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Online Study Guide - Chem 1 - Matter



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A physical property of zinc metal is _____.
a.
its color
b.
whether it burns
c.
how it reacts with nitrogen gas
d.
whether it changes when placed into acid
 

 2. 

An example of a chemical change is _____.
a.
melting
c.
burning
b.
electrical conductivity
d.
density
 

 3. 

When ice melts and becomes liquid water, it has undergone a _____.
a.
chemical change
c.
physical change
b.
chemical property
d.
physical property
 

 4. 

Gold melts at 1064ºC. Melting point is a _____.
a.
chemical change
c.
physical change
b.
chemical property
d.
physical property
 
 
Choose the item that is an example of the term.
 

 5. 

compound
a.
salt
c.
nickel
b.
air
 

 6. 

homogeneous mixture
a.
silicon
c.
nickel
b.
air
 

 7. 

element
a.
salt
c.
aluminum
b.
brass
 

 8. 

Matter in which atoms are tightly held in place is a ____.
a.
gas
c.
plasma
b.
liquid
d.
solid
 

 9. 

Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container is a ____.
a.
gas
c.
plasma
b.
liquid
d.
solid
 

 10. 

As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ____.
a.
are unaffected
c.
move more slowly
b.
move more quickly
d.
stop moving
 

 11. 

How would you separate a mixture of sand and water?
a.
filtration
c.
chromatography
b.
distillation
d.
crystallization
 

 12. 

What technique would you use to separate a homogeneous mixture of two liquids?
a.
filtration
c.
chromatography
b.
distillation
d.
crystallization
 

 13. 

A 24.0g sample of carbon combined with 64.0 g of oxygen to make CO2. This is an example of what law?
a.
Law of Definite Proportions
c.
Law of Conservation of Mass
b.
Law of Multiple Proportions
d.
Law of Conservation of Energy
 

 14. 


A 58.33g sample of milk of magnesia, Mg(OH)always contains 24.31g of magnesium,
32.00g of oxygen, and 2.02g of hydrogen. Find the mass percent of magnesium in milk of
magnesia.
a.
3.46%
c.
54.86%
b.
100.0%
d.
41.68%
 

 15. 

The fact that iron and oxygen make at least three compounds – FeO, Fe2O3, and Fe3O4 – best illustrates
a.
Law of conservation of mass
c.
Law of multiple proportions
b.
Law of definite proportions
d.
Law of conservation of energy
 

Matching
 
 
Match the terms below with their correct definitions.
a.
law of multiple proportions
g.
crystallization
b.
percent by mass
h.
chromatography
c.
periodic table
i.
states of matter
d.
law of conservation of mass
j.
solid
e.
law of definite proportions
k.
liquid
f.
solution
 

 16. 

States that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction
 

 17. 

States that regardless of the amount, a compound is always composed of the same elements in the same proportion by mass
 

 18. 

States that different masses of one element combine with the same relative mass of another element to form different compounds
 

 19. 

The grid organizing elements into periods and groups
 

 20. 

The ratio of the mass of each element to the total mass of the compound
 

 21. 

Three physical forms that describe all matter that exists on Earth
 

 22. 

A separation technique that results in the formation of pure solid particles from a solution
 

 23. 

A technique that separates the components of a mixture
 

 24. 

A form of matter with a constant volume that takes the shape of its container
 

 25. 

A form of matter with a definite shape and volume
 
 
Identify each property as either physical or chemical.  Tell whether each physical property is extensive or intensive.
a.
physical, intensive
c.
chemical
b.
physical, extensive
 

 26. 

color
 

 27. 

tendency to rust
 

 28. 

boiling point
 

 29. 

density
 

 30. 

mass
 

 31. 

ability to burn
 

 32. 

malleability
 

 33. 

ability to conduct electricity
 
 
Match the terms below with their correct definitions.
a.
gold
c.
steam
b.
methane
d.
sterling silver (silver and copper)
 

 34. 

alloy
 

 35. 

element
 

 36. 

gas
 

 37. 

vapor
 
 
Identify each change as either physical or chemical.
a.
physical
b.
chemical.
 

 38. 

breaking a pencil in half
 

 39. 

wood burning
 

 40. 

silver tarnishing
 

 41. 

ice melting
 

 42. 

grinding coffee beans
 

 43. 

burning gasoline
 
 
Identify each mixture as either homogeneous or heterogeneous.
a.
homogeneous
b.
heterogeneous.
 

 44. 

air
 

 45. 

blood
 

 46. 

oil and water
 

 47. 

wild bird seed
 

 48. 

chunky peanut butter
 

 49. 

dirt
 

 50. 

gasoline
 



 
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