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Biology- Chapters 2-6

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the maximum amount of electrons the outer-most orbital may hold?

a)

7 electrons

b)

2 electrons

c)

8 electrons

d)

10 electrons

2.

What is the maximum amount of electrons the second orbital can hold?

a)

8 electrons

b)

5 electrons

c)

2 electrons

d)

1 electrons

3.

What is water considered in chemistry and biology?

a)

Solution

b)

Mixture

c)

Compound

d)

Solvant

4.

What is a solvant?

a)

A substance with an ability to dissolve something.

b)

A solution with strong chemical properties.

c)

A solution with weak chemical properties.

d)

A mixture

5.

What is a compound that minimizes changes in PH?

a)

Solvants

b)

Buffers

c)

Benzine

d)

Nucleic acid

6.

What kind of charge does a hydrogen atom typically possess?

a)

Partial negative charge

b)

Neutral charge

c)

Partial positive charge

d)

No charge at all

7.

What is an important quality of water?

a)

Its ability to form hydrogen bonds

b)

It can dissolve solutes

c)

It can be boiled

d)

It is very dense

8.

What is an element?

a)

There are no such thing as elements

b)

A singular physical property

c)

Has its own unique atomic number and is represented on the periodic table

d)

A mix of two elements

9.

What are molecules?

a)

A group of atoms held together by bonds.

b)

A protein

c)

A carbohydrate

d)

A lipid

10.

What is an example of a molecule?

a)

O

b)

N

c)

H2O

d)

H

11.

What is a compound?

a)

Only one type of element

b)

A mix of two substances

c)

A combination of molecules and elements

d)

When more than one type of element is present

12.

Choose an example of a compound

a)

N

b)

H2O

c)

H3

d)

O6

13.

What is an atom?

a)

Largest unit of matter

b)

Smallest living thing on earth

c)

Smallest unit of matter

d)

A cell

14.

What is a chemical reaction?

a)

Burning of a substance

b)

An explosion

c)

Bubbles forming inside a beaker

d)

Forming and breaking of chemical bonds

15.

Is a polar or non polar bond stronger?

a)

Non polar

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Polar

d)

Covalent

16.

What is a non polar bond?

a)

A bond when no electrons are shared

b)

When 2 atoms equally share electrons (do not confuse with covalent bonding)

c)

When the atoms do not bond

d)

A bond when they share a pair of electrons

17.

What is an ionic bond?

a)

When they share electrons

b)

When no electrons are shared

c)

When all electrons are shared

d)

When there is a transfer of electrons from one atom to another

18.

Write out the 4 main elements found largely in the human body

(a)  

19.

What is a valence electron?

a)

An electron with no charge

b)

An electron found on the outermost orbital of an atom

c)

An electron with all negative charge

d)

An electron with all positive charge

20.

What is ionization?

a)

Process by which an atom acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or loosing an electron

b)

The loosing or gaining of an electron

c)

Process of sharing electrons

d)

Transfer of electrons to other atoms

21.

What is the maximum number of electrons the most inner orbital can hold?

a)

8

b)

2

c)

5

d)

7

22.

What is a covalent bond?

a)

A bond in which one pair of electrons is shared

b)

Where two single electrons are transferred to another atom

c)

Where one atom is transferred to another atom

d)

When a pair of electrons is shared between two atoms

23.

What is an example of an ionic bond?

a)

H2O

b)

Na+Cl-

c)

NH2

d)

N10

24.

The number of protons in an element is depicted by what?

a)

Subtracting the atomic number from the atomic mass

b)

Its atomic mass

c)

Element symbol

d)

atomic number

25.

What occurs when there is a change in the atomic number?

a)

It is no longer the same element

b)

It means two elements have combined into one

c)

The element is the same

d)

The element has lost an electron

26.

What is an isotope?

a)

A different version of the same element

b)

Atoms that were once bonded but are no longer

c)

Element that has the same number of protons but different number of neurtrons

d)

No such thing

27.

What are the two main types of bond?

a)

Ionic and covalent

b)

Polar and non polar

c)

Non polar covalent bond

d)

Polar ionic bond

28.

What type of charge does an anion possess?

a)

Neutral charge

b)

Negative (-) charge

c)

No charges exist

d)

Positive (+) charge

29.

Is a covalent bond or an ionic bond stronger?

a)

Polar bond

b)

Ionic bond

c)

Non polar bond

d)

Covalent bond

30.

What is a polar covalent bond?

a)

A bond that all electrons are shared equally

b)

There is no such thing

c)

A bond that the sharing of electrons is not equal. One atom is more electronegative and "pulls" harder than the other

d)

A bond where electron pairs are shared unequally

31.

What kind of charge does a caion possess?

a)

Negative (-) charge

b)

Neutral charge

c)

Positive (+) charge

d)

No charge exists

32.

How can we break down covalent bonds further?

a)

Covalent and Ionic bonds

b)

Non polar and Polar bonds

c)

Ionic bonds and Polar bonds

d)

Ionic bonds and Polar bonds

33.

What type of charge does an oxygen atom have?

a)

Partially negative charge

b)

Partially neutral charge

c)

Partially positive charge

d)

No charge exists

34.

When is an atom most stable?

a)

When there are no electrons

b)

When the valence shell is full

c)

When there are 2 electrons

d)

When there are 5 electrons

35.

What does an atom consist of?

a)

Nucleus only

b)

Protons, Neutrons, and electrons

c)

Protons only

d)

Electrons only

36.

What type of charge does a proton have?

a)

Neutral charge

b)

Positive charge

c)

No charge at all

d)

Half +, Half -

37.

What does the valence number indicate?

a)

Bonded electrons

b)

Non-bonded electrons

c)

The number of unpaired and chemically un-bonded valence electrons

d)

Does not have significance in biology or chemistry

38.

What is the Octet Rule?

a)

There is not limit to how many electrons there can be in the valence shell

b)

Valence shell electrons are insignificant

c)

Simply, the outermost shell may only carry a max of 8 valence electrons

d)

That each orbital may carry 8 electrons

39.

What is a solute?

a)

Substance that does not dissolve in a solvant

b)

Is just water

c)

Has no real use

d)

A substance that dissolves in a solvant

40.

What does it mean when something is hydrophilic?

a)

It interacts with sodium

b)

It interacts with water

c)

It does not interact with water

d)

It interacts with calcium

41.

What does it mean when something is hydrophobic?

a)

It does not interact with heat

b)

It does not interact with water

c)

It does interact with water

d)

It interacts with heat

42.

What type of molecule does not dissolve in water?

a)

Polar

b)

Ionic

c)

Non polar

d)

Covalent

43.

What is adhesion?

a)

The infusion of two substances

b)

An attraction between different molecules for other molecules of the same kind

c)

The combination of 2 substances

d)

Has no significance

44.

What is cohesion?

a)

Water is attracted to water. Attraction of molecules of the same kind

b)

Not significant

c)

The attraction between two different substances

d)

A bonding between two substances

45.

What is the main goal of atoms?

a)

To bond with other atoms

b)

To form new elements

c)

To maintain a balance of charges

d)

To sit there and do nothing