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Introduction to Chemistry

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chemistry is the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of _________________.

a)

oxygen

b)

matter

c)

ozone

d)

substances

2.

A sunburn is caused by what?

a)

ozone

b)

oxygen

c)

magnetic radiation

d)

ultraviolet radiation

3.

Which ultraviolet radiation are we particularly concerned with that causes harm to humans?

a)

UVA

b)

UVB

c)

UVC

d)

UVD

4.

Increased UVB can cause

a)

skin cancer

b)

cataracts

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above

5.

Living organisms are protected from UVB by what in the atmosphere?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Oxygen gas

c)

Ozone

d)

O2

6.

What is the lowest layer in the atmosphere called?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Talcosphere

7.

Which layer in the atmosphere is located above the troposphere?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Equator

d)

Ozone layer

8.

In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Ozonosphere

9.

How is ozone formed?

a)

When oxygen gas is exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

b)

When oxygen is exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

c)

When carbon dioxide is exposed to UVA radiation

d)

When carbon dioxide is exposed to UVB radiation.

10.

What is the formula for ozone?

a)

O

b)

O2

c)

O3

d)

O4

11.

What is the formula for oxygen gas?

a)

O

b)

O2

c)

O3

d)

O4

12.

Between 1981 and 1983, a group called the _________________________ monitored ozone levels in the atmosphere.

a)

British Antarctic Survey

b)

Alaskan Arctic Survey

c)

Himalayan Wilderness Troupe

d)

National Geographic Society

13.

In October of 1985, the British Antarctic Survey reported a confirmed ________________ in the amount of ozone in the stratosphere.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Equality

d)

Improvement

14.

What does CFC stand for?

a)

Chlorofluorocarbon

b)

Carbonofloralchlorine

c)

Chlarinaflorinacarbonia

d)

Carboniafloriniachlorine

15.

Who synthesized the first CFCs in 1928?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Midgley, Jr.

d)

Louis Pasteur

16.

What does a CFC consist of?

a)

Copper, iron, and fluorine

b)

Carbon, cobalt, and iron

c)

Chromium, nickel, and phosphorus

d)

Fluorine, chlorine, and carbon

17.

CFC's are made..

a)

In nature

b)

In the laboratory

c)

To help the earth

d)

To close the hole in the ozone layer

18.

In what year did CFCs reach an all time high?

a)

1980

b)

1985

c)

1990

d)

1995

19.

When did scientists start to detect the presence of CFCs in the atmosphere?

a)

1960s

b)

1970s

c)

1980s

d)

1990s

20.

____________ is anything that has mass and takes up space.

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Measurements

d)

Metric

21.

Is air matter?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

Sometimes

22.

Weight measures the amount of matter and __________________________.

a)

magnetic radiation

b)

magnetic pull

c)

gravitational radiation

d)

gravitational pull

23.

Earth's gravitational pull becomes ______________ as you move away from Earth above sea level.

a)

Stronger

b)

Weaker

c)

Stays the same

d)

Exponential

24.

Scientists measure matter in terms of:

a)

its gravitational pull

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

weight

25.

________________ does not depend on gravitational force:

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Measurements

d)

Weight

26.

Which of the following means that you can see it without a microscope?

a)

Atomic

b)

Submicroscopic

c)

Macroscopic

d)

Microscopic

27.

Which of the following means that you cannot see it even with an optical microscope?

a)

Atomic

b)

Submicroscopic

c)

Macroscopic

d)

Both A and B

28.

Which of the following means that you need a microscope to see it?

a)

Macroscopic

b)

Microscopic

c)

Atomic

d)

Submicroscopic

29.

Atoms are on the _____________ level.

a)

Macroscopic

b)

Microscopic

c)

Submicroscopic

d)

Micrascopic

30.

A ______________ is a visual representation of data.

a)

Form

b)

Atom

c)

Atomic mass

d)

Model