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Comprehensive General Chemistry MCQ

1. What is the solubility product constant?

The solute's concentration when a solution is in equilibrium

The equilibrium constant for the solubility equilibrium of a slightly soluble (or nearly insoluble) ionic compound

The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius

The ratio of the concentration of products to reactants

Answer

Correct Answer: The equilibrium constant for the solubility equilibrium of a slightly soluble (or nearly insoluble) ionic compound

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2. What is the equilibrium constant for the solubility equilibrium of a slightly soluble (or nearly insoluble) ionic compound?

Solubility product constant (Ksp)

Answer

Correct Answer: Solubility product constant (Ksp)

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3. What is solubility?

The amount of a substance that does not dissolve in a given quantity of solvent.

The amount of a substance that dissolves in a given quantity of solvent to give a saturated solution.

The amount of a substance that dissolves in a given quantity of solvent to give an unsaturated solution.

The amount of a substance that dissolves in a given quantity of solvent to give an solution of unknown saturation.

Answer

Correct Answer: The amount of a substance that dissolves in a given quantity of solvent to give a saturated solution.

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4. What is a solid characterized by?

Flexibility

Compressibility

Rigidity

Liquidity

Answer

Correct Answer: Rigidity

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5. What is Sol?

A colloid that consists of solid particles dispersed in a liquid.

The base SI unit of length.

The force thatgravity exerts on an object.

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

Answer

Correct Answer: A colloid that consists of solid particles dispersed in a liquid.

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6. What is a single bond?

A covalent bond in which a single pair of electrons is shared by two atoms.

A covalent bond in which a single pair of protons is shared by two atoms.

A covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms.

A ionic bond in which a single pair of electrons is shared by two atoms.

Answer

Correct Answer: A covalent bond in which a single pair of electrons is shared by two atoms.

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7. What is a simple cubic unit cell?

A cubic unit cell in which lattice points are situated at the corners and faces of the unit cell

A cubic unit cell in which lattice points are situated only at the faces of the unit cell

A cubic unit cell in which lattice points are situated only at the edges of the unit cell

A cubic unit cell in which lattice points are situated only at the corners of the unit cell

Answer

Correct Answer: A cubic unit cell in which lattice points are situated only at the corners of the unit cell

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8. What is the main element in silicone?

Nitrogen

Carbon

Sulphur

Silicon

Answer

Correct Answer: Silicon

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9. What is Silicate?

A compound of nitrogen and oxygen

A compound of chlorine and oxygen

A compound of silicon and oxygen

A compound of carbon and oxygen

Answer

Correct Answer: A compound of silicon and oxygen

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10. What is the name of the solid SiO2?

Diamond

Sand

Silica

Glass

Answer

Correct Answer: Silica

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11. What is the chemical formula for Silica?

CO2

SiO2

H2O

NaCl

Answer

Correct Answer: SiO2

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12. What is the final digit in a measured number having some uncertainty called?

Significant figures

Uncertainty

Final digit

Digit

Answer

Correct Answer: Significant figures

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13. What are significant figures?

The digits in a number to the right of the decimal point

All the digits in a number

Those digits in a measured number that include all certain digits plus a final digit having some uncertainty

The digits in a number to the left of the decimal point

Answer

Correct Answer: Those digits in a measured number that include all certain digits plus a final digit having some uncertainty

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14. What is the shape of a Sigma (s) bond?

Cylindrical

Square

Triangular

Pentagonal

Answer

Correct Answer: Cylindrical

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15. What is the meaning of SI prefix?

A prefix used in the International System of Units to indicate a power of 100

A prefix used in the metric system to indicate a power of 10

A prefix used in the International System to indicate a power of 10

A prefix used in the International System of Units to indicate a power of 10

Answer

Correct Answer: A prefix used in the International System to indicate a power of 10

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16. SI prefix is a prefix used to indicate what?

A power of 9

A power of 3

A power of 10

A power of 2

Answer

Correct Answer: A power of 10

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17. What does SI stand for?

Système Interbank d'Unités

Système International d'Unités

Sistema Internacional de Unidades

Système International de Mesures

Answer

Correct Answer: Système International d'Unités

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18. For which particles does the shell model of the nucleus provide a description?

Alpha particles

Electrons

Photons

Protons and neutrons

Answer

Correct Answer: Protons and neutrons

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19. What is self-ionization?

A reaction in which a molecule reacts with an atom to form an ion

A reaction in which two like molecules react to give ions

A reaction in which two molecules of different types react to give ions

A reaction in which an atom reacts with another atom to form a cation and an anion

Answer

Correct Answer: A reaction in which two like molecules react to give ions

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20. Seesaw geometry is a type of _______

Geomorphology

Molecular Geometry

Cartography

Mineralogy

Answer

Correct Answer: Molecular Geometry

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21. What is the second law of thermodynamics?

The total entropy of a system and its surroundings always increases for a spontaneous process.

The total entropy of a system and its surroundings always decreases for a spontaneous process.

The change in entropy of the system is always equal to the heat divided by the absolute temperature.

The total entropy of a system and its surroundings remains constant over time.

Answer

Correct Answer: The total entropy of a system and its surroundings always increases for a spontaneous process.

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22. What does a scintillation counter do?

It detects nuclear radiations from flashes of light generated in a material by the radiation

It is a device to store nuclear radiations

It detects nuclear radiations and then meltdown the materials

It detects nuclear radiations from radioactive materials

Answer

Correct Answer: It detects nuclear radiations from flashes of light generated in a material by the radiation

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23. What is a scintillation counter?

A device that detects nuclear radiations from heat waves

A device that detects nuclear radiations from flashes of light generated in a material by the radiation

A device that detects nuclear radiations from sound waves

A device that detects nuclear radiations from electrical signals

Answer

Correct Answer: A device that detects nuclear radiations from flashes of light generated in a material by the radiation

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24. What is the form of scientific notation?

A x 10

A x 10n

Answer

Correct Answer: A x 10n

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25. What is the general process of advancing scientific knowledge through observation, the framing of laws, hypotheses, or theories, and the conducting of more experiments?

Scientific principle

Hypothesis

Scientific method

Scientific law

Answer

Correct Answer: Scientific method

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26. The scientific method is a process for _____.

Testing hypotheses

Advancing scientific knowledge

Developing products

Making things more efficient

Answer

Correct Answer: Advancing scientific knowledge

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27. What is a saturated solution?

A solution that contains the maximum amount of a given dissolved substance that is capable of being dissolved

A solution that contains more than the maximum amount of a given dissolved substance that is capable of being dissolved

A solution that is in equilibrium with respect to a given dissolved substance

A solution that contains less than the maximum amount of a given dissolved substance that is capable of being dissolved

Answer

Correct Answer: A solution that is in equilibrium with respect to a given dissolved substance

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28. What is a saturated hydrocarbon?

A hydrocarbon molecule that can be cyclic or acyclic

A hydrocarbon that has only double bonds between carbon atoms

A hydrocarbon that has only single bonds between carbon atoms

A hydrocarbon that has at least one double bond between carbon atoms

Answer

Correct Answer: A hydrocarbon that has only single bonds between carbon atoms

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29. What is the purpose of a salt bridge in a voltaic cell?

To prevent the mixing of solutions

To provide a connection between the two half-cells

To allow the flow of ions

To allow the flow of electrons

Answer

Correct Answer: To allow the flow of ions

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30. What does a salt bridge do in a voltaic cell?

It allows the flow of ions but prevents the mixing of the different solutions

It prevents the flow of ions but allows the mixing of the different solutions

It only allows the flow of electrons

It only allows the flow of protons

Answer

Correct Answer: It allows the flow of ions but prevents the mixing of the different solutions

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31. What is salt?

A product of photosynthesis

A product of a neutralization reaction

A product of combustion

A product of a redox reaction

Answer

Correct Answer: A product of a neutralization reaction

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32. What does the unit 'rem' equal to?

Rems = RBE - rads

Rems = RBE / rads

Rems = rads / RBE

Rems = rads x RBE

Answer

Correct Answer: Rems = rads x RBE

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33. What is the unit of radiation dosage that equals the rad times a factor for the type of radiation?

Roentgen

Sievert

Rem

Becquerel

Answer

Correct Answer: Rem

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34. What is the decrease of oxidation number of an atom called?

Oxidation

Reduction

Decarburization

Deletion

Answer

Correct Answer: Reduction

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35. What is a reducing agent?

A species that reduces another species

A method of reducing another species

A process of reducing a species

A species that is itself oxidized

Answer

Correct Answer: A species that reduces another species

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36. What is the unit of measurement for the reaction rate?

Molar concentration

Moles

Mass

Kinetic energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Molar concentration

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37. What is the expression for reaction quotient?

Qc = Kp ([ products ] / [ reactants ])

Qc = Kc ([ reactants ] / [ products ])

Qc = Kc ([ products ] / [ reactants ])

Qc = [ products ] / [ reactants ]

Answer

Correct Answer: Qc = [ products ] / [ reactants ]

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38. What is the correct form of the Reaction Quotient expression?

Qc = [products]-[reactants]

Qc = [products]/[reactants]

Qc = [reactants]/[products]

Qc = [products][reactants]

Answer

Correct Answer: Qc = [products]/[reactants]

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39. What is the reaction order of the exponent of the concentration of a given reactant species in the rate law?

Zero order

Second order

First order

As determined experimentally

Answer

Correct Answer: As determined experimentally

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40. What is the reaction order with respect to the concentration of a given reactant species?

The exponent of the concentration of a given product species in the rate law, as determined experimentally.

The exponent of the time in the rate law, as determined experimentally.

The exponent of the concentration of a given reactant species in the rate law, as determined experimentally.

The exponent of the concentration of a given reactant species in the rate law, as predicted by the kinetic model.

Answer

Correct Answer: The exponent of the concentration of a given reactant species in the rate law, as determined experimentally.

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41. What is a reaction mechanism?

The set of elementary reactions whose overall effect is given by the net chemical equation

A device used to measure the speed of reaction

The heat generated by a reaction

The rate of a reaction at a given moment

Answer

Correct Answer: The set of elementary reactions whose overall effect is given by the net chemical equation

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42. What is the net effect of a reaction mechanism?

Overall effect is given by the net chemical equation

The set of only one elementary reaction

It is the set of two or more reactions

It is the set of all elementary reactions

Answer

Correct Answer: Overall effect is given by the net chemical equation

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43. What is a reactant?

A substance that does not change during a chemical reaction.

A starting substance in a chemical reaction.

A product in a chemical reaction.

A substance that changes during a chemical reaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: A starting substance in a chemical reaction.

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44. What is the rate-determining step?

The slowest step in a reaction mechanism

The second step in a reaction mechanism

The first step in a reaction mechanism

The fastest step in a reaction mechanism

Answer

Correct Answer: The slowest step in a reaction mechanism

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45. What does RDS stand for?

Repetitive DNA Sequences

Radially Deviated Spokes

Regulating Developmental Signaling

Rate-determining step

Answer

Correct Answer: Rate-determining step

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46. What is a rate law?

An equation relating the rate of a reaction to the amount of reactant.

An equation relating the rate of a reaction to the concentrations of reactants.

An equation relating the rate of a reaction to the amount of product.

An equation relating the rate of a reaction to the time of reaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: An equation relating the rate of a reaction to the concentrations of reactants.

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47. What is the rate constant?

Proportionality constant in the relationship between rate and concentrations

The concentration of a reactant

The rate of a reaction

The inverse of rate

Answer

Correct Answer: Proportionality constant in the relationship between rate and concentrations

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48. What is the value of PA when XA = 0.5?

P°AXA/2

P°AXA

P°AXA/4

2P°AXA

Answer

Correct Answer: P°AXA/2

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49. What is radioactivity?

Spontaneous radiation of stable elements

Spontaneous formation of stable elements

Spontaneous radiation from unstable elements

Spontaneous combustion of unstable elements

Answer

Correct Answer: Spontaneous radiation from unstable elements

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50. What is the purpose of a radioactive tracer?

To facilitate study of a chemical, biological, or physical system

To create an explosion

To provide power to a nuclear reactor

To study the effects of radiation

Answer

Correct Answer: To facilitate study of a chemical, biological, or physical system

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51. What is the end product of a radioactive decay series?

A radioactive nucleus with a half-life

A radioactive nucleus with a mass number

A stable, non-radioactive nucleus

An unstable, radioactive nucleus

Answer

Correct Answer: A stable, non-radioactive nucleus

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52. What is the radioactive decay constant?

The rate constant for radioactive decay

The amount of radioactivity decay over time

The rate of change of radioactivity

A measure of radioactivity

Answer

Correct Answer: The rate constant for radioactive decay

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53. What is the process in which a nucleus spontaneously disintegrates, giving off radiation?

Nuclear Fission

Radioactive Decay

Hydrocarbon Combustion

Fusion Reactors

Answer

Correct Answer: Radioactive Decay

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54. How much energy does 1 x 10-2 J of radiation deposit per kilogram of tissue?

Rad the dosage of radiation that deposits 1 x 10-2 J of energy per kilogram of tissue

Rutherford the dosage of radiation that deposits 1 x 10-2 J of energy per kilogram of tissue

Curie the dosage of radiation that deposits 1 x 10-2 J of energy per kilogram of tissue

Gray the dosage of radiation that deposits 1 x 10-2 J of energy per kilogram of tissue

Answer

Correct Answer: Rad the dosage of radiation that deposits 1 x 10-2 J of energy per kilogram of tissue

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55. What is a racemic mixture?

A pure compound

A mixture of equal amounts of optical isomers

A solution

A mixture of unequal amounts of optical isomers

Answer

Correct Answer: A mixture of equal amounts of optical isomers

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56. What is the branch of physics that mathematically describes the wave properties of submicroscopic particles?

Quantum mechanics

Statistical mechanics

Quantum (wave) mechanics

Classical mechanics

Answer

Correct Answer: Quantum (wave) mechanics

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57. What is quantitative analysis?

The study of the composition of materials and their structure and properties

The study of the behaviour of materials under various conditions

The study of how things happen and the use of this knowledge to design ways of controlling them

The determination of the amount of a substance or species present in a material

Answer

Correct Answer: The determination of the amount of a substance or species present in a material

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58. Quantitative analysis is the determination of what in a material?

The density of a material

The amount of a substance or species present

The qualitative nature of a substance

The quantity of a substance

Answer

Correct Answer: The amount of a substance or species present

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59. What is qualitative analysis?

The study of the quantity of substances

The study of the quality of substances

The determination of the identity of substances present in a mixture

The study of the properties of substances

Answer

Correct Answer: The determination of the identity of substances present in a mixture

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60. What is a polyatomic ion?

An ion consisting of two or more atoms not carrying a net electric charge

An atom that has a net electric charge

An ion that is a single atom

An ion consisting of two or more atoms chemically bonded together and carrying a net electric charge

Answer

Correct Answer: An ion consisting of two or more atoms chemically bonded together and carrying a net electric charge

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61. What is polyamide a polymer formed by?

Reacting a substance containing no amine groups with a substance containing no carboxylic acid groups

Reacting a substance containing two amine groups with a substance containing two carboxylic acid groups

Reacting a substance containing three amine groups with a substance containing three carboxylic acid groups

Reacting a substance containing one amine group with a substance containing one carboxylic acid group

Answer

Correct Answer: Reacting a substance containing two amine groups with a substance containing two carboxylic acid groups

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62. What is a polar covalent bond?

A covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are donated by one atom and accepted by the other

A covalent bond in which the bonding electrons spend an equal amount of time near both atoms

A covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally by both atoms

A covalent bond in which the bonding electrons spend more time near one atom than near the other

Answer

Correct Answer: A covalent bond in which the bonding electrons spend more time near one atom than near the other

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63. What is Plasma?

Electrically charged gas of ions and electrons

Electrically charged gas of electrons only

Electrically neutral gas of electrons only

Electrically neutral gas of ions and electrons

Answer

Correct Answer: Electrically neutral gas of ions and electrons

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64. What is the value of Planck's constant?

5.39 x 10-34 J·s

6.85 x 10-34 J·s

7.22 x 10-34 J·s

6.63 x 10-34 J·s

Answer

Correct Answer: 6.63 x 10-34 J·s

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65. What is a Pi (p) bond?

A Bond that has an electron distribution in a single plane

A bond that has an electron distribution on either side of the bond axis

A bond that has an electron distribution above and below the bond axis

A Bond that has an electron distribution above the bond axis

Answer

Correct Answer: A bond that has an electron distribution above and below the bond axis

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66. What is the name of the bond that has an electron distribution above and below the bond axis?

Pi Bond

Covalent Bond

Polar Bond

Ionic Bond

Answer

Correct Answer: Pi Bond

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67. What is a physical property?

The ease with which a material can be deformed without fracture

A characteristic that can be observed for a material and changes its chemical identity

A measure of how quickly electrons can flow through a material

A characteristic that can be observed for a material without changing its chemical identity

Answer

Correct Answer: A characteristic that can be observed for a material without changing its chemical identity

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68. What is a physical change?

A change in the form of matter and in its physical properties

A change in the form of matter but not in its chemical identity

A change in the form of matter and in its atomic structure

A change in the form of matter and in its chemical identity

Answer

Correct Answer: A change in the form of matter but not in its chemical identity

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69. What is physical adsorption?

Adsorption in which the attraction is provided by strong intermolecular forces.

Adsorption in which the attraction is provided by weak intermolecular forces.

Adsorption in which the attraction is provided by electrical forces.

Adsorption in which the attraction is provided by chemical forces.

Answer

Correct Answer: Adsorption in which the attraction is provided by weak intermolecular forces.

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70. What is the proportionality constant in the equation for photon energy?

Answer

Correct Answer: H

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71. What is the unit of Planck's constant?

Joules/second

Newtons

Coulombs

Joule-seconds

Answer

Correct Answer: Joule-seconds

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72. What is the Photoelectric effect?

The generation of photons when light shines on a metal.

The capture of electrons by a metal or other material when light shines on it.

The production of electric current when light shines on a metal.

The ejection of electrons from the surface of a metal or other material when light shines on it.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ejection of electrons from the surface of a metal or other material when light shines on it.

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73. What is a phospholipid bilayer?

An organelle found in plant cells

A part of a cell wall consisting of two layers of carbohydrate molecules

A part of a biological membrane consisting of two layers of phospholipid molecules

A molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen

Answer

Correct Answer: A part of a biological membrane consisting of two layers of phospholipid molecules

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74. What is the difference between Phospholipid and Micelles?

Phospholipid is a protein whereas Micelles is a lipid.

Phospholipid is a carbohydrate whereas Micelles is a lipid.

Phospholipid has a phosphate group whereas Micelles does not.

Phospholipid and Micelles are the same thing.

Answer

Correct Answer: Phospholipid has a phosphate group whereas Micelles does not.

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75. Which of the following is true about phospholipids?

Phospholipids are a type of carbohydrate.

Phospholipids are found in animal cells only.

Phospholipids are found in plant cells only.

They have hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends.

Answer

Correct Answer: They have hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends.

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76. What is a phase diagram?

A graphical way to summarize the conditions under which the different phases of a substance are stable.

A way to graphically summarize the conditions under which a substance changes phase.

A graphical way to summarize the equation of state for a substance.

A graphical way to summarize the conditions under which the different states of a substance are stable.

Answer

Correct Answer: A graphical way to summarize the conditions under which the different states of a substance are stable.

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77. What is the first phase of homogeneous material present in the portion of matter under study?

Heterogeneous

Phase One

Isotropic

Homogeneous

Answer

Correct Answer: Phase One

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78. What is Phase one?

When there is no change in the properties of matter

A homogeneous material present in the portion of matter under study

When all matter is in the same state

The first stage of a process

Answer

Correct Answer: A homogeneous material present in the portion of matter under study

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79. What is Peroxide?

A compound with chlorine in the +1 oxidation state

A compound with nitrogen in the -3 oxidation state

A compound with oxygen in the -1 oxidation state

A compound with oxygen in the +1 oxidation state

Answer

Correct Answer: A compound with oxygen in the -1 oxidation state

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80. What is the oxidation state of oxygen in peroxide?

-1

Answer

Correct Answer: -1

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81. In what form is the periodic table?

Map

Visual

List

Tabular

Answer

Correct Answer: Tabular

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82. In what form is the periodic table arranged?

Alphabetically

Rows and columns

In order of increasing atomic number

In order of discovery

Answer

Correct Answer: Rows and columns

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83. What is the periodic law?

The physical and chemical properties of elements vary periodically when they are arranged by weight.

The physical and chemical properties of elements vary periodically when they are arranged by atomic number.

There is no such thing as the periodic law.

The physical and chemical properties of elements vary periodically when they are arranged alphabetically.

Answer

Correct Answer: The physical and chemical properties of elements vary periodically when they are arranged by atomic number.

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84. What is a period in the periodic table?

A set of two or more elements with similar chemical properties

The first element in the periodic table

The elements in any one horizontal row of the periodic table

The elements in any one vertical column of the periodic table

Answer

Correct Answer: The elements in any one horizontal row of the periodic table

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85. What is the percentage yield?

The actual yield (experimentally determined) expressed as a percentage of the theoretical yield (calculated)

The theoretical yield (calculated) expressed as a percentage of the actual yield (experimentally determined)

The amount of reactant that is not used up in a chemical reaction

The amount of a product formed in a chemical reaction

Answer

Correct Answer: The actual yield (experimentally determined) expressed as a percentage of the theoretical yield (calculated)

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86. What is the term for the mass percentages of each element in a compound?

Empirical composition

Percentage composition

Molecular composition

Molar composition

Answer

Correct Answer: Percentage composition

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87. What does percentage composition tell us?

The molecular formula of a compound

The empirical formula of a compound

The mass percentages of each element in a compound

The molar mass of a compound

Answer

Correct Answer: The mass percentages of each element in a compound

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88. Which type of bond is Peptide (amide) bond?

C-N bond

C-O bond

C-N bond

C-C bond

Answer

Correct Answer: C-N bond

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89. How many electrons can an orbital hold?

Three

One

Four

Two

Answer

Correct Answer: Two

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90. What is the Pauli exclusion principle?

Electrons must have different spin quantum numbers in order to occupy the same orbital

An orbital can hold no more than two electrons

Orbitals can hold a maximum of two electrons.

No two electrons in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers.

Answer

Correct Answer: No two electrons in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers.

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91. What is a particle accelerator?

A device used to accelerate electrons, protons, and alpha particles and other ions to very high speeds

A device used to measure the speed of particles

A device used to split atoms

A device used to create and control nuclear fusion

Answer

Correct Answer: A device used to accelerate electrons, protons, and alpha particles and other ions to very high speeds

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92. What is partial pressure?

The sum of all the partial pressures of the gases in a mixture

The temperature of a gas

The pressure exerted by a particular gas in a mixture

The average kinetic energy of the particles in a gas

Answer

Correct Answer: The pressure exerted by a particular gas in a mixture

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93. What is a paramagnetic substance?

A substance that is not affected by a magnetic field

A substance that is strongly attracted by a magnetic field

A substance that is not attracted by a magnetic field

A substance that is weakly attracted by a magnetic field

Answer

Correct Answer: A substance that is weakly attracted by a magnetic field

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94. What is the term for the energy required to put two electrons into the same orbital?

Pairing energy

Electron

Energy

Potential energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Pairing energy

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95. What is Oxoacid?

A substance in which O atoms are bonded to a central atom

A substance in which H atoms are bonded to a central atom

Answer

Correct Answer: A substance in which O atoms are bonded to a central atom

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96. What is an acid containing hydrogen, oxygen, and another element called?

Oxoacid

Arrhenius acid

Strong acid

Diatomic acid

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxoacid

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97. What is an oxidizing agent?

A reaction in which one substance gains oxygen

A species that is reduced

A species that oxidizes another species

A reaction in which one substance loses electrons

Answer

Correct Answer: A species that oxidizes another species

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98. What is the oxidation state of oxygen in oxide?

-1

-2

Answer

Correct Answer: -2

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99. What is a redox reaction?

A reaction in which electrons are lost by one atom and gained by another

A reaction in which one atom or molecule gains electrons from another

A reaction in which electrons are transferred between species or in which atoms change oxidation number

A reaction that occurs when two atoms or molecules interact to form a new compound

Answer

Correct Answer: A reaction in which electrons are transferred between species or in which atoms change oxidation number

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100. What is the oxidation potential?

The potential at which oxidation occurs

The standard electrode potential

The negative of the standard electrode potential

The positive of the standard electrode potential

Answer

Correct Answer: The negative of the standard electrode potential

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