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Highly Efficient Practice Test for Physical and Structural Properties of Matter - Chemistry (12th Grade)

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This document is a 112-mark high school chemistry practice test on atomic structures and matter properties. It evaluates students through knowledge, communication, application, and thinking sections. The questions cover quantum mechanics, electron configurations, and orbital shapes. Students must complete multiple-choice items, true-or-false statements, and scientist-matching matrices. It also requires drawing Lewis structures, identifying molecular geometries, and calculating photon energies. Ultimately, it comprehensively reviews chemical bonding and modern atomic theory.

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Unit 2 Chemistry Practice Test - Structures and Properties of Matter

KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION APPLICATION THINKING TOTAL
/45 /30 /25 /12 /112


PART I - [KNOWLEDGE] - MULTIPLE CHOICE, TRUE & FALSE, MATCHING

Select the best possible answer for each ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [20K]
1.​ A wave can be described by 2.​ If n = 3 and l = 2, the orbital would be
a. Wavelength​ ​ ​ c. Both a & b a. 2s​ ​ ​ ​ c. 3d
b. Frequency​ ​ ​ d. Amplitude b. 2d​ ​ ​ ​ d. 3p

3.​ A wave is best defined as 4.​ If n = 1 and l = 0, the orbital would be
a. An oscillation​​ ​ c. Crest to crest a. 1s​ ​ ​ c. 1p
b. Repeating oscillation​ ​ d. Both a & c b. s1 ​ ​ d. 1d

5.​ ________ produced quantum mechanics 6.​ Quantum mechanics is NOT a
a. Erwin Schrodinger​ ​ c. Both a & d a. Mathematical Equation c. Depiction of the atom
b. Albert Einstein​ ​ d. Heisenberg b. Current diagram ​ ​d. Complex theory

7.​ ________ came up with the photon 8.​ Metals can’t form
a. Max Planck​ ​ ​ c. Einstein a. Ionic bonds ​ c. Hydrogen Bonds
b. Neils Bohr​ ​ ​ d. Both a & c b. Covalent Bonds​ ​d. All of the above

9.​ Evidence for orbitals was proved from ____ 10.​London forces can also be named _______ forces
a. Spectroscopy​​ ​ c. The EM spectrum a. Pearson​ ​ c. Diversion
b. The line spectra​ ​ d. Both a & c b. Dispersion​ ​ ​d. Pearson Airport

11.​Evidence for the position of electrons in space 12.​Pi bonds form from ______ overlap of ______
came from _______ a. End to end, P orbitals​​ c. End to end, S orbitals
a. Spectroscopy​​ ​ c. Both b & d b. Side to side, S orbitals​ d. Side to side, P orbitals
b. The line spectra​ ​ d. The EM spectrum

13.​What's the order of longest to shortest 14.​Sigma bonds form from _____ overlap of ______
wavelengths? a. Side to side, [S, P] orbitals​ c. Side to side, S orbitals
a. Radio, Infrared, Visible​ c. Micro, Visible, Gamma b. End to end, [S, P] orbitals​ d. End to end, S orbitals
b. UV, Radio, Gamma​ ​ d. X-ray, UV, Micro

15.​_______ proposed that the atom was like that of a 16.​Intramolecular forces are between
billiard ball a. Ions on ionic solids​ ​ c. Atoms in covalent solids
a. Ernest Rutherford​ ​ c. JJ Thompson b. Molecules ​ d. Both a & c
b. Max Planck​ ​ ​ d. John Dalton

17.​The quantum mechanics model of the atom 18.​PCl3 would form a ______ centered hybrid orbital
includes a. sp​ ​ ​ c. spd
a. Orbitals​ ​ ​ c. Orbits b. sp^2​​ ​ d. sp^3
b. Both a & d​ ​ ​ d. Energy levels

19.​The decreasing energy order for orbitals is 20.​Octahedron, Linear AX and See-Saw shapes are
a. SPDF​​ ​ ​ c. FSPD a. Polar, non-polar, polar​ c. Polar, Polar, Polar
b. DFSP​​ ​ ​ d. FDPS b. Non-polar, non-polar, polar​ d. Non-polar, polar, polar

, Unit 2 Chemistry Practice Test - Structures and Properties of Matter
State whether the following are either true (T) or false (F) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [15K]

1.​ ___ Albert Einstein discovered the photoelectric effect

2.​ ___ Energy and frequency are inversely proportional to each other

3.​ ___ Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional to each other

4.​ ___ BF3 is a polar molecule and has polar bonds

5.​ ___ Carbon can form a maximum of 2 covalent bonds in its ground state

6.​ ___ Resonance structures exist

7.​ ___ Hybridization is applied to an isolated atom

8.​ ___ Hybridization requires energy that isn’t recovered during bond formation

9.​ ___ Polarity is only indicated with a charge vector

10.​___ Max Planck was the main person who suggested that light is quantized

11.​ ___ An sp^3 orbital has two identical lobes

12.​___ An sp orbital has two identical lobes

13.​___ Anything below an electronegativity difference of 0.3 is a pure covalent bond

14.​___ Electronegativity values can’t be negative

15.​___ Covalent bonds are 1/10th as strong as H-bonds, but are the strongest kind of intermolecular force


Match the corresponding letter to the correct placements on the right​ ​ ​ ​ [10K]

A.​ Neils Bohr ___ Proposed that all forms of light travel in electric and
magnetic components and that light could act on
B.​ Erwin Schrodinger charged particles

C.​ JJ Thompson ___ Proposed that matter can only lose or gain energy in
whole number multiples only
D.​ Max Planck
___ Used ideas from Einstein and Broglie
E.​ James Maxwell
___ Used ideas from Einstein and Planck

___ Discovered the electron

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