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- # this is a comment is a Q&A file
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- .Chemical and Molecular Science
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- #This first number is the number of questions:
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- 29
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- #now are the questions
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- #61
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- Where did the mole (also called
- Avagadro's number) come from?
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- 1. from 12 gr. of gold.
- 2. from 12 gr. of the carbon 12 isotope.
- 3. from nowhere; Avagadro made it up.
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- #62
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- The quantity of heat needed to raise
- one gram of water by one degree
- Celsius is called what unit of
- measurement?
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- 1. Joule.
- 2. Watt.
- 3. Calorie.
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- #63
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- There are two common measurements of
- pressure: ATM (meaning atmospheric
- pressure) and Torr (named in honor of
- Evangelista Torricelli who first
- measured air pressure). What does
- 760 Torr represent?
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- 1. the pressure at the North Pole.
- 2. standard air pressure at sea level.
- 3. the pressure at the South Pole.
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- #64
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- The term STP stands for what?
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- 1. standard temperature and pressure.
- 2. simple temperature and pressure.
- 3. standard time and pressure.
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- #65
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- There are three types of substances
- that ionize in solution (that means the
- elements making up the substance break
- apart in a liquid solution into ions).
- Two of these substances are acids and
- bases. What is the third type of
- substance?
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- 1. mixtures.
- 2. salts.
- 3. slurries.
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- #67
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- What is an acid?
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- 1. a liquid that eats through anything.
- 2. a substance that has the OH- ion.
- 3. a substance that has the H+ ion.
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- #68
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- All elements containing the Na+ (sodium)
- ion are called sodium salts. We know
- from experiments that sodium salts are
- always soluble. What would these two
- things suggest to us if tomorrow we
- discovered a new sodium salt molecule?
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- 1. the molecule is extremely heavy.
- 2. the molecule is probably soluble.
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- #69
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- When water evaporates, it turns to water
- vapor, or steam. When water vapor cools
- it turns back to water. When water is
- turning to water vapor at the same rate
- water vapor it turning to water, we
- call this state:
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- 1. entropy.
- 2. loss of energy.
- 3. equilibrium.
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- #70
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- Are strong bases (which carry the OH-
- ion) as dangerous as acids (which carry
- the H+ ion)?
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- #71
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- How are acids and bases measured?
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- 1. using the pH scale where 7 is neutral.
- 2. using heat.
- 3. using X-rays.
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- #72
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- What is a unit QUANTITY of electricity?
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- 1. ampere.
- 2. ohm.
- 3. coulomb.
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- #73
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- what does 'ampere' stand for?
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- 1. quantity of electricity.
- 2. rate of flow of electricity.
- 3. power of electricity.
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- #74
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- Both the 'ampere' and the 'coulomb'
- are units of measurement in electricity.
- Why is there more than one unit of
- measurement?
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- 1. because both men discovered something.
- 2. same reason we have meters and feet.
- 3. for convenience.
- 4. coulombs measure charge, amperes are the flow of charge.
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- #75
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- The atmosphere has three components: the
- troposphere, the stratosphere and the
- ionosphere. Which one of these is the
- closest to the ground?
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- 1. troposphere.
- 2. stratosphere.
- 3. ionosphere.
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- #76
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- The troposphere starts at ground level
- and goes up several miles. How high
- is it before the stratosphere starts?
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- 1. 2 miles.
- 2. 4 miles.
- 3. 6 miles.
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- #77
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- Why do planes going long distances fly
- more than 6 miles up in the
- stratosphere?
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- 1. planes stay cleaner up there.
- 2. wind strength makes planes go faster.
- 3. there's no weather in the troposphere.
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- #78
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- If the troposphere is 6 miles up and the
- stratosphere is above the troposphere,
- how high does the stratosphere go?
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- 1. 10 miles (stratosphere is 4 miles).
- 2. 35 miles (stratosphere is 29 miles).
- 3. 41 miles (stratosphere is 35 miles).
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- #79
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- How high up does the ionosphere go?
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- 1. 200 miles up.
- 2. 280 miles up.
- 3. 320 miles up.
- 4. 420 miles up.
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- #80
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- The air we breath is made mostly of
- oxygen and nitrogen. What are the
- relative percentages of both?
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- 1. about 5% nitrogen, 95% oxygen.
- 2. about 25% nitrogen, 75% oxygen.
- 3. about 65% nitrogen, 35% oxygen.
- 4. about 80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen.
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- #81
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- Oxygen is just like water in the sense
- that if you cool it, it will first
- become a liquid and then a solid. The
- difference is that the melting and
- boiling points are well below zero.
- What is the melting point and boiling
- point of oxygen?
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- 1. melts: -18 C, boils: 0 C.
- 2. melts: -100 C, boils: -56 C.
- 3. melts: -218 C, boils: -183 C.
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- #82
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- In the universe there exists a point at
- which you get no colder. This point is
- called absolute zero. There is nothing
- at all colder than absolute zero and
- in fact it is impossible to even cool
- anything to that point. How cold is
- absolute zero?
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- 1. -153 Celsius.
- 2. -273 Celsius.
- 3. -350 Celsius.
- 4. -1252 Celsius.
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- #83
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- When oxygen combines with other
- materials in a slow chemical process
- it is called slow oxidation. When the
- process is sped up, it is called:
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- 1. fast oxidation.
- 2. ion diffusion.
- 3. combustion.
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- #84
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- What is fire?
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- 1. reacting oxygen making light and heat.
- 2. cold plasma.
- 3. a rift in the space/time continuum.
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- #85
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- Why is it easier to cause some
- substances to burn only if you put
- them into a fire that has already been
- set?
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- 1. it has to do with electron orbitals.
- 2. because oxygen is more reactive hot.
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- #86
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- What other substances besides nitrogen
- and oxygen are in the air we breath
- every day?
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- 1. argon gas.
- 2. neon gas.
- 3. water vapor.
- 4. krypton gas.
- 5. methane gas.
- 6. Xenon gas.
- 7. all of these gasses are in our air.
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- #87
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- Some elements are exceedingly abundant
- on the planet Earth, while some do not
- exist in nature but must be made in a
- laboratory. Magnesium is the 8th most
- abundant element on the Earth's crust.
- What percentage of the crust do you
- think is made of the metal magnesium?
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- 1. about 0.02% of the crust is magnesium.
- 2. about 0.32% of the crust is magnesium.
- 3. about 2% of the crust is magnesium.
- 4. about 5.22% of the crust is magnesium.
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- #88
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- We've heard of the substance ozone as in
- the ozone layer around the planet that
- protects us from the Ultra Violet (UV)
- energy produced by the sun. What is
- ozone?
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- 1. a molecule: 1 neon and 1 oxygen atom.
- 2. 3 oxygen atoms bonded together.
- 3. 2 carbon and one oxygen atom together.
- 4. none of these.
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- #89
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- What percentage of the human body is
- made up of water?
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- 1. just 3 percent.
- 2. about 34 percent.
- 3. a whopping 70 percent!
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- #90
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- With 75% of the Earth's surface covered
- with water, why are there such vast
- shortages in some areas threatening man?
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- 1. we use it too quickly.
- 2. most water is full of deadly toxins.
- 3. most water is in the seas, not inland.
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