Amplify - Chemical Reactions - Chapter 1 Quiz

How often do chemists from a city's water department test the water supply?

• every hour

• every day

• every week

• every month

• every year

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Where did Dr. Yung (the chemist near Westfield) find the reddish-brown substance when she examined all the possible sources?

• coming from the pipes into the houses

• in the wells where the water comes from

• in the ponds nearby the town

• in all water everywhere in Westfield

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When examining the following evidence, which is the best evidence we should use?

• ugly color, solid

• white, small pieces

• white, small, grainy, crystals

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Consider the following substance descriptions. Does the evidence support that they are the same substances?

Substance 1: white, small, grainy, crystals

Substance 2: black, fine powder.

• YES

• NO

Consider your answer to the previous question:

Consider the following substance descriptions. Does the evidence support that they are the same substances?

Substance 1: white, small, grainy, crystals

Substance 2: black, fine powder.

What is the best explanation for why this substance is the same or different?

• The visual properties of the two substances are different.

• They don't look the same so they are not the same.

• They are the same because they are both small tiny pieces.

• There is no way to determine if they are the same/different based on this information.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Are these two samples the same substance?

• They are the same substances because they are both white powders.

• They are the same substances because they both have similar atomic structures.

• They are different substances because they have different atoms making them up.

• They are the same because they both have the same number of atoms.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Select the FALSE definition for "Repeating groups of atoms"

• Repeating atoms are atoms that replicate themself.

• Repeating groups of atoms are substances made of the same group of atoms repeated over and over.

• Molecules are groups of atoms that form specific groups that are each separate and can range in size from two atoms to thousands of atoms.

• Extended structures are substances that in solid phase are made of many atoms or many groups of atoms that connect to form a large structures called crystals.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Why do different substances have different properties?

• They are made of different groups of atoms.

• They look different.

• The same atoms can change their properties when needed.

• There are different numbers of the repeating atom groups.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the reddish-brown substance in the water of Westfield?

Select the BEST answer.

• The reddish-brown substance is the same as the substance that makes up the pipes.

• The reddish-brown substance is the same substance as the fertilizer.

• The reddish-brown substance is different from both the fertilizer and the pipes.

• The reddish-brown substance is iron oxide or rust.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The tiny pieces that all matter--all the stuff in the world--is made of ...

• atoms

• protons

• molecules

• electrons

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1