Types of Batteries & Voltaic Cells

What type of battery has a reversible spontaneous reaction?

• alkaline battery

• secondary battery

• primary battery

• zinc-carbon battery

Which is NOT a method of preventing corrosion?

• painting

• galvanization

• sacrificial anode

• coating with electrolytes

Batteries that can be used more than once are also called ____.

• primary batteries

• secondary batteries

• tertiary batteries

• fuel cells

Corrosion is the loss of metal by what mechanism?

• oxidation-reduction reaction

• galvanization

• electrolysis

• salt bridge

Which of the following is NOT a dry cell?

• a silver battery

• a zinc-carbon battery

• a car battery

• an alkaline battery

A salt bridge is used for what?

• electrolysis

• allowing ions to move from one half-cell to the other

• increasing the reduction potential

• linking multiple voltaic cells together

Which metal has the lowest standard reduction potential?

• Sodium

• Magnesium

• Lithium

• Silver

Which of the following is NOT true about batteries?

• Batteries are composed of two half-cells.

• Redox reactions in zinc-carbon batteries are easily reversible.

• Secondary batteries are also known as storage batteries.

• Batteries are compact forms of voltaic cells.

What is often used as an electrolyte in a fuel cell?

• sulfuric acid

• zinc chloride

• manganese IV oxide

• potassium hydroxide

What type of batteries are silver batteries similar to?

• Alkaline batteries

• Lead-acid batteries

• Lithium batteries

• Fuel cells