,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 aof athe afollowing adoes anot aapply ato aa achemical acompound?
A) A achemical acompound aconsists aof atwo aor amore aelements.
B) The aelements ain aa acompound aare acombined ain adefinite aproportions.
C) The acharacteristics aof athe acompound aare adifferent afrom athe acharacteristics aof athe
aelements afrom awhich ait ais amade.
D) Compounds acan abe aseparated ainto atheir aconstituent aelements ausing aonly aphysical
amethods.
E) A achemical acompound acan aalso abe aclassified aas aa apure asubstance.
Answer: aD aDifficulty: a2 aMedium
Topic: aStudy aof aChemistry aBloom's: a2. aUnderstand aGradable: aautomatic
Subtopic: aClassification aand aStates aof aMatter; aProperties aof aMatter aAccessibility: aKeyboard
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5) Which aof athe afollowing astatements aregarding aelements ais aincorrect?
A) Elements aare athe asimplest abuilding ablock aof amatter.
B) Elements acannot abe abroken adown ainto asimpler asubstances aeven aby achemical ameans.
C) Some aelements aare anot anaturally aoccurring, aand ahave abeen asynthesized aby ascientists.
D) As athe aGreeks ahad athought, awater ais aan aelement.
E) Elements aare aclassified ausing aa aperiodic atable.
Answer: aD aDifficulty: a1 aEasy
, Topic: aStudy aof aChemistry aBloom's: a2. aUnderstand aGradable: aautomatic
Subtopic: aClassification aand aStates aof aMatter; aProperties aof aMatter aAccessibility: aKeyboard
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6) A acombination aof atwo aor amore asubstances athat acan abe aseparated aby ausing aonly aa
aphysical aprocess ais
A) an aelement.
B) a acompound.
C) a amixture.
D) a asubstance.
E) a acomposition.
Answer: aC aDifficulty: a1 aEasy
Topic: aStudy aof aChemistry aBloom's: a1. aRemember aGradable: aautomatic
Subtopic: aClassification aand aStates aof aMatter; aProperties aof aMatter aAccessibility: aKeyboard
aNavigation
7) Which aof athe afollowing ais aan aexample aof aa apure asubstance?
A) sand
B) tap awater
C) aluminum ain aa asoda acan a(not aconsidering athe apaint aor aplastic acoatings)
D) river awater
E) granite
Answer: aC aDifficulty: a1 aEasy
Topic: aStudy aof aChemistry aBloom's: a2. aUnderstand aGradable: a a aautomatic aSubtopic: aProperties aof
aMatter
Accessibility: aKeyboard aNavigation
8) Which aof athe afollowing ais aan aexample aof aa apure asubstance?