Physical Science Summative Test_Q1
  • 1. Which of the following processes is likely to generate the heaviest element?
A) CNO Cycle
B) r-process
C) big bang nucleosynthesis
D) triple- alpha process
  • 2. When does a massive star enter the stage of becoming a supernova?
A) when the chromium fusion stops
B) when the star has burned all its oxygen
C) when the silicon fusion stops
D) when the star has used up all its hydrogen fuel
  • 3. What happens when most of the hydrogen in the core is fused into helium in the stellar core?
A) Hydrogen fusion stops, and the pressure in the core decreases.
B) Gravity squeezes the star until helium and hydrogen burning occur.
C) Hydrogen fusion continues, and the pressure in the core increases.
D) Nuclear energy increases until carbon and helium burning occur
  • 4. Which of the following is NOT true about the cosmic stages through which specific groups of element were formed?
A) Stellar formation and evolution formed their elements from Be to Fe.
B) Stellar explosion, or supernova, formed the elements heavier the Fe.
C) Stellar evolution formed no elements at all.
D) The big bang nucleosynthesis formed the light elements (H, He, and Li).
  • 5. The atomic number of Re is 75. The atomic mass of one of its isotopes is 186. How many neutrons are in an atom of this isotope?
A) 186
B) 111
C) 75
D) 261
  • 6. When Cu-59 undergoes positron emission, what is the immediate nuclear product
A) Zn-58
B) Ni-58
C) Cu-58
D) Ni-59
  • 7. Who successfully developed the periodic classification of the elements?
A) Julius Lothar Meyer
B) Henry Moseley
C) John Newlands
D) Dmitri Mendeleev
  • 8. What will be the new isotope formed when there is an electron capture ("K capture") by At-211?
A) Po-211
B) At-212
C) At-210
D) Rn-211
  • 9. What does the atomic number of each atom represent and how does it influence the periodic table?
A) Atomic number is the number of neutrons, the atoms are arranged by the increasing number of protons
B) Atomic number is the number of protons, the atoms are arranged by the increasing number of protons
C) Atomic number is the number of electrons, the atoms are arranged by the decreasing number of protons
D) All of these
  • 10. Which of the following is known as the origin of light elements?
A) Stellar Nucleosynthesis
B) Primordial Nucleosynthesis
C) R-Process
D) Supernova Nucleosynthesis
  • 11. What are the electrons that participate in chemical bonding?
A) valence electrons
B) positron
C) electrons in fully occupied orbitals
D) stable inner electrons
  • 12. The electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions is called a/an ______ .
A) ionic bond
B) covalent bond
C) metallic bond
D) electrostatic bond
  • 13. Which of the following is a nonpolar molecule with polar bonds?
A) CO2
B) I2
C) IF5
D) PF3
  • 14. What determine the polarity of molecule? Explain.
  • 15. If a molecule of H2S has a bent geometry, which of the following is correct?
A) It is a polar molecule
B) It has zero net dipole moment
C) It has both polar and nonpolar covalent bonds
D) It has one ionic bond
  • 16. A nonpolar covalent bond would form in which of the following pairs of atoms?
A) Na—Cl
B) Br—Br
C) Se—Br
D) Li—Br
  • 17. Which of the following is NOT true about polar molecule?
A) All bonds are polar covalent
B) There is a polar bond present
C) Polar bonds are arranged such that they cancel each other
D) There is lone pair in the central atom and arranged unevenly that cause the dipole moment
  • 18. What is the purpose of emulsifiers?
A) To speed up the chemical reaction without being consumed in the process
B) To bridge the difference in polarity of two or more substances
C) To make the other substance polar
D) To produce an aromatic solution
  • 19. What does hydrophobic means?
A) A molecule is water-loving
B) Molecules of a substance is uniformly distributed in water solvent
C) A molecule is polar
D) A molecule is water-fearing
  • 20. Water is polar because...
A) The water molecule is neutral.
B) The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its hydrogen atoms and a slight positive charge near its oxygen atom
C) The equal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and a slight positive charge near its hydrogen atoms
D) The molecule has two poles, at which it is colder than other regions of the molecule.
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