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Mock Exam

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a solution the substance that does the dissolving is called ______.

a)

soluble

b)

the solute

c)

the solvent

d)

an ion

2.

Ethanol dissolved in water would be an example of ______.

a)

a solution between two miscible liquids

b)

a solution between a solid and liquid

c)

a suspension between two liquids

d)

ethanol and water do not form a solution

3.

Which one of the following is an example of a physical change?

a)

iron rusting

b)

a steak cooking

c)

sugar dissolving in water

d)

a candle burning

4.

Heptane is always composed of 84% carbon and 16% hydrogen by mass. What law does this observation illustrate?

a)

The Law of Multiple Proportions

b)

The Law of Definite Proportions.

c)

The Law of Conservation of Mass

d)

The Law of Conservation of Energy

5.

Give the mass number for an atom that has 10 protons, 10 electrons, and 11 neutrons.

a)

31

b)

20

c)

10

d)

21

6.

Compared to a glass of ice water with ice in it, a glass of plain ice-cold water without ice on a warm day will warm up ______.

a)

faster

b)

slower

c)

in the same amount of time

d)

none of the above

7.

Jacques Charles was a French hot air balloonist and scientist. He discovered Charles' law by studying the relationship between the volume and temperature of a gas at a constant atmospheric pressure. As the temperature of the gas in a balloon increased, its volume also increased. These increases inflated and lifted the balloon.

In equation form, for the case of a constant pressure:

V/T = constant


If the volume of a gas at a certain pressure is halved, ______.

a)

its temperature is halved

b)

its temperature is doubled

c)

its temperature remains constant

d)

its temperature increases according to a geometric progression

8.

Unless an object at rest is acted upon by a force, it stays at rest due to its ______.

a)

matter

b)

inertia

c)

fricton

d)

gravity

9.

Maron rode on his bike from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. If he drove at an average speed of 15kph, what was the total distance he covered?

a)

17.5 km

b)

22.5 km

c)

27.5 km

d)

32.5 km

10.

The 0.20 kg block is attached to a spring which has a spring constant of 20 N/m. The block is initially stretched 0.10 meters and released at time t = 0 seconds. Complete the following statement: In order to increase the frequency of the motion, one would have to ______.

a)

reduce the spring constant

b)

decrease the mass of the block on the end of the spring

c)

increase the length of the spring

d)

reduce the distance that the spring is initially stretched

11.

The acceleration in a body is due to

a)

balanced force

b)

unbalanced force

c)

mass

d)

electrostatic force

12.

From the illustration, one can conclude that ______.

a)

cube A has the least weight

b)

cube C has the highest density

c)

cube A has the highest density

d)

water has greater buoyant force than cube A

13.

Cube c sinks because ______

a)

it weighs much

b)

it displaces much water

c)

its weight is less than the weight of the water it has displaced

d)

its weight is greater than the weight of the water it has displaced

14.

A 200 N box is pushed up an incline that is 5.00 m long and rises 1.00 m. If the incline is frictionless, then the work done by the pushing force is ______.

a)

336 J

b)

305 J

c)

275 J

d)

200 J

15.

A 2000 kg car accelerates from rest to a velocity of 20 m/s in 10 seconds. The power of the engine during this acceleration is ______.

a)

200 kW

b)

20,000 kW

c)

4,000 W

d)

40 kW

16.

Your flashlight has three identical 1.5 volt batteries in it, arranged in a chain to give a total of 4.5 volts. Current passes first through battery (a), then through battery (b), then through battery (c), on its way to the bulb. When you operate the flashlight, the batteries provide power to the current and they gradually use up their chemical potential energy. Which battery will run out of chemical potential energy first?

a)

All three will run out at the same time.

b)

Battery (a) will run out first.

c)

Battery (b) will run out first.

d)

Battery (c) will run out first.

17.

A student wishes to find the density of an irregular piece of rock. How will she find volume?

a)

length x width x height

b)

place it on a triple beam balance

c)

put it in a beaker

d)

use water displacement

18.

Suppose you have a pendulum clock which keeps correct time on Earth (acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s2). Without changing the clock, you take it to the Moon (acceleration due to gravity = 1.6 m/s2). For every hour interval (on Earth) the Moon clock will record ______.

a)

(9.8/1.6) h

b)

1 h

c)

SQRT(9.8 / 1.6) h

d)

(1.6/9.8) h

e)

SQRT(1.6 / 9.8) h

19.

As a star exhausts hydrogen in its core, it ______.

a)

becomes hotter and more luminous

b)

becomes cooler and more luminous

c)

becomes hotter and less luminous

d)

becomes cooler and less luminous

20.

An upright stick that is allowed to cast a shadow in sunlight is called ______.

a)

Almagest

b)

Primum mobile

c)

Equinox

d)

gnomon

21.

A solar or lunar eclipse will occur ______.

a)

when the sun is near the line of nodes of the moon and the moon is new or full

b)

any time the moon is new or full

c)

when the sun is near the solstice and the moon is new or full

d)

half way through an eclipse year

e)

when the sun is near the equinox and the moon is new or full

22.

Which country shows the greatest rate of increase over the years?

a)

Hongkong

b)

Kuwait

c)

Italy

d)

USA

23.

The freezing point of this substance is ______.

a)

0°C

b)

10°C

c)

20°C

d)

30°C

24.

What factor distinguishes a suspension from a colloid?

a)

light reflects off the particles of a suspension

b)

the particles of a suspension will sink out if left over time to rest

c)

suspensions are clear

d)

suspensions cannot be filtered

25.

Hydrogen and oxygen molecules in a gas sample have the same temperature. This means the hydrogen molecules, on the average, have the same ______.

a)

speed, but more kinetic energy

b)

kinetic energy, but more speed

c)

kinetic energy, but less speed

d)

speed and the same kinetic energy

26.

Taken by itself, the fact that 8.0 g of oxygen and 1.0 g of hydrogen combine to give 9.0 of water demonstrates what natural law?

a)

Multiple Proportions

b)

Periodicity

c)

Conservation of Mass

d)

The Atomic Theory

27.

What are the coefficients that will balance the formula equation below?

AlCl3 + NaOH  Al(OH)3 + NaCl

(a)  

28.

When heat is absorbed by the system from the surroundings, the process is said to be ______, and the sign of process is ______.

a)

exothermic, negative

b)

endothermic, positive

c)

exothermic, positive

d)

endothermic, negative

29.

Which of the following did not help Darwin formulate his theory of evolution?

a)

fossil evidence that species had changed over time

b)

closely related species on oceanic islands

c)

belief that the earth was several thousand years old

d)

evidence of artificial selection in domestic animals

30.

Of the following biological levels of organization, which represents the smallest or lowest level?

a)

organs

b)

organisms

c)

cells

d)

tissues

31.

Differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells include all of the following except ______.

a)

eukaryotic cells have mitochondria

b)

eukaryotic cells have cilia and flagella with complex structure

c)

prokaryotic cells have more complex cell walls

d)

prokaryotic cells have no genetic material

32.

The optimum temperature for an organism is the one at which ______.

a)

it grows with the shortest generation time

b)

it has the longest time between cell divisions

c)

it is near one extreme of its range of tolerated temperatures

d)

its enzymes begin to denature

33.

In a plant, what part stores sugars as starch?

a)

leaves

b)

roots

c)

seeds

d)

all of the above

34.

ADP energy is used for _______.

a)

synthetic reactions

b)

active transport

c)

all energy-requiring processes in cells

d)

none of the above

35.

The cytoskeleton of the cell functions to _______.

a)

give the cell shape

b)

anchor organelles

c)

allow organelles to move

d)

all of the above

36.

During ______, the chromosomes attach to the spindle and align at the metaphase plate of the spindle.

a)

prophase

b)

prometaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

anaphase

37.

If two flies heterozygous for wing length and body color are crossed, which of the following are possible results?

a)

chance of L, long wings = 3/4

b)

chance of l, short wings = 1/2

c)

chance of G, grey body = 1/4

d)

all of the above are true

38.

A cross in which true-breeding plants differ in two traits is known as a _______ cross.

a)

test

b)

dihybrid

c)

multi trait

d)

hybrid

39.

The vertebrate skeleton _______.

a)

is a living tissue which grows with the animal.

b)

protects internal organs.

c)

serves as a place of attachment for muscles.

d)

all of the above

40.

Protoplasts are cells without _______.

a)

a nucleus

b)

a membrane

c)

a wall

d)

cytoplasm