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Chemical Reactions and Changes

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a chemical reaction?
a)
Wood Burning
b)
A cake baking in an oven
c)
Melting Ice Cream
d)
Mixing Vinegar and Baking Soda
2.
In an exothermic reaction energy is ...
a)
released as heat
b)
absorbed and cold
3.
In an endothermic reaction energy is...
a)
released as heat
b)
absorbed and cold
4.
In a ___________change, a substance changes into a different substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
5.
Is making salt water to gargle with a physical or chemical change?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
6.
a copper penny turning greenish after a few years.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
7.
Green bananas turning yellow on their own as they ripen.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
8.
Baking a cake by mixing flour, sugar, chocolate powder, eggs, and milk, and then heating them in the oven.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
9.
Which of the following is NOT an example of chemical change?
a)
sour milk
b)
burning wood
c)
breaking a pencil
d)
rust
10.

Which of the following IS a physical change?

a)

Changing state of matter

b)

Rusty metal

c)

sour milk

d)

making slime

11.
Is a a rusting bicycle a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
12.
Is melting butter for popcorn a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
13.
Is baking cookies a chemical or physical change?
a)
physical
b)
chemical
14.
Is moldy cheese a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
15.
Using dye to change the color of a shirt green.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
16.
A change in the size, shape, or state of matter.
a)
chemical change
b)
physical change
c)
chemical reaction
d)
electron change
17.
Is burning wood a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
18.
Is making chocolate milk a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
19.
Is hammering wood to build a house a chemical or physical change?
a)
chemical
b)
physical
20.
Baking soda and vinegar combine to make carbon dioxide
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
21.

In the phenol red and calcium chloride experiment, how do you know a chemical change occurred?

a)

The bag inflated to show a gas was produced.

b)

It was exothermic.

c)

A color change occurred.

d)

All of these were indicators.

22.

In the cold pack experiment when the aluminum chloride and water combined, how do you know a chemical change occurred?

a)

The bag inflated to show a gas was produced.

b)

It was exothermic.

c)

It was endothermic.

d)

It changed color.

23.

In the copper chloride and tin foil experiment when you added water to the blue crystals in the tin foil, how do you know a chemical change occurred?

a)

It was endothermic.

b)

It was exothermic.

24.

In the making slime experiment, how do you know a chemical change occurred?

a)

A solid precipitate was formed.

b)

It was exothermic.

c)

Gas was produced.

25.

You know that a chemical reaction has occurred if

a)

there is a precipitate (new solid)

b)

there is a color change.

c)

there is a temperature change.

d)

All of these answers are evidence.

26.
What indicates a chemical reaction occurred?
a)
Heat or Light is released
heat or light is produced
b)
gas (bubbles) produced
c)
color change
d)
all of the above
27.

A chemical change is different than a physical change because in a chemical change

a)

chemicals are used

b)

molecules do not physically touch

c)

a new substance is formed and in a physical no new substance is formed

d)

the change can be seen but in a physical change it cannot

28.
How many valence electrons are found in atoms of group 1?
a)
7
b)
6
c)
4
d)
1
29.

All atoms are most stable with (or would "prefer") how many electrons in their valence shell?

a)

1

b)

8

c)

18

30.

Why are the noble gases NOT very reactive?

a)

Their outer shells are full and they don't need any more so are stable.

b)

Their outer shells are NOT full and they need more so are NOT stable.

31.

Why are halogens in group 7 so reactive?

a)

They want to get rid of their only valance electron

b)

They only need one more electron

c)

They are non reactive, they have a full shell

32.
Describe this element.
a)
Highly reactive metal
b)
Highly reactive nonmetal
c)
Stable
d)
Less stable non metal
33.

UP and DOWN columns on the periodic table are

a)

groups

b)

periods

34.

The group number tells you the number of

a)

protons

b)

valence electrons

c)

energy levels

35.

The period number tells you the number of

a)

protons

b)

energy levels (electron shells)

c)

valence electrons

36.

How many protons does Lithium have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

7

37.

Which elements have 4 valence electrons?

a)

group 3

b)

group 5 or 15

c)

group 14 or 4

38.

Groups on the periodic table tell you...

a)

the number of energy levels (rings)

b)

the number of protons

c)

the elements identity

d)

the number of valence electrons

39.
Which particles make up the nucleus of an atom?
a)
protons and neutrons
b)
electrons and protons
c)
electrons, protons, and neutrons
d)
electrons and neutrons
40.
How many electrons does Si contain? (click to see image)
a)
14
b)
28
c)
2
d)
4
41.

What are valence electrons?

a)

electrons on the first shell

b)

nucleus

c)

the electrons on the outermost shell (energy level)

42.

What is the number of protons that this element contain?

a)

14

b)

7

c)

15

d)

18

43.
How many electron shells/levels does this atom have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
44.

How many valence electrons does carbon have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

45.

How many atoms are in a glucose

molecule? C6H12O6

a)

23

b)

6

c)

24

d)

12

46.

How many atoms are in a molecule of CO2

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

0

47.
The small number to the right of an elemental symbol  ( H2) is called?
a)
 a subscript 
b)
a coefficient 
c)
a variable 
d)
a divisor