Instructions to candidates

• Write your full name, section letter

• Answer all questions: total number of questions is 40. place your answer on the answer sheet. Make
only one answer for each of the multiple-choice questions and please fill the space provided for the
free response questions
• Avoid guessing, your answer should reflect your overall understanding of the subject matter. Choose
the correct answer
• Total number of pages are 7 including the cover page
• Periodic table is available at the end of the booklet as a reference
• Total Mark is (20)

Chemistry Answer Key

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer

1 11 21 31

2 12 22 32

3 13 23 33

4 14 24 34

5 15 25 35

6 16 26 36

7 17 27 37

8 18 28 38

9 19 29 39

10 20 30 40

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1. Temperature is constant during phase change
A. True
B. False

2. Particles of a certain state of matter undergo a phase change. Before the change, the substance does
not have a definite shape but does have a definite volume. After the change, the substance’s particles
become closely packed together. The substance undergoes:
A. Freezing
B. Evaporation
C. Condensation
D. Sublimation

3. Which of the following particle diagram is the change of freezing?

4. What phase change is the following substance undergo? First, the particles of this substance are
closely packed and are not easily compressed. After the change, the substance can flow easily but
cannot be easily compressed:
A. Melting
B. Evaporation
C. Deposition
D. Freezing

5. Matter changes state when a sufficient (enough) amount of thermal energy changes
A. True
B. False

6. Evaporation takes place throughout the entire liquid

A. False
B. True

Match the state change to its name (7-12):

7. s→ l
8. g→ s
9. l→ g
10. s→g
11. l→ s
12. g→l

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Use the heating curve below for questions (13-21)
13. During what letter interval is the substance changing
from solid to liquid?
A. (BC)
B. (DE)
C. (CD)
D. (EF)

14. What letter interval represents a liquid-gas

equilibrium?
A. (DE)
B. (BC)
C. (AB)
D. (CD)

15. Complete the table on the right (you can answer by adding the letters: (s) for solid, (l) for liquid and
(g) for gas

16. What is the melting point of the substance (in ◦C)?

A. None of the above
B. -10
C. 0
D. 90

17. What is the boiling point of the substance (in ◦C)?

A. -10
B. 0
C. 20
D. None of the above

18. The curve represents:

A. Heating
B. Cooling
C. Phase diagram
D. Distribution

19. The kinetic energy of particles will:

A. Increases in AB, CD, EF intervals
B. Increases in all intervals
C. Decreases in all intervals
D. Increases in BC, DE intervals
20. Phase changes occur in:
A. BC, DE intervals (segments)
B. AB, CD, EF intervals
C. In all intervals
D. Do not occur

21. Temperature in BC segment will:

A. Not increase
B. Increase
C. Decrease
D. None of the above

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22. While boiling a water, you will notice:
A. Bubbles
B. A bad Smell
C. Precipitate
D. None of the above

23. What happens to the speed in which particle move when the change from a liquid to a solid?
A. Particles speed decreases
B. Particles speed increases
C. None of the above

24. The temperature at which matter changes form a solid to a liquid is called _________________
A. Melting
B. Boiling
C. Freezing
D. None of the above

25. The beads of sweat on the outside of your cup come from the water vapor in the air. What phase
change did the water vapor have to undergo to become the dew drops on the outside f your cup?
A. Condensation
B. Boiling
C. Freezing
D. Melting

26. Which of the following substances has the highest vapor pressure?
A. CH4
B. CH3Cl
C. CH3OH
D. All the above have the same vapor pressure

27. Which of the following represents a physical property?

A. Mercury is a silvery liquid at room temperature
B. Sodium metal is extremely reactive with chlorine gas
C. Aluminum has a tendency to "rust."
D. Butane is highly flammable

28. Normal boiling point is measured at:

A. All of the below
B. 1 atm
C. 101.3 kPa
D. 760 torr

29. Which of the following processes are exothermic?

I. Sublimation
II. Condensation
III. Freezing
IV. Evaporation

A. II and III only

B. I, II and III only
C. I, III and IV only
D. I, II, III and IV

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30. Which of the following are examples of physical change?
A. All of the below
B. Sugar is dissolved in water
C. Dry ice sublimes

31. Which of the following affect the vapor pressure of a liquid? (More than one option)
o Surface area
o Intermolecular attractive forces
o Temperature
o Density of the liquid

32. If (A) substance has vapor pressure of 200atm and substance (B) has a vapor pressure of 400 atm,
which substance has the strongest IMF (intermolecular forces):
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. All of the above have the same IMF

33. If (A) substance has vapor pressure of 200atm and substance (B) has a vapor pressure of 400 atm ,
which substance that it is most volatile:
A. (C)
B. (B)
C. (A)
D. All of the above evaporate easily

34. If (A) substance has vapor pressure of 200atm and substance (B) has a vapor pressure of 400 atm
which substance that has the highest vapor pressure:
A. (C)
B. (B)
C. (A)
D. All of the above have the same vapor pressure

35. If (A) substance has vapor pressure of 200atm and substance (B) has a vapor pressure of 400 atm,
which substance that has the highest boiling point:
A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. All of the above have the same boiling point

36. Triple point is:

A. The temperature and pressure where liquid, solid, and gas are equally stable and are in
equilibrium
B. The temperature, pressure, and density for a gas
C. The temperature at which the boiling point equals the melting point
D. The temperature that is unique for a substance

37. The relationship between intermolecular forces and the vapor pressure is:
A. (B) and (C)
B. Indirectly proportional
C. Inversely proportional
D. Directly proportional

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 Using the diagram below, answer (38-47):
38. Based on the figure above, the boiling point of ethyl alcohol
under an external pressure of 0.0724 atm (55 torr) is
________°C.
A. 20
B. 80
C. 60
D. 70

39. Based on the figure above, the boiling point of water under an
external pressure of 0.316 atm (240 torr) is ________°C.
A. 70
B. 40
C. 60
D. 80

40. The normal boiling point of water is ________°C.

A. 100
B. 0
C. 101.3
D. 760

41. Which of these substances has the weakest intermolecular forces?

A. Diethyl ether
B. Ethyl alcohol (Ethanol)
C. Water
D. Ethylene glycol

42. Which of these substances has the highest vapor pressure?

A. Diethyl ether
B. Ethyl alcohol (Ethanol)
C. Water
D. Ethylene glycol

43. Which of these substances has the most volatile?

A. Diethyl ether
B. Ethyl alcohol (Ethanol)
C. Water
D. Ethylene glycol

44. The normal boiling point of diethyl ether is ________°C.

45. The normal boiling point of ethyl alcohol (ethanol) is ________°C.

46. The normal boiling point of ethylene glycol is ________°C.

47. Vapor pressure is created to monitor the different boiling points of different liquids (True, false)

48. The vapor pressure (torr) for diethyl ether at 40 ◦C is ________

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49. The compound with the highest boiling point is:
A. H2O
B. CH4
C. NH3
D. H2S

50. The following substances can sublime:

A. Iodine crystal
B. Dry ice
C. Naphthalene
D. All of the above

Questions 51-56 refer to the following. Choose the best answer from the given list of possible choices.
Each possible answer may be used once, more than once, or not at all

A. Freezing
B. Sublimes
C. Melts
D. Volatile
E. Boiling point
F. Dynamic equilibrium

51. _______________________ is the phase transition from liquid to solid

52. At atmospheric pressure, dry ice _______________________

53. At atmospheric pressure, ice _______________________

54. _______________________ liquids that vaporize easily

55. _______________________ the temperature at which the vapor pressure equals the atmospheric
pressure

56. _______________________ is when the rate of condensation equals the rate of vaporization

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Using the phase diagram on the right knowing that the pressure is
measured in atm, answer (57-68)

57. The triple point is:

A. R
B. D
C. A
D. B

58. The critical point is:

A. D
B. R
C. A
D. B
59. A pressure-temperature condition at which the substance is stable only as a gas is:
A. B
B. D
C. A
D. R

60. A pressure-temperature condition at which the substance is stable only as a solid is:
A. A
B. B
C. R
D. D

61. A pressure-temperature condition of substance at which there is a dynamic equilibrium between the
liquid and the vapor phase is:
A. M
B. D
C. A
D. R

62. A pressure-temperature condition through which the substance may pass in transition from the solid
phase directly to the vapor phase is:
A. A
B. D
C. M
D. R

63. A pressure-temperature condition through which the substance can be found in three physical states
(solid, liquid and solid) is:
A. 0.6 atm, 0.01 °C respectively
B. 0.01 atm, 0.6 °C respectively
C. 22.1 atm, 374 °C respectively
D. 374 atm, 22.1 °C respectively

64. Curve (RP) represents:

A. Melting curve
B. Boiling curve
C. Sublimation curve
D. Deposition curve

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65. Curve (RD) represents:
A. Boiling curve
B. Melting curve
C. Sublimation curve
D. Deposition curve

66. Curve (0R) represents:

A. Sublimation curve
B. Boiling curve
C. Melting curve
D. Deposition curve

67. Critical temperature (°C) is:

A. 374
B. 347
C. 0.01
D. 22.1

68. Critical pressure (atm) is:

A. 22.1
B. 374
C. 347
D. 0.01

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 Using the phase diagram on the right, answer (69-74) as each arrow indicates a transition between
different sets of conditions:

69. Melting occurs with which transition:

A. B
B. D
C. M
D. R

70. The phase remains the same with which transition:

A. A
B. D
C. M
D. R

71. Condensation occurs with which transition:

A. D
B. M
C. R
D. A

72. Sublimation occurs with which transition:

A. C
B. M
C. R
D. A

73. The opposite physical change to B is:

A. Freezing
B. Boiling
C. Deposition
D. Sublimation

74. The opposite physical change to C is:

A. Deposition
B. Freezing
C. Boiling
D. Sublimation

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 Using the distribution kinetic energy diagram on the right, answer (75-78):

75. When the temperature in the system increases (curve B), the peak is:
A. Lower and further to the right A
B. Higher and further to the right B
C. Higher and further to the left
D. Lower and further to the right

76. The dashed line represents:

A. (B) and (D)
B. Activation energy
C. The peak of kinetic energy (the average)
D. The minimum energy required for a
vaporization to occur

77. The area of the diagram before the dashed line indicates the total number of particles that:
A. (B) and (C)
B. Do not have enough energy to react
C. Do not collide successfully
D. Do have enough energy to react

78. Curve A temperature is lower than curve B (True or False)

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79. Study the curve on the right and suggest 5
questions:

80. Study curve on the right and suggest 5 questions:

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