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Chapter01-Chemistry:AnIntroduction
1. Definethefollowingterms:
a. science
b. chemistry
ANSWER: a.Science-
aframeworkforgainingandorganizingknowledge.Itisaprocedureforprocessingandunderstandingcertai
ninformation.
b. Chemistry-thesciencethatdealswiththematteroftheuniverseandthechangesitcanundergo.

2. Definethefollowingterms:
a. scientificmethod
b. naturallaw
c. hypothesis
d. theory
ANSWER: a.Scientificmethod-theprocessorstepsofscientificinquiry.
b. Naturallaw-astatementdescribingobservedbehavior.
c. Hypothesis-apossibleexplanationforanobservation.
d. Theory-
asetoftestsedhypothesesthatgivesanexplanationforsomebehaviororobservation(alsocalledamodel).

3. Whichofthefollowingisnotastepinthescientificmethod?
a. Makeanobservation.
b. Formulateahypothesis.
c. Performanexperiment.
d. Changeresultstoagreewithyourhypothesis.
e. Developatheory(ormodel).
ANSWER: d

4. A isasummaryofobservedbehavior,anda isanexplanationofbehavior.
a. law,measurement
b. theory,scientificmethod
c. theory,law
d. law,theory
e. hypothesis,theory
ANSWER: d

5. Generally,observedbehaviorthatcanbeformulatedintoastatement,sometimesmathematicalinnature,iscalleda(
n)
a. observation
b. measurement
c. theory
d. naturallaw
e. experiment
ANSWER: d
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Chapter01-Chemistry:AnIntroduction
6. Thestatement“Thetotalmassofmaterialsisnotaffectedbyachemicalchangeinthosematerials”iscalleda(n)
a. observation
b. measurement
c. theory
d. naturallaw
e. experiment
ANSWER: d

7. Asetoftestedhypothesesthangivesanoverallexplanationofsomepartofnature,iscalleda(n)
a. observation
b. measurement
c. theory
d. naturallaw
e. experiment
ANSWER: c

8. Somethingdonetotestahypothesisthatproducesnewobservationsiscalleda(n)
a. observation
b. measurement
c. theory
d. naturallaw
e. experiment
ANSWER: e

9. Aquantitativeobservation
a. containsanumberandaunit
b. doesnotcontainanumber
c. alwaysmakesacomparison
d. mustbeobtainedthroughexperimentation
e. isnoneofthese
ANSWER: a

10. Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofaquantitativeobservation?
a. Thepieceofmetalislongerthanthepieceofwood.
b. Solution1ismuchdarkerthansolution2.
c. TheliquidinbeakerAisblue.
d. Thetemperatureoftheliquidis60°C.
e. Atleasttwooftheabove(A-D)arequantitativeobservations.
ANSWER: d


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