Test Bank For Chemistry 8th Edition By Julia Burdge Chapter 1-25

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1. Define the following terms:
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a. science
b. chemistry
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a framework for gaining and organizing knowledge. It is a procedure for processing and understand
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b. Chemistry - the science that deals with the matter of the universe and the changes it can undergo.
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c. hypothesis
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ANSWER: a. Scientific method - the process or steps of scientific inquiry.
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a set of testsed hypotheses that gives an explanation for some beha or or observation (also called
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3. Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?
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c. Perform an experiment. io io


d. Change results to agree with your hypothesis.
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ANSWER: d

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5. Generally, observed beha or that can be formulated into a statement, sometimes mathematical in nature, is c
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e. experiment
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ANSWER: d




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6. The statement “The total mass of materials is not affected by a chemical change in those materials” is called
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a(n)
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b. measurement
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e. experiment
ANSWER: d

7. A set of tested hypotheses than gives an overall explanation of some part of nature, is called a(n)
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a. observation
b. measurement
c. theory
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e. experiment
ANSWER: c

8. Something done to test a hypothesis that produces new observations is called a(n)
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a. observation
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e. experiment
ANSWER: e

9. A quantitative observation
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b. does not contain a number
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d. must be obtained through experimentation
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e. is none of these
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ANSWER: a

10. Which of the following is an example of a quantitative observation?
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a. The piece of metal is longer than the piece of wood.
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c. The liquid in beaker A is blue.
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d. The temperature of the liquid is 60°C.
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e. At least two of the above (A-D) are quantitative observations.
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ANSWER: d

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