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Introducing Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sodium and chlorine chemically mixed form -

(a)  

2.

The periodic table lists the number of known what?

a)

Compounds

b)

Mixtures

c)

Elements

d)

Alkalis

3.

The number of elements in the periodic table is (a)   .

4.

Uranus and Neptune are mainly made of hydrogen, helium, methane and water. Which of them are compounds?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Methane

c)

Water

d)

Helium

5.

The San Francisco region is called the ____ Valley because of the high presence of ____ , used to make transistors. It is famous as a tech hub.

a)

silicon

b)

nickel

c)

tungsten

d)

silver

6.

Higher Order Thinking Skills

In an electric bulb, we usually pump gases like krypton or argon to form a layer around the filament and not allow air as a whole inside. Why? (Think about the dangers of allowing air as a whole in)

a)

The air conducts electricity and will give us electric shock, but pure krypton and argon prevent it from reaching.

b)

Krypton and argon is abundant in the atmosphere and cheap, so people just use them.

c)

They are noble gases, which means that they have low reactivity rates, as a result preventing a fore from happening.

d)

It conducts heat, so that the bulb makes you warm and happy and can be used as a portable heater.

7.

Who was John Dalton?

a)

A scientist from England

b)

An archaeologist from the United States

c)

A rich businessperson from Kenya

d)

An astronomer from India

8.

Which of the following are points of Dalton’s atomic theory?

a)

All matter is made of atoms. Atoms are indivisible and indestructible.

b)

Elements are only found in the Solar System.

c)

Compounds are formed by a combination of two or more different kinds of atoms.

d)

A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms.

e)

All compounds are conductors of electricity.

9.

What are the components of an atom

a)

Protons

b)

Megatrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Neutrons

e)

Positrons

10.

What element has only one proton and one electron?



a)

Chlorine (Cl)

b)

Hydrogen (H)

c)

Potassium (K)

d)

Uranium (U)

11.

Visualise a compound being created in a chemical reaction at the atomic level by the interaction of other atoms and describe what may be happening.

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12.

Glucose (a type of sugar) is a compound made of which of the following elements?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Phosphorus

c)

Oxygen

d)

Nitrogen

e)

Carbon