Chemistry – I Pre-AP

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Stoichiometry Test

Multiple Choice: (6 points each = 60 points)

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1. How many grams of H PO are produced when 10.0 moles of water react with an
excess of P O ?

A) 1.22 g
B) 6.7 g
C) 147 g
D) 653 g

2. In the reaction 2CO(g) + O (g) → 2CO (g), what is the ratio of moles of oxygen used to
moles of CO produced?
A) 1 moleO2
1moleCO 2
B) 2 moleO2
1moleCO 2
C) 1 moleO 2
2moleCO 2
D) 2 moleO 2
2moleCO 2

3. How many moles of Iron (II) oxide are needed to react completely with 1.2 mole of
aluminum?

2Al(s) + 3FeO(s) → 3Fe(s) + Al O (s)

A) 1.2 mole
B) 0.8 mole
C) 1.8 mole
D) 2.4 mole

4. In the reaction A + B → C + D, if element B is in excess, then –

A) A is the limiting reactant
B) B is the limiting reactant
C) C is the limiting reactant
D) Both A and B are limiting reactants

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5. How many grams of H2O will be produced if 750. grams of Fe are produced?

A) 17.9 g
B) 323 g
C) 563 g
D) 241 g

6. Which is the correct mole ratio of K3PO4 to KNO3 in the chemical reaction
3 Mg(NO3)2 + 2 K3PO4 →Mg3(PO4)2 + 6 KNO3?
A) 1moleK 3 PO 4
6 moleKNO 3
B) 2moleK 3 PO 4
3 moleKNO 3
C) 2moleK 3 PO 4
6 moleKNO 3
D) 1moleK 3 PO 4
2 moleKNO 3

7. In the reaction 2CO(g) + O (g) → 2CO (g), how many moles of CO2 can be produced
from 5.0 moles of CO and 6.0 moles of O2?
A) 5.0 moles
B) 6.0 moles
C) 12.0 moles
D) 1.0 moles

8. In the reaction 2 RbNO3 → 2 RbNO2 + O2 , how many liters of oxygen are produced
when 5.0 moles of rubidium nitrate decompose?
A) 1.0 liters
B) 56 liters
C) 224 liters
D) 2.5 liters

9. For the reaction HCl + NaOH → NaCl + H2O, which reactant is the limiting reactant
given 100.0 grams of sodium hydroxide and 100.0 grams of hydrochloric acid?
A) hydrochloric acid
B) sodium hydroxide
C) sodium chloride
D) water

10. Baking Soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate) is a compound commonly used in

baked goods, as a deodorizer in refrigerators, and as an antacid. Commercial quantities
of baking soda are produced by mixing soda ash dissolved in water with carbon dioxide.
Baking soda precipitates as a solid from this method:
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 Na2CO3 + CO2 + H2O → 2 NaHCO3

How many grams of soda ash would be needed to produce 1.00 kg of sodium hydrogen
carbonate?
A) 396 grams
B) 631 grams
C) 1270 grams
D) 1590 grams

Free Response: (40 points total)

Read the following passage and use the information to complete free response
questions 1-2.
The Mathematics of the Carbon Dioxide Scrubber

History
"Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here," said astronaut James A. Lovell to Houston
Mission Control at 55:55:35 after liftoff of the Apollo 13 mission on April 13, 1970. Apollo 13,
the third lunar landing mission, had started off with very few surprises. Mission Control in
Houston broadcast that the spaceship was in “real good shape” and that the crew on the
ground in Houston was “bored to tears.” Nobody mentioned boredom after that message.

At 55:46 into the flight, the crew had just completed a TV segment in which they
demonstrated the effects of weightlessness on activities in their living quarters. They
concluded with “this is the crew of Apollo 13 wishing everybody there a nice evening…” Nine minutes later, oxygen tank
#2 blew up causing oxygen tank #1 to leak into space. 200,000 miles from Earth, the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM)
had also lost two of its three fuel cells. It was crippled.

Mission Control decided to move the crew from the CM to the Lunar Module (LM) in order to return home. Although fuel in
the LM had to be conserved and water and food had to be rationed, a major concern was removal or “scrubbing” of
excess carbon dioxide from the LM environment.

Lithium hydroxide canisters were used in Apollo 13 to scrub carbon dioxide. Since there were not enough lithium
hydroxide canisters in the LM to do the job, they needed to use the canisters from the CM as well. However, the CM
canisters were not designed to be used in the LM.

Mission Control came up with a solution for the astronauts. They attached the CM canisters to the LM system with an
improvised arrangement they called “the mailbox.” The mailbox worked and the Apollo 13 astronauts were able to return
safely to Earth.

Chemical Reaction
In a scrubber canister, lithium hydroxide reacts with carbon dioxide in a multi-step process forming lithium carbonate
and water as the final products.
LiOH + CO2 → Li2CO3 + H2O
1) Challenge One (8 points)
There was a great deal of water condensation in the Lunar Module on the return leg of the mission due to reduced
temperatures. There was worry that the condensation build up could damage the electronics of the LM by causing a short
circuit and possible fire. The reaction between lithium hydroxide and carbon dioxide produces water as a product. How
much water would be produced from the reaction of the 3.0 kilograms of lithium hydroxide and 3.0 kilograms of carbon
dioxide in the LM? Use dimensional analysis.

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 2) Challenge Two (8 points)
The Apollo 13 mission was determined to be a “successful failure”. Although the astronauts did not land on the Moon, they
were successfully brought home. A thorough investigation of the explosion, based on records of manufacturing processes
and maintenance logs, tracked the failure of the oxygen tank to multiple faults. None of the problems, had they occurred
alone, would have been critical, but together they led to a near disaster for the crew of Apollo 13. How much carbon
dioxide would have been removed from the breathing environment if the scrubber reaction produced 50.0 kilograms of
lithium carbonate? Use dimensional analysis.

For questions 3-6 use the flow chart below.

3) (4 points) What information do you need to make the types of conversions show by
double arrow 1?

4) (4 points) What conversion factors would be needed to make the conversions represented by
double-arrow 2 in the diagram for CO? By double-arrow 6 for CO2?

5) (4 points)What information is needed to make the types of conversions represented by double-

arrows 3 and 7?

6) (4 points) Why is it not possible to convert between the mass of a substance and the number of
representative particles, as represented by double-arrow 4?

7) (8 points) Scenario: You are an employee of the Dupont Chemical Industry working with a team
off 3-4 chemists. The laboratory division for which you work for focuses on the synthesis of
ammonia (NH3) from hydrogen and nitrogen. (This reaction is commonly referred to as the Haber
Process) Your supervisor has informed your group that he needs you to produce at least 125
grams of ammonia by the end of the day or else your division will be shut down. When checking
your supplies you realize that you have exactly 100 grams of nitrogen and 30 grams of hydrogen
gas. Will your group still be employed at the end of the day?

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Show all dimensional analysis steps that are necessary to this problem. What is the maximum
amount of ammonia that can be made given your supplies?
Finally, should you bother to show up for work tomorrow? Explain.