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Grade 9 Chemistry

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements is NOT part of the Particle Theory of Matter

a)

All matter consists of tiny particles with empty spaces between them

b)

Particles are never in motion

c)

Particles attract each other

d)

Different substances consist of different kinds of particles

2.

"A substance that is made up of only one type of particle" describes...

a)

Alloy

b)

Mechanical Mixture

c)

Pure Substance

d)

Solution

3.

"A characteristic of a substance that can be determined without changing the composition of the substance" is...

a)

Chemical property

b)

Matter

c)

Physical property

d)

Tag

4.

Which of the following characteristics is NOT a physical property?

a)

Combustibility

b)

Lustre

c)

Malleability

d)

Optical Density

5.

It is always accompanied by a change in the starting substance(s) and the production of one or more new substances.

a)

Chemical Behaviour

b)

Chemical Change

c)

Chemical Reaction

d)

Physical Change

6.

Gold has a density of 19.32 g/cm3. You have 14 250 g of gold (...its mass). What volume of gold do you have?

a)

1.4 X 10-3 cm3

b)

2.75 X 105 cm3

c)

1.43 X 104 cm3

d)

7.38 X 102 cm3

7.

"A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit volume of a substance" is...

a)

Viscosity

b)

Solid Precipitate

c)

Ductility

d)

Density

8.

Which of the following is NOT an example of chemical change?

a)

Gas production

b)

Heat released

c)

Electricity conducted

d)

Solid precipitated formed

9.

"A pure substance composed of two or more different elements that are chemically bonded" is...

a)

Compound

b)

Element

c)

Mechanical Mixture

d)

Solution

10.

An element that is malleable, conducts heat, ductile and generally a solid at room temperature is...

a)

Metal

b)

Non-metal

c)

Metalloid

d)

Any of the above

11.

All elements in Group 1 (Alkali Metals) have an ionic charge of....

a)

1-

b)

2-

c)

2+

d)

1+

12.

To which chemical family do the stable or non-reactive elements belong?

a)

Alkali Metals

b)

Halogens

c)

Noble Gases

d)

Transition Metals

13.

Electrons occur in energy shells around the positive-charged nucleus. What are the electrons found in the outer most electron shell called?

a)

Conductors

b)

Energy electrons

c)

Periods

d)

Valence electrons

14.

An element may give electrons to achieve a state of electron configuration stability. What type of ion now exists?

a)

Anion

b)

Cation

c)

Ion charge

d)

Positive charge

15.

Thomson discovered that negatively charged particles could be emitted by a very hot material (...called electrons). Thomson knew the atom was neutral, and thus, he concluded the rest of the atom must be positively charged. Thomson hypothesized the electrons would be equally distributed throughout the atom. His model was called...

a)

Billiard Ball

b)

Indivisible Atom

c)

Plum Pudding

d)

Substances

16.

What experiment did Ernest Rutherford perform to determine that the atom contained a concentrated, positively charged, central mass (i.e., nucleus)?

a)

Emission of particles from hot material experiment

b)

Gold foil experiment

c)

Third particle experiment

d)

Zero charge experiment

17.

A diagram showing a central nucleus and orbiting electrons located in different energy orbits is called...

a)

Bohr-Rutherford diagram

b)

Chadwick's theory

c)

Lewis dot diagram

d)

Model of Indivisibility

18.

Atomic Mass consists of...

a)

Electrons

b)

Electrons - protons

c)

Neutrons + protons

d)

Protons + electrons - nuetrons

19.

The mass of one proton is...

a)

Undetermined

b)

Atomic Number

c)

One

d)

None of the above

20.

How many valence electrons occur in the element sulfur?

a)

One

b)

Six

c)

Three

d)

Two

21.

What element is shown?

a)

Argon

b)

Calcium

c)

Chlorine

d)

Fluroine

22.

In an element...

a)

Number of protons = Number of neutrons

b)

Number of electrons > Number of protons

c)

Number of neutrons is the Atomic Mass

d)

Number of electrons = Number of protons

23.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the Atomic Number of an element?

a)

Number of protons in the nucleus

b)

Number of electrons in the nucleus

c)

Total number of electrons, neutrons and protons

d)

Number of neutrons in the nucleus

24.

What is "...a molecule consisting of atoms of the same element" (e.g., O2, N2) called?

a)

Chemical formula

b)

Ionic compound

c)

Molecular compound

d)

Molecular element

25.

If the atom loses an electron, the ion has a ______________ charge.

a)

Negative

b)

No charge

c)

Positive

d)

Zero

26.

What type of compound forms when a positively charged cation bonds with a negatively charged anion

a)

Covalent bond

b)

Ionic compound

c)

No bond occurs

d)

Polyatomic

27.

What is the correct chemical formula for sodium phosphide?

a)

NaP3

b)

NaP

c)

Na3P

d)

3NaP

28.

What is the correct chemical name for CaF2?

a)

Calcium diflouride

b)

Calcium fluoride

c)

Calcium(II) fluoride

d)

Calcium fluorine

29.

There are seven elements that from molecules consisting of two atoms (e.g., H2, Cl2, O2). In nature, these elements ALWAYS exist as two bonded atoms. What name is given to these elements

a)

Atomic molecules

b)

Biatomic molecules

c)

Cooperating molecules

d)

Diatomic molecules

30.

The chemical formula for the sugar glucose is C6H12O6. What is the TOTAL number of atoms in one molecule of glucose?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

12

d)

24