Honors Chemistry Midterm Review
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is the term for the process of a substance gaining electrons during a chemical reaction?
✔✔ Reduction
What is the name of the law that states that the pressure of a given mass of gas is directly
proportional to its absolute temperature at constant volume?
✔✔ Gay-Lussac's Law
What is the term for a chemical reaction in which energy is absorbed from the surroundings?
✔✔ Endothermic Reaction
What is the name of the particle found in the nucleus of an atom that has no charge?
✔✔ Neutron
What is the term for the amount of substance (in moles) divided by the volume (in liters) of the
solution?
✔✔ Molarity
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, What is the name of the rule that describes how electrons fill orbitals in a way to minimize the
energy of the atom?
✔✔ Aufbau Principle
What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being
consumed in the process?
✔✔ Catalyst
What is the name of the process used to separate a mixture based on differences in the boiling
points of its components?
✔✔ Distillation
What is the term for the change in enthalpy that occurs when one mole of a compound is formed
from its elements in their standard states?
✔✔ Standard Enthalpy of Formation
What is the name of the property that describes a substance’s ability to conduct electricity in the
molten state?
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is the term for the process of a substance gaining electrons during a chemical reaction?
✔✔ Reduction
What is the name of the law that states that the pressure of a given mass of gas is directly
proportional to its absolute temperature at constant volume?
✔✔ Gay-Lussac's Law
What is the term for a chemical reaction in which energy is absorbed from the surroundings?
✔✔ Endothermic Reaction
What is the name of the particle found in the nucleus of an atom that has no charge?
✔✔ Neutron
What is the term for the amount of substance (in moles) divided by the volume (in liters) of the
solution?
✔✔ Molarity
1
, What is the name of the rule that describes how electrons fill orbitals in a way to minimize the
energy of the atom?
✔✔ Aufbau Principle
What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being
consumed in the process?
✔✔ Catalyst
What is the name of the process used to separate a mixture based on differences in the boiling
points of its components?
✔✔ Distillation
What is the term for the change in enthalpy that occurs when one mole of a compound is formed
from its elements in their standard states?
✔✔ Standard Enthalpy of Formation
What is the name of the property that describes a substance’s ability to conduct electricity in the
molten state?
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