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Types of Batteries & Voltaic Cells

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of battery has a reversible spontaneous reaction?

a)

alkaline battery

b)

secondary battery

c)

primary battery

d)

zinc-carbon battery

2.

Which is NOT a method of preventing corrosion?

a)

painting

b)

galvanization

c)

sacrificial anode

d)

coating with electrolytes

3.

Batteries that can be used more than once are also called ____.

a)

primary batteries

b)

secondary batteries

c)

tertiary batteries

d)

fuel cells

4.

Corrosion is the loss of metal by what mechanism?

a)

oxidation-reduction reaction

b)

galvanization

c)

electrolysis

d)

salt bridge

5.

Which of the following is NOT a dry cell?

a)

a silver battery

b)

a zinc-carbon battery

c)

a car battery

d)

an alkaline battery

6.

A salt bridge is used for what?

a)

electrolysis

b)

allowing ions to move from one half-cell to the other

c)

increasing the reduction potential

d)

linking multiple voltaic cells together

7.

Which metal has the lowest standard reduction potential?

a)

Sodium

b)

Magnesium

c)

Lithium

d)

Silver

8.

Which of the following is NOT true about batteries?

a)

Batteries are composed of two half-cells.

b)

Redox reactions in zinc-carbon batteries are easily reversible.

c)

Secondary batteries are also known as storage batteries.

d)

Batteries are compact forms of voltaic cells.

9.

What is often used as an electrolyte in a fuel cell?

a)

sulfuric acid

b)

zinc chloride

c)

manganese IV oxide

d)

potassium hydroxide

10.

What type of batteries are silver batteries similar to?

a)

Alkaline batteries

b)

Lead-acid batteries

c)

Lithium batteries

d)

Fuel cells

11.

What typically serves as the anode of a heavy duty dry cell battery?

a)

carbon rod

b)

zinc shell

c)

Ag₂O in graphite

d)

Zn in KOH gel

12.

What typically serves as the cathode of a heavy duty dry cell battery?

a)

carbon rod

b)

zinc shell

c)

Ag₂O in graphite

d)

Zn in KOH

13.

What is the anode of a silver battery?

a)

Carbon rod

b)

Zinc shell

c)

Ag₂O in graphite

d)

Zn in KOH

14.

What is the cathode of a silver battery?

a)

carbon rod

b)

zinc shell

c)

Zn in KOH

d)

Ag₂O in graphite