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,Chapter 1: Chemical Foundations
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1. Which rsof rsthe rsfollowing rsis rsan rsexample rsof rsa rsquantitative rsobservation?
A) The rspiece rsof rsmetal rsis rslonger rsthan rsthe rspiece rsof rswood.
B) Solution rs1 rsis rsmuch rsdarker rsthan rssolution rs2.
C) The rsliquid rsin rsbeaker rsA rsis rsblue.
D) The rstemperature rsof rsthe rsliquid rsis rs60°C.
E) At rsleast rstwo rsof rsthe rsabove rs(A-D) rsare rsquantitative
rsobservations.
ANS: r s r s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsscientific
rsmethod rsMSC: r s Conceptual
2. A rsquantitative rsobservation
A) contains rsa rsnumber rsand rsa rsunit
B) does rsnot rscontain rsa rsnumber
C) always rsmakes rsa rscomparison
D) must rsbe rsobtained rsthrough
rsexperimentation
E) is rsnone rsof rsthese
ANS: r s r s A DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsscientific
rsmethod rsMSC: r s Conceptual
3. Generally, rsobserved rsbehavior rsthat rscan rsbe rsformulated rsinto rsa rsstatement,
rssometimes rsmathematical rsin rsnature, rsis rscalled rsa(n)
A) observation
B) measurement
C) theory
D) natural rslaw
E) experiment
ANS: r s r s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsscientific
rsmethod rsMSC: r s Conceptual
4. The rsstatement rs―The rstotal rsmass rsof rsmaterials rsis rsnot rsaffected rsby rsa rschemical rschange rsin
rsthose rsmaterials‖ rsis rscalled rsa(n)
A) observation
B) measurement
C) theory
D) natural rslaw
E) experiment
ANS: r s r s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsscientific
rsmethod rsMSC: r s Conceptual
5. A rschemical rstheory rsthat rshas rsbeen rsknown rsfor rsa rslong rstime rsbecomes rsa rslaw.
, ANS: r s r s F DIF: Easy REF: 1.2
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsscientific
rsmethod rsMSC: r s Conceptual
6. Which rsof rsthe rsfollowing rsmetric rsrelationships rsis rsincorrect?
A) 1 rsmicroliter rs= rs10–6
rsliters
B) 1 rsgram rs= rs103 rskilograms
C) 103 rsmilliliters rs= rs1
rsliter
D) 1 rsgram rs= rs102
rscentigrams
E) 10 rsdecimeters rs= rs1
rsmeter
ANS: r s r s B DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsmeasurement rs| rsSI rsunit rs|
rsprefixes rsMSC: r s Quantitative
7. For rswhich rspair rsis rsthe rsSI rsprefix rsnot rsmatched rscorrectly rswith rsits rsmeaning?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
ANS: r s r s C DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsmeasurement rs| rsSI rsunit rs|
rsprefixes rsMSC: r s Conceptual
8. A rsmetric rsunit rsfor rslength rsis
A) gram
B) milliliter
C) yard
D) kilometer
E) pound
ANS: r s r s D DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsmeasurement rs| rsSI rsunit rs|
rsbase rsunit rsMSC: r s Conceptual
9. Which rsof rsthe rsfollowing rsis rsnot rsa rsunit rsin rsthe rsSI rssystem?
A) ampere
B) candela
C) Kelvin
D) meter
E) calorie
ANS: r s r s E DIF: Easy REF: 1.3
KEY: r s Chemistry rs| rsgeneral rschemistry rs| rsgeneral rsconcepts rs| rsmeasurement rs| rsSI rsunit rs|
rsbase rsunit rsMSC: r s Conceptual
10. Order rsthe rsfour rsmetric rsprefixes rsfrom rssmallest rsto rslargest.