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SCH4U Electrochemistry

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a redox reaction?

a)

A reaction where both reactants get reduced.

b)

A reaction where both reactants get oxidized.

c)

A reaction that involves a transfer of electrons between reactants.

d)

A reaction that involves the combustion of at least one reactant.

2.

What is reduction?

a)

It is the gain of electrons.

b)

It is the loss of electrons.

c)

It is the creation of electrons.

d)

It is the destruction of electrons.

3.

What is oxidation?

a)

It is the gain of electrons.

b)

It is the loss of electrons.

c)

It is the creation of electrons.

d)

It is the destruction of electrons.

4.

What is a reducing agent?

a)

It is the species that gets reduced -- gains electrons.

b)

It is the species that gets oxidized -- loses electrons.

c)

It is the species that creates electrons.

d)

It is the species that destroys electrons.

5.

What is an oxidizing agent?

a)

It is the species that gets reduced -- gains electrons.

b)

It is the species that gets oxidized -- loses electrons.

c)

It is the species that creates electrons.

d)

It is the species that loses electrons.

6.

What is a galvanic (voltaic) cell?

a)

It is a cell that destroys electrons on one side and creates electrons on the other side.

b)

It is a cell that contains only one metal bar and one aqueous ion solution.

c)

It is a type of battery that drives a redox reaction when electricity is applied.

d)

It is a type of battery that generates an electrical current from redox reactions.

7.

What is a standard half-cell?

a)

It is one cell that comprises half of a whole battery.

b)

It is a cell containing only a metal bar with no aqueous ion solution.

c)

It is a cell containing only an aqueous ion solution and no metal bar.

d)

It is a cell that generates half of a volt of electricity.

8.

What is a half-reaction?

a)

It is a reaction at equilibrium where half of the substances are reactants and half of the substances are products.

b)

It is the reaction that occurs when the switch of a galvanic cell is open.

c)

It shows EITHER the reduction component or the oxidation component of a redox reaction.

d)

It shows BOTH the reduction and oxidation components of a redox reaction.

9.

What is an anode?

a)

It is the electrode where oxidation takes place.

b)

It is the electrode where reduction takes place.

c)

It is an aqueous solution containing an electrode.

d)

It is the salt bridge that connects half-cells.

10.

What is a cathode?

a)

It is the electrode where oxidation takes place.

b)

It is the electrode where reduction takes place.

c)

It is an aqueous solution containing an electrode.

d)

It is the salt bridge that connects half-cells.

11.

Given their standard reduction potentials, which of the species is going to be oxidized?

Cu2+/Cu = 0.34V

Zn2+/Zn = -0.76V

a)

Cu

b)

Zn

c)

CuSO4

d)

ZnSO4

12.

What occurs to the mass of copper electrode in the following reaction?

Zn/Zn2+ // Cu2+/Cu

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

remains the same

13.

What reaction occurs at the anode?

Ag+/Ag = 0.80V

Ni2+/Ni = -0.25V

a)

Ag+ + e- →Ag

b)

Ag → Ag+ + e-

c)

Ni2+ + 2e- → Ni

d)

Ni → Ni2+ + 2e-

14.

An oxidizing agent will

a)

increase in mass

b)

lose electrons

c)

be reduced

d)

increase in oxidation number

15.

As an element is oxidized, its oxidation number

a)

decreases as electrons are lost

b)

increases as electrons are lost

c)

decreases as electrons are gained

d)

increases as electrons are gained

16.

In the following reaction

Sn+2 + 2Fe+3 --> Sn+4 + 2Fe+2,

the reducing agent is...

a)

Fe+3

b)

Sn+2

c)

Sn+4

d)

Fe+2

17.

When water is electrolyzed, gas collected at cathode, is

a)

sulphur

b)

oxygen

c)

hydrogen

d)

sulphur dioxide

18.

What is oxidation number of Cr in Cr2O72-?

a)

-2

b)

+2

c)

+6

d)

+12

19.
Which are examples of reduction?
a)
I and II
b)
I and III
c)
II and III
d)
I, II and III
20.
Which change does nitrogen undergo oxidation?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
21.

Which statement best describes how a salt bridge maintains electrical neutrality in the half-cells of an electrochemical cell?

a)

It prevents the migration of electrons.

b)

It prevents the reaction from occurring spontaneously.

c)

It permits the migration of ions.

d)

It allows for the reaction from occurring spontaneously.

22.

Electrochemistry is

a)

Study of electron in atom

b)

Study of electricity in molecules

c)

The relationship between chemical reactions and electricity

d)

the study of electrons moving from one a tom to another

23.

The reaction 2NaCl → 2Na + Cl2 is an example of

a)

a reduction reaction, only

b)

both an oxidation and reduction reaction

c)

an oxidation reaction, only

d)

neither an oxidation nor a reduction reaction

24.

Galvanic cells convert

a)

mechanical energy in to electrical energy

b)

potential energy in to electrical energy

c)

electrical energy in to chemical energy

d)

chemical energy in to electrical energy

25.

silver chloride can conduct electrocity in molten state, but not conducting in solid state. This is because silver chloride

a)

is a covalent compound

b)

exist as freely moving charged particles in molten state

c)

exist as atoms in solid state

d)

has freely moving electrons in molten state