,Introduction to Chemistry, 5e (Bauer) Chapter 1
Matter and Energy
1) Which of the following is not an example of matter?
A) a rock
B) a hot-air balloon
C) carbon dioxide in your exhaled breath
D) steam
E) heat from a barbeque grill
Answer: E Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Study of Chemistry Bloom's: 2. Understand Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: Classification and States of Matter; Properties of Matter Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
2) Which of the following is not an example of matter?
A) air
B) light from a candle
C) wax
D) the propellant in an aerosol can
E) a stain on clothing
Answer: B Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Study of Chemistry Bloom's: 2. Understand Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: Classification and States of Matter; Properties of Matter Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) Which of the following is an example of matter?
A) sunlight
B) light from an incandescent bulb
,C) helium in a balloon
D) heat from a car's radiator
E) all of these are correct
Answer: C Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Study of Chemistry Bloom's: 2. Understand Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: Classification and States of Matter; Properties of Matter Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
4) Which sof sthe sfollowing sdoes snot sapply sto sa schemical scompound?
A) A schemical scompound sconsists sof stwo sor smore selements.
B) The selements sin sa scompound sare scombined sin sdefinite sproportions.
C) The scharacteristics sof sthe scompound sare sdifferent sfrom sthe scharacteristics sof sthe
selements sfrom swhich sit sis smade.
D) Compounds scan sbe sseparated sinto stheir sconstituent selements susing sonly sphysical
smethods.
E) A schemical scompound scan salso sbe sclassified sas sa spure ssubstance.
Answer: sD sDifficulty: s2 sMedium
Topic: sStudy sof sChemistry sBloom's: s2. sUnderstand sGradable: sautomatic
Subtopic: sClassification sand sStates sof sMatter; sProperties sof sMatter sAccessibility: sKeyboard
sNavigation
5) Which sof sthe sfollowing sstatements sregarding selements sis sincorrect?
A) Elements sare sthe ssimplest sbuilding sblock sof smatter.
B) Elements scannot sbe sbroken sdown sinto ssimpler ssubstances seven sby schemical smeans.
C) Some selements sare snot snaturally soccurring, sand shave sbeen ssynthesized sby sscientists.
D) As sthe sGreeks shad sthought, swater sis san selement.
E) Elements sare sclassified susing sa speriodic stable.
Answer: sD sDifficulty: s1 sEasy
, Topic: sStudy sof sChemistry sBloom's: s2. sUnderstand sGradable: sautomatic
Subtopic: sClassification sand sStates sof sMatter; sProperties sof sMatter sAccessibility: sKeyboard
sNavigation
s
6) A scombination sof stwo sor smore ssubstances sthat scan sbe sseparated sby susing sonly sa sphysical
sprocess sis
A) an selement.
B) a scompound.
C) a smixture.
D) a ssubstance.
E) a scomposition.
Answer: sC sDifficulty: s1 sEasy
Topic: sStudy sof sChemistry sBloom's: s1. sRemember sGradable: sautomatic
Subtopic: sClassification sand sStates sof sMatter; sProperties sof sMatter sAccessibility: sKeyboard
sNavigation
7) Which sof sthe sfollowing sis san sexample sof sa spure ssubstance?
A) sand
B) tap swater
C) aluminum sin sa ssoda scan s(not sconsidering sthe spaint sor splastic scoatings)
D) river swater
E) granite
Answer: sC sDifficulty: s1 sEasy
Topic: sStudy sof sChemistry sBloom's: s2. sUnderstand sGradable: s s sautomatic sSubtopic: sProperties sof
sMatter
Accessibility: sKeyboard sNavigation
8) Which sof sthe sfollowing sis san sexample sof sa spure ssubstance?