finalGENERAL CHEMISTRYprelim EXAMINATION 1ST
finalGENERAL CHEMISTRYprelim EXAMINATION 1ST
Norzagaray, Bulacan
General Chemistry 2
Final Examination
I. Multiple Choice: Read the problems carefully then write the letter of your answer before the number.
ALL CAPITAL LETTER. (20 POINTS)
A. when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the weights of one
element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.
B. that every chemical compound contains fixed and constant proportions (by mass) of the
elements that make up that compound.
C. that matter is neither created nor destroyed, only changed during chemical reactions.
D. that matter is either created or destroyed, only changed during chemical reactions.
_______2.) Name the scientist who put forth the law of constant proportion
A. Rutherford C. Newton
B. Antoine lavoisier D. J.L.Proust
_______5.) A tiny but very dense, positively charged portion of the atom that holds most of the atomic
Mass.
A. Electron Shells C. Orbitals
B. Electron Cloud D. Nucleus
_______6.) Believed that atoms of the same element are identical to each other.
A. Bohr C. Rutherford
B. Dalton D. Thomson
A. Oxygen C. Helium
B. Hydrogen D. Lithium
_______9.) According to Dalton's atomic theory, different atoms are combined in fixed, whole number
ratios to form _________
A. Compounds C. Molecules
B. Isotopes D. Mixtures
A. Neon C. Magnesium
B. Aluminum D. Potassium
_______14.) An element has two naturally occurring isotopes. One is 10.013 amu and is 19.9% abundant.
The other is 11.01 amu and is 80.1% abundant. What is the average atomic mass? What
element is it?
A. 9.012, Beryllium C. 12.011, Carbon
B. 6.941, Lithium D. 10.812, Boron
mass of silver.
__________________ 21.) In this book defined the element as the simplest composition of matter that
cannot be broken down further by any chemical means.
__________________ 22.) Who published the book Sceptical Chymist?
__________________ 23.) Who called the isolated gas as “dephlogisticated air”?
__________________ 24.) States that for elements that can form different compounds, the masses of the
second element that can combine with a fixed mass of the first element are in
a ratio of small whole numbers.
__________________ 25.) Atoms of the same element can have the different number of neutrons.
__________________ 26.) States that in a chemical reaction, the mass of the substances produced is
equal to the mass of the substances reacted.
__________________ 27.) refers to a simple substance that cannot be broken down into smaller parts or
changed into another substance.
__________________ 28.) Atoms of a given element are identical in size, _____, and other properties.
__________________ 29.) He found out that the gas, called oxygen, is involved in combustion and
respiration.
__________________ 30.) All matter is composed of __________.
__________________ 31.) It the average mass of the atoms of an element measured in atomic mass
unit (amu, also known as Daltons, D).
__________________ 32.) It is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
__________________ 33.) It is a substance made up of two or more different chemical element
combined in a fixed ratio.
__________________34.) A former student of Rutherford who discovered neutron.
__________________ 35.) Who discovered proton?