MARINDUQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Boac, Marinduque
FIRST PERIODIC TEST
Science & Technology III
SY 2011 2012
Test I. Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. The study of matter and changes it undergo describes the science of _____
a. Biology
b. Chemistry
d. Physics
d. Geology
2. Which of the following activities involves chemistry?
a. isolation of an anti-inflammatory extract from banana plant
b. testing different plants for their analgesic properties
c. finding out how much heat is produced in burning 1.0 gram of wood
d. all of the above
3. A student investigated the physical and chemical properties of a sample of unknown gas and then investigated
the gas. Which statement represents a conclusion rather than an experimental observation?
a. The gas is colorless.
b. The gas is carbon dioxide.
c. When the gas is bubbled in limewater, the liquid becomes cloudy.
d. When placed in the gas, a flaming splint stops burning.
4. Which of the following is NOT a physical property of water?
a. Water is liquid at room temperature.
b. Water changes to oxygen and hydrogen gas when electrolyzed.
c. Water boils at 100 OC.
d. Water freezes at 0 OC.
5. Which chemical system is homogeneous?
a. cooking oil b. rain water c. soil d. ginataan
6. Which statement does NOT always describe a mixture?
a. It is heterogeneous
b. It can be separated by physical means.
c. It has variable composition.
d. The components retain their intrinsic properties in the mixture
7. Which statement is NOT true for all liquid solution?
a. They have one phase.
c. They cannot be filtered.
b. They have boiling temperature range.
d. Their components can be separated by decantation.
8. You were asked by your mother to remove the fat from boiling bulalo (boiled beef) before adding the vegetables.
What is the best method that you could employ to accomplish your mothers instruction?
a. filtration
b. scooping
c. flotation
d. evaporation
9. You would like to separate the components of rubbing alcohol, which is water and isopropyl alcohol. What is the
best method to use?
a. evaporation
b. simple distillation
c. filtration
d. decantation
10. Salt and sulfur differ in their solubility in water. Consider a mixture of salt, sulfur, water. What is the proper order
of procedures to follow in separating the components of this mixture?
a. distillation evaporation filtration c. distillation filtration evaporation
b. evaporation distillation filtration d. filtration distillation evaporation
11. A certain substance X formed ash when burned in air. The ash formed milky liquid with water, and turned red
litmus paper to blue. Which statement best describes substance X?
a. It is a solid.
b. It is a gas.
c. It is a nonmetal.
d. It is a metal.
12. A certain substance C when heated in the presence of air increased in mass. The product when dissolved in
water turns blue litmus paper to red. Which statement best describes substance C?
a. Substance C is a compound.
c. Substance C is a nonmetallic element.
b. Substance C is solid.
d. Substance C is metallic element.
13. Which statement does NOT correctly describe a metal?
a. Metals have luster.
c. Metals are ductile and malleable.
b. Metals form acidic oxide.
d. Metals form basic oxide.
14. How many of the following measured quantities have 3 significant figures? 0.12 km, 40.6 mL, 5.2 cm, 16.20 g,
0.00650 nm?
a. 1 (one)
b. 2 (two)
c. 3 (three)
d. none
15. How many zeros in the measurement 0.00020040 teragram are significant?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. six
16. Which of the following does not have four significant figures?
a. 40.00
b.1.001
c. 0.0101
d. 0.0001025
17. Which one of the following units represents largest the unit of length?
a. m
b. dm
c. nm
d. cm
18. Calculate the following to the correct number of significant figures. 0.023 / 0.123
a. 0.186
b. 0.1870
c. 0.19
d. 0.187
19. Consider the data obtained for the length of an object as measured by three students. The length is known to be
14 .54 cm. Which of the conclusion summarizes the data?
A.
B.
C.
Trial 1
14.8
14.7
14.4
Trial 2
14.2
14.8
14.4
Trial 3
14.5
14.9
14.8
Trial 4
14.7
14.8
14.8
Trial 5
14.3
14.8
14.8
a. Student C has done the most precise work and student A. the most accurate.
b. Student A has done the most precise work and student C the most accurate.
c. Student B has done the most precise work and student C the most accurate.
d. Student B has done the most precise work and student A. the most accurate.
20. Which statement is TRUE about precision?
a. It is the closeness of the measurement to the true value being measured.
b. It is the average of the several measurements.
c. It refers to the closeness of the repeated measurements.
d. It refers to the least percentage error of the measured quantity.
21. Express the quantity 785.4 g in kg rounded to 2 significant figures.
a. 0.79
b. 0.078
c. 0.079
d. 790
22. Which type of matter consists of two or more substances that are chemically combined?
a. elements
b. compounds
c. mixtures
d. solutions
23. Many medicines require that you shake well before each use. Medications of this type can best be described
as
a. solutions.
b. colloids.
c. suspension. d. heterogeneous mixtures.
24. Which of the diagrams below would best represent matter in the liquid phase?
A
B
C
D
a. A only
b. B only
c. C and D
d. B and D
25. Each sphere in the diagrams below represents an atom of a given element. The colored spheres represent
chlorine and the clear spheres represent sodium. Which box best represents a compound?
A
B
C
D
a. A only
b. B only
c. C and D
d. D only
26. Refer to the diagram above. If the colored spheres represent O 2 and clear spheres represent N2, which box
represents a mixture of these gases?
a. A only
b. B only
c. B and D
d. D only
27. Which of the following statements best differentiate mixtures from compounds?
a. All mixtures are physical combination of two or more elements while compounds are chemical
combination of two or more elements.
b. Components of mixture can be separated easily by physical means, while component elements in a
compound can be separated by chemical means.
c. Mixtures are chemical combination of two or more substances, while compounds are physical
combination of two or more elements.
d. Components of mixtures can be separated only by chemical means, while component element in a
compound can be separated by physical means.
28. Gold is used in jewelry because it can be hammered into thin sheets. It can be formed into different shapes
without breaking. What property of gold is being described?
a. hardness
b. malleability
c. luster
d. conductivity
29. Which of the following statements correctly describes colloids?
a. Colloids exhibit Tyndall effect
b. Colloids have particle that settle easily upon standing.
c. Colloids are homogeneous mixture.
d. The particles of colloids are bigger than those in suspension
30. The phase change represented by the equation I 2(s)
I2(g) is called
a. sublimation
b. condensation
c. melting
d. boiling
Test II. Classification: Give the classification of the following chemical systems based on the given heading. Write
your answer on the answer sheet.
A. Pure substance or Mixture
1. Oxygen gas
2. Table salt
3. Vinegar
4. Rubbing alcohol
5. Air
B. Homogeneous mixture or Heterogeneous mixture
1. Metal alloys
2. Paint
3. Rain cloud
4. Filtered calamansi juice
5. Gelatin
C. Organic compound or inorganic compound
1. Ethanol (C2H5OH)
2. Limestone (CaCO3)
3. Lye (NaOH)
4. Oxalic acid (H2C2O2)
5. Glucose (C6H12O6)
Test III. Problem solving, Choose 3 problems then solve systematically. Express your answer in the correct number
of significant figures. (5 pts each)
1. For a fighter jet to take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, it must reach a speed of 62.0 m/s. Calculate this
speed in mi/hr (miles per hour). 1 mile = 1609 meter
2. Normally the human body can endure a temperature of 105 OF for only short period of time
without permanent damage to the brain and other vital organs. What is this temperature in
degree Celsius (OC)?
3. A 6.0 ft person weighs 168 lbs. Express this persons height in meters and weight in
kilograms (1 kg = 2.205 lbs, 1 m = 3.28 ft)
4. How many atoms of carbon are there in 9.50 g sample of carbon? (Atomic weight C = 12.01 g/mol)
5. Some flash drives can store 4.0 gigabytes of information. How byte s of information can be
stored in these flash drives.