 40. ..... is stored energy. A) Potential. B) Kinetic. C) None of the above. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potential. 41. Studying the refining process of metallic ores (rocks). A) Inorganic Chemistry. B) Analytical Chemistry. C) Biochemistry. D) Physical Chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inorganic Chemistry. 42. What type of chemical reaction is this one? Al(OH)3 $\rightarrow$ Al2O3 + H2O A) Single Replacement. B) Decomposition. C) Combustion. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposition. 43. An ..... cannot be broken down into any other substance. A) Ion. B) Compound. C) Mixture. D) Atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atom. 44. No sides are equal and only two angles are equal to 90$^ \circ$ A) Monoclinic. B) Triclinic. C) Rhombohedral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monoclinic. 45. Carbon is considered an element while carbon dioxide is considered a compound. This is because carbon dioxide is- A) A gas at room temperature. B) Made of two different elements. C) Given off by green plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made of two different elements. 46. Which is a homogeneous mixture? A) Kool-aid. B) Tossed salad. C) Pizza. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kool-aid. 47. An intensive property that refers to the perception of the different wavelengths of light. A) Luster. B) Size. C) Color. D) Mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color. 48. Changes in matter can be described in terms of physical changes and ..... A) Activation energy. B) Chemical changes. C) Catalyst. D) Decomposition. E) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical changes. 49. What happens to molecules when the temperature drops or lowers? A) The molecules get closer together. B) The molecules start moving faster. C) The molecules stop moving. D) The molecules become smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The molecules get closer together. 50. Subatomic particles with no charge but was a mass equal to that of a proton. A) Nucleus. B) Isotopes. C) Electron. D) Neutrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neutrons. 51. Pure research can lead directly to an application but an application can exist before research is done to explain how it works. A) Go Zags. B) False. C) True. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 52. Which is a metal? A) Cl. B) N. C) V. D) H. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) V. 53. Which of the following factors does not effect the rate of dissolving? A) Color. B) Agitation (stirring). C) Surface Area of solute (size). D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Color. 54. Substance with atoms that are all alike. A) Element. B) Compound. C) Heterogeneous mixture. D) Homogeneous mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Element. 55. He was the Greek philosopher who thought that all matter is composed of primal element which is air. A) Leucippus. B) Empedocles. C) Anaximenes. D) Thales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaximenes. 56. He was the Greek philosopher who proposed that all matter is made up of four fundamental elements-earth, water, air, fire. A) Leucippus. B) Democritus. C) Empedocles. D) Epicurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empedocles. 57. Which of these is an ionic bond? A) Nonmetal+Nonmetal. B) Metal+Nonmetal. C) Metalloid+Metalloid. D) Metal+Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metal+Nonmetal. 58. What are the new substances that are formed in a chemical reaction called? A) Reactants. B) Atoms. C) Reagents. D) Products. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Products. 59. Which of the following correctly matches a compound with its molecular geometry? A) Water (H2O):Linear. B) Carbon dioxide (CO2):Trigonal pyramidal. C) Ammonia (NH3):Trigonal planar. D) Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4):Tetrahedral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4):Tetrahedral. 60. A heterogeneous mixture consists of two or more phases. A) Always True. B) Sometimes True. C) Never True. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Always True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesChemistry QuizzesScience QuizzesChemistry Quiz 1Chemistry Quiz 2Chemistry Quiz 3Chemistry Quiz 4Chemistry Quiz 5Chemistry Quiz 6Chemistry Quiz 7Chemistry Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books