Year 10 Term 2 Chemistry Quiz
  • 1. Rubidium has an electron cofiguration of 2, 8, 18, 1. Use this information to state which period rubidium would be in:
A) 1
B) 5
C) 37
D) 2
  • 2. Nitrogen bonds with the halogen chlorine to form the molecule NCl3. Identify which of the molecules of nitrogen with halogens is most likely.
A) NF3
B) NBr
C) NCl2
D) NI4
  • 3. Magnesium has 12 electrons. When magnesium is in its ground state, state its electron configuration:
A) 12
B) 2,8,2
C) 10,2
D) period 2, group 2
  • 4. Which of the following particles has a negative charge?
A) proton
B) neutron
C) electron
D) atom
  • 5. Which statement about the group18 elements is INCORRECT?
A) All atoms have a full outer electron shell or 8 electrons in the outer shell
B) Group 18 is known as the noble gases
C) All atoms in group 18 have 18 electrons
D) atoms in group 18 tend to be monatomic
  • 6. Which would be the SMALLEST of these alkaline earth atoms?
A) Ca (period 4)
B) B (period 2)
C) Sr (period 5)
D) Mg (period 3)
  • 7. Oxygen (O) is in period 2, group 16. State which of the following elements would have properties most similar to oxygen:
A) Sulfur S (period 3, group 16)
B) Neon Ne (period 2, group 18)
C) Nitrogen N (period 2, group 15)
D) Osmium (Os) because its symbol also starts with O
  • 8. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
A) Sm
B) S
C) So
D) Na
  • 9. If an atom has the electron configuration 2,8,8,7, what group would it be in?
A) Noble Gases
B) Metals
C) Halogens
D) Non-metals
  • 10. Chlorine is in group 17. It is .....
A) an alkali earth metal
B) an inert gas
C) an alkali metal
D) a halogen
  • 11. An ionic bond happens between
A) a metal and a non-metal
B) different metals
C) non-metals only
D) atoms of the same type
  • 12. A covalent bond means
A) electron/s are shared between two atoms so both have a full outer shell
B) one atom steals the electron/s from another
C) atoms overlap and share protons
D) atoms collect free electrons and use them as glue
  • 13. The PERIODS in the periodic table are...
A) vertical columns
B) groups with similar properties
C) horizontal rows
D) days of the month nobody wants to be doing chemistry!
  • 14. Which of these elements only has a temporary symbol because its existance has not yet been proven?
A) N
B) Uub
C) O
D) Ag
  • 15. What is a LATTICE?
A) the heavy core of an atom
B) the three dimensional structure atoms form when they bond
C) Part of a salad
D) rings around the outside of the nucleus
  • 16. Which of these has a neutral charge?
A) atom
B) nucleus
C) proton
D) ion
  • 17. Oxygen has an atomic number of 8 and is in group 16. Predict how many covalent bonds oxygen would form:
A) 2
B) 8
C) 16
D) 6
  • 18. Which of the following particles are used in determining the position of an element in the periodic table?
A) Protons and electrons
B) electrons only
C) neutrons only
D) Protons only
  • 19. The atomic number in the periodic table ia equal to....
A) the sum of the protons and the electrons
B) the number of electrons and the number of protons
C) the number of neutrons
D) the number of electrons only
  • 20. The term MONATOMIC means
A) only one atom can exist at a time
B) these kinds of atoms do not bond at all ever
C) the atom is desperate to gain one more electron to have a full outer shell
D) only one type of atom is in the molecule
  • 21. The symbol for sodium is Na and comes from its original Latin name. Given this information, the latin name is most likely to be....
A) Sodium
B) Natrium
C) Sodinium
D) Nullaborium
  • 22. Which of the following could explain the decrease in melting and boiling points as you go down Group 1 of the periodic table?
A) Atoms have increasing numbers of electrons in their outer shell as you move down the group
B) Atoms get smaller as you move down the group, so they need less energy
C) Atoms have a stonger hold on their electrons as you go down the group
D) Atoms get larger as you move down the the group so the electrons are less strongly attracted to the nucleus
  • 23. What is the likely name given to a molecule containing one phosphorous atom bonded to five Chlorines?
A) PentaPhosphorous dichloride
B) Phosphorous pentachloride
C) pentachloride monophosphorate
D) phosphorous dichloride
  • 24. A molecule with a carbon backbone and hydrogen on the outside is called a ...
A) hydrocarbon
B) carbohydrate
C) carbonate
D) carbonohydrogenate
  • 25. An organic chemist studies
A) the properties of hydrocarbons and their reactions
B) how to grow fresh fruit and vegetables without chemicals
C) All the chemical reactions that take place inside the human body
D) How musical instruments can be used to poison people
  • 26. Methane, ethane and propane all belong to which hydrocarbon family?
A) Alkynes
B) Alkenes
C) Alkanes
D) Alkaloids
  • 27. Plastics are tyes of hydrocarbon because...
A) They are made from oil, which was made from the remains of dead plants and animals
B) they are synthetically produced by humans
C) They come in many forms
D) They are made of carbon
  • 28. A diamond is made of....
A) four carbon atoms bonding together
B) glass
C) Carbon atoms arranged in a lattice with each atom bonding with 6 other atoms
D) carbon atoms bonding in pairs
  • 29. The first person to arrange the elements in a table according to ATOMIC NUMBER was...
A) Mr Thompson
B) Aristotle
C) Dmitri Mendeleev
D) Henry Moseley
  • 30. The two groups that are removed and found at the bottom of the periodic table are known as the....
A) Artificial and predicted elements
B) transition elements and the silicons
C) lanthanides and Actinides
D) lanthinides and the semi-metals
  • 31. The group most likely to bond with a HALOGEN is
A) The alkali metals
B) The transition metals
C) The noble gases
D) The Alkali Earth metals
  • 32. Allotropes of carbon include....
A) fossil fuels, plastics, litter and the greenhouse effect.
B) Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Helium.
C) Charcoal, diamond, graphite and buckyballs.
D) People, plants, natural gas and carbon dioxide.
  • 33. An element is....
A) a substance made up of atoms with the same atomic number
B) a charged atom.
C) A pure and rare substance
D) A combination of several atoms bonded covalently
  • 34. How do we know subatomic particles (proton, neutron, electron) exist?
A) Scientists have collected indirect evidence about the way they bahave and interact.
B) You can see them with a microscope in the laboratory.
C) Scientists have taken photographs of electrons with high speed cameras.
D) Scientists can see them using a Scanning Electron Microscope
  • 35. How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom?
A) Neutrons = protons
B) Atomic number-mass number
C) Mass number - atomic number
D) Protons + electrons
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