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Y10 What can you Remember?

Total questions: 121

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term describes the distance between two identical points on subsequent waves?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

velocity

2.

Longitudinal waves have:

a)

crests and troughs

b)

crests and compressions

c)

compressions and rarefactions

d)

troughs and rarefactions

3.

Transverse waves have:

a)

crests and troughs

b)

troughs and rarefactions

c)

compressions and contractions

d)

rarefactions and crests

4.

What is the amplitude of this wave?

a)

3cm

b)

-3cm

c)

6cm

d)

4cm

5.
The velocity of light in vacuum is _______ m/s
a)
3x108
b)
3x1012
c)
3x106
d)
3x1010
6.

What is the name given to an 'imaginary' line drawn at 90 degrees to the interface of 2 media

a)

Normal

b)

Angle of incidence

c)

Angle of reflection

d)

Virtual image

7.

What is resistance?

a)

The flow of electrons

b)

Electric potential difference

c)

Rate of flow of electrons

d)

The ability to reduce the flow of electrons

8.

If a battery produces 12.6 V, what would be the current for a 6Ω resistor?

a)

2.1 A

b)

75.6 A

c)

0.5 A

d)

15 A

9.

Where should an ammeter be located to correctly measure the total current and where should a voltmeter be located to correctly measure the voltage supplied by the cell

a)

ammeter at 3 and voltmeter at 4

b)

ammeter at 1 and voltmeter at 4

c)

ammeter at 2 and voltmeter at 3

d)

ammeter at 1 and voltmeter at 2

10.

What component is this?

a)

Variable resistor

b)

Fuse

c)

Thermistor

d)

Diode

11.

What is the formula for resistance?

a)

IV

b)

V+I

c)

IP

d)

V/I

12.

What component does this graph show?

a)

Diode

b)

Fixed resistor

c)

Filament lamp

d)

Thermistor

13.
Total resistance in a series circuit
a)
Rt = R1 + R2 + R3 ...
b)
1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2 ...
c)
Rt = R1 X R2 / R1 + R2 ...
d)
Rt = RN / RV 
14.

What device does this graph represent?

a)

Diode

b)

Fixed resistor

c)

Filament lamp

d)

Thermistor

15.

What is Gravitational potential store:

a)

The energy stored by an object’s movement.

b)

The energy stored in objects raised above the Earth’s surface.

This energy exists because of the Earth’s gravitational field.

c)

The energy stored by the chemical bonds between atoms.

d)

The energy stored when an object is being stretched, compressed or squashed.

e)

The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. The energy in the nuclear store can be released by radioactive decay

16.

What is Elastic potential store:

a)

The energy stored by an object’s movement.

b)

The energy stored in objects raised above the Earth’s surface.

This energy exists because of the Earth’s gravitational field.

c)

The energy stored by the chemical bonds between atoms.

d)

The energy stored when an object is being stretched, compressed or squashed.

e)

The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. The energy in the nuclear store can be released by radioactive decay

17.

What store is energy transferred when you eat food:

a)

Chemical

b)

Thermal

c)

Nuclear

d)

Gravitational potential

18.

What is the word equation for Gravitational Potential:

a)

ΔEp ​= mg Δ h

b)

mg = Δ/Ep

c)

h = ΔEp h

19.

What is the kinetic energy of a rabbit of mass 3 kg travelling at 1 m/s:

a)

1.5J

b)

6J

c)

3J

d)

30J

20.

What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a diver of mass 60 kg who walks up from ground level to the 10 m platform:

a)

6,000J

b)

300J

c)

9,000J

d)

20,000J

21.

What is equation Elastic Potential Energy Stored:

a)

Ee = 1/2 Ke2

b)

Ke2 = 1/2 Ee

c)

Ee = (1/2)/( Ke2)

22.

Energy can be created and destroyted:

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Isotopes are atoms of the same element with a different number of ..........

a)

Protons

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

d)

Nuclei

24.

What separation technique is required to separate sand, salt and water, where the water is retained?

a)

Filtration then crystalisation

b)

Filtration then distillation

c)

Chromatography

d)

Fractional distillation

25.

What element is this atom?

a)

Beryllium

b)

Boron

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Fluorine

26.

Zinc + Oxygen --->

a)

Zinc Hydroxide

b)

Zinc Oxygen

c)

Zinc Oxide

d)

Oxygen Zincide

27.

The mass number is equal to the .....

a)

Protons + Electrons

b)

Protons - Neutrons

c)

Protons + Neutrons

d)

Neutrons - Electrons

28.

How many neutrons does the element have?

a)

80

b)

35

c)

115

d)

45

29.

What is the missing value?

a)

+1

b)

-1

c)

0

d)

-2

30.

What model of the atom is shown?

a)

Solid Sphere (Dalton)

b)

Plum Pudding (JJ Thomson)

c)

Nuclear (Rutherford)

d)

Modern Model (Chadwick)

31.

What model of the atom is shown?

a)

Solid Sphere (Dalton)

b)

Plum Pudding (JJ Thomson)

c)

Nuclear (Rutherford)

d)

Modern Model (Chadwick)

32.

What model of the atom is shown?

a)

Solid Sphere (Dalton)

b)

Plum Pudding (JJ Thomson)

c)

Nuclear (Rutherford)

d)

Modern Model (Chadwick)

33.

What name is given to this substance?

a)

Calcium Sulphate

b)

Calcium Oxide

c)

Calcium Fluoride

d)

Calcium Carbonate

34.

What type of substance is this? Tick 2

a)

Compound

b)

Mixture

c)

Element

d)

Atom

35.

Atoms are neutral because they have .......

a)

different numbers of positively charged (+1) protons and negatively (-1) charged electrons

b)

the same number of positively charged (+1) protons and negatively (-1) charged electrons

c)

the same numbers of negatively charged (-1) protons and positively charged (+1) electrons

d)

different numbers of negatively charged (-1) protons and positively charged (+1) electrons

36.

The approximate radius of an atom is.....

a)

1m

b)

0.1mm

c)

0.1nm

d)

1um

37.

An atom of sulphur has 16 electrons. What is the electron configuration?

a)

8,2,6

b)

2,10,4

c)

2,8,6

d)

2,8,8,6

38.

An atom of sodium has 11 electrons. What is the electron configuration?

a)

8,2,1

b)

4,6,1

c)

2,8,1

d)

2,1

39.

What model of the atom is shown?

a)

Solid Sphere (Dalton)

b)

Plum Pudding (JJ Thomson)

c)

Nuclear (Rutherford)

d)

Modern Model (Chadwick)

40.

What type of mixture could chromatography be used to separate?

a)

Dyes in Ink

b)

Crude Oil (lots of different liquids..)

c)

Insoluble solid from liquid

d)

Iron filings from household waste

41.

What type of separation technique is shown?

a)

Fractional Distillation

b)

Filtration

c)

Crystallisation

d)

Simple Distillation

42.

What separation technique is shown?

a)

Simple distillation

b)

Chromatography

c)

Filtration

d)

Crystallisation

43.

What name is given to this type of substance?

a)

Compound

b)

Element

c)

Mixture

d)

Atom

44.

How many protons does the element have?

a)

31

b)

16

c)

15

d)

46

45.

What state change takes place in the equipment at position A?

a)

Melting

b)

Evaporating

c)

Sublimating

d)

Condensing

46.

What positively charged particles were fired in the experiment shown?

a)

Electrons

b)

Protons

c)

Neutrons

d)

Alpha particles

47.

Most of the particles passed straight through the gold foil. They were only deflected near to the centre of the gold atoms. What model was concluded from the experiment?

a)

Dalton's solid spheres

b)

JJ Thomson's plum pudding

c)

Rutherford's nuclear model

d)

Bohr's electron shell model

48.

What part of the atom contains the protons?

a)

Shells

b)

Nucleus

c)

All of it

49.

In JJ Thomson's cathode ray experiment the negative particles were deflected by the charged plates. What were these particles?

a)

Proton

b)

Neutron

c)

Electron

d)

Nuclei

50.

How many atoms are in the substance?

a)

4

b)

9

c)

5

51.

James Chadwick helped us understand isotopes by discovering what particle?

a)

Electron

b)

Proton

c)

Neutron

d)

Alpha Nuclei

52.

What are the reactants in following reaction?

Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon Dioxide + Water

a)

Glucose + Oxygen

b)

Glucose and Water

c)

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

d)

Glucose and Carbon Dioxide

53.

The picture shows electrolysis of copper(II) sulphate solution using graphite electrodes. Besides formation of brown solid on the cathode, what other observations can be made?

a)

The mass of graphite anode decreases.

b)

The blue colour solution becomes paler.

c)

Bubbles of gas form at the anode.

d)

The blue colour solution becomes darker.

54.

What is the name of the ore that contains aluminum

a)

Bauxite

b)

Cryolite

c)

Aluminum oxide

55.
What is an ore?
a)
a solid metal
b)
a rock cantaining a metal combined with other elements
c)
an element
d)
an object used to row a boat
56.
What is the removal of oxygen from a substance called?
a)
reduction
b)
extraction
c)
electrolysis
d)
oxidation
57.
What is oxidation?
a)
loss of oxygen
b)
gain of electrons
c)
gain of hydrogen
d)
loss of electrons
58.
Which series is used to predict the reactions of metals with carbon and other elements?
a)
reactionary series
b)
reaction series
c)
redox series
d)
reactivity series
59.
What does the Cathode (-) do to ions?
a)
Give electrons to the Positive ions to turn them back into atoms
b)
Take electrons from the positive ions?
c)
Turn ions back into atoms by removing electrons
d)
Turn atoms into ions by adding electrons
60.
Which of the following is a property of a mixture?
a)

Can be separated easily

b)
Have definite melting points
c)
Cannot be separated easily
d)
Have a fixed composition
61.

How many Carbon atoms are there in a molecule of methane, CH4

a)

5

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

62.
How many times heavier is a proton in comparison to a neutron?
a)
They are the same
b)
2
c)
2000
d)
4
63.
What phrase would best describe the formula CO2
a)
Molecule of carbon dioxide (compound)
b)
Molecule of carbon dioxide (element)
c)
Atom of carbon dioxide (compound)
d)
Lattice of carbon dioxide (compound)
64.
What is the relative mass of a neutron?
a)
1
b)
-1
c)
0
d)
1/2000
65.
What is the relative mass of an electron?
a)
1/2000
b)
1/200
c)
0
d)
-1
66.

How many atoms are there in a molecule of ethanol (C2H6O)

a)

9

b)

6

c)

2

d)

8

67.
What is the definition of an element?
a)
A substance made up of only one type of atom
b)
A substance made up of only one atom
c)
Two or more different atoms chemically bonded
d)
Two or more different substances not chemicall combined
68.

What is the relative atomic mass of lithium?

a)

7

b)

2

c)

4

d)

14

69.

What type of substance is shown here?

a)

Mixture of elements

b)

Pure element

c)

Pure compound

d)

Mixture of compounds

70.

What type of structure is shown here?

a)

Giant Lattice

b)

Atom

c)

Molecule

71.
What best describes this diagram?
a)

Molecules of an element

b)

Atoms of an element

c)
Molecules of a compound
d)
Ions of an element
72.
What best describes this diagram?
a)
Molecules of a compound
b)
Molecules of an element
c)
Atoms of an element
d)
A lattice of a compound
73.
To the nearest hundred, how many elements are there on the periodic table?
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
74.
What word best describes ammonia, NH3
a)
Compound
b)
Metal
c)
Element
d)
Mixture
75.
What is the radius of an atom in nm?
a)

0.1 nm

b)
1.0 nm
c)
0.00001 nm
d)
0.001 nm
76.
Which description best describes an isotope?
a)
Same number of protons, different number of neutrons
b)
Same number of protons, different number of electrons
c)
Same number of neutrons, different number of protons
d)
Same number of electrons, different number of neutrons
77.
Which of the following is a property of a mixture?
a)

Can be separated easily

b)
Have definite melting points
c)
Cannot be separated easily
d)
Have a fixed composition
78.

How many Carbon atoms are there in a molecule of methane, CH4

a)

5

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

79.
How many times heavier is a proton in comparison to a neutron?
a)
They are the same
b)
2
c)
2000
d)
4
80.
What phrase would best describe the formula CO2
a)
Molecule of carbon dioxide (compound)
b)
Molecule of carbon dioxide (element)
c)
Atom of carbon dioxide (compound)
d)
Lattice of carbon dioxide (compound)
81.

What is the atomic number of helium?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

82.

How many protons does an atom of titanium have?

a)

22

b)

48

c)

26

d)

70

83.

How many neutrons does an atom of titanium have?

a)

26

b)

48

c)

22

d)

70

84.

How many electrons does an atom of boron have?

a)

5

b)

11

c)

6

d)

don't know

85.

How many neutrons does an atom of hydrogen have?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

86.

What is the relative atomic mass of potassium?

a)

39

b)

19

c)

20

87.

What fraction of the radius of an atom is the nucleus?

a)

1/10000

b)

1/1000

c)

1/100000

d)

1/10

88.

What is the approximate radius of an atom in metres?

a)

1 x 10-10

b)

1 x 10-9

c)

1 x 109

d)

1 x 1010

89.

What is the relative charge of a neutron?

a)

0

b)

+1

c)

-1

d)

1/2000

90.

What is the relative charge of a proton

a)

+1

b)

0

c)

-1

d)

1/2000

91.

What is the relative charge of an electron?

a)

-1

b)

+1

c)

0

d)

1/2000

92.

Why are atoms neutral?

a)

They have the same number of protons and electrons

b)

They have the same number of neutrons and electrons

c)

They have the same number of protons and neutrons

93.

What property determines the element that an atom is?

a)

number of protons

b)

number of neutrons

c)

number of electrons

d)

mass number

94.

Which separation technique would best separate sand from water

a)

filtration

b)

evaporation

c)

distillation

d)

chromatography

95.

Which separation technique would best separate salt from salt water solution

a)

crystallisation

b)

filtration

c)

distillation

d)

chromatography

96.

Which technique would be best to separate crude oil (a mixture of many liquids)

a)

Fractional distillation

b)

simple distillation

c)

filtration

d)

crystallisation

97.

Which separation technique is shown in the picture?

a)

Fractional distillation

b)

Simple distillation

c)

Filtration

d)

Crystallisation

98.

Which separation technique is shown in the picture?

a)

chromatography

b)

filtration

c)

simple distillation

d)

fractional distillation

99.

Which scientist discovered the electron?

a)

Thompson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Bohr

d)

Chadwick (Chadders to his mates)

100.

Which scientist discovered the nucleus?

a)

Thompson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Bohr

d)

Chadwick (Chadders to his mates)

101.

Which scientist discovered the neutrons?

a)

Thompson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Bohr

d)

Chadwick (Chadders to his mates)

102.

Which scientist proposed that electrons orbited the nucleus at fixed distances?

a)

Thompson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Bohr

d)

Chadwick (Chadders to his mates)

103.

Which is the best definition of the plumb pudding model?

a)

Ball of positive charge with negative electrons randomly embedded

b)

Ball of negative charge with positive electrons randomly embedded

c)

Concentrated mass of positive charge surrounded by negative electrons

d)

Concentrated mass of negative charge surrounded by positive electrons

104.

How many electrons are in the second shell of a carbon atom?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

6

d)

12

105.

What is the electron configuration of a calcium atom?

a)

2.8.8.2

b)

2.8.10

c)

20

d)

2.8.8.1

106.

What is the electronic configuration of a lithium atom?

a)

2.1

b)

3

c)

1.2

d)

2.5

107.

What is the electron configuration of a magnesium atom?

a)

2.8.2

b)

2.8.8.2

c)

12

d)

24

108.

How many electrons does an oxygen atom have in its outermost shell?

a)

2

b)

6

c)

8

d)

16

109.

How many electrons does an aluminium atom have in its second shell?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

3

d)

2

110.

What do all elements in group 1 have in common?

a)

They all have 1 electron in their outer shell

b)

They all have the same number of electrons

c)

They all have the same number of neutrons

d)

They all have the same number of filled electron shells

111.

What does the larger number for an element show you on the periodic table

a)

relative atomic mass

b)

mass number

c)

atomic number

112.

Isotopes of the same element have different chemical properties

a)

true

b)

false

113.

The number of electrons in the outer shell is the same as the elements...

a)

group number

b)

atomic number

c)

relative atomic mass

d)

period number

114.
Which property would this giant ionic compound have?
a)
Conducts electricity
b)
Low boiling point
c)
High melting point
d)
Is a gas
115.
Ionic bonds happen between
a)
Metal atoms and metal atoms
b)
Metal atoms and non-metal atoms
c)
Non-metal atoms and non-metal atoms
116.

How are ionic bonds formed?

a)

When atoms share an electron

b)

Transfer of electrons to form oppositely charged ions

c)

When one atom takes a proton

d)

When one atom takes a neutron

117.
How are ionic bonds formed?
a)
When atoms share an electron
b)
When opposite charged atoms attract
c)
When one atom takes a proton
d)
When one atom takes a neutron
118.
An element forms an ion with a 2- charge. This means that 2 electrons were __________.
a)
Gained
b)
Lost
c)
Shared
d)
Destroyed
119.

What type of bonding is in sodium oxide

a)

Ionic

b)

Covalent

c)

Metallic

120.

When do ionic compounds conduct electricity?

a)

molten and aqueous

b)

solid

c)

molten

d)

aqueous

121.

Why does sodium chloride have a high melting point?

a)

Strong electrostatic attraction between positive ions and delocalised electrons

b)

Strong electrostatic attractions between oppositely charged ions

c)

Strong intermolecular forces

d)

Strong electrostatic attraction between atoms

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