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TY Chemistry Christmas Quiz

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the electron and measured its charge-to-mass ratio?

a)

Robert Millikan

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

J.J. Thomson

d)

James Chadwick

2.

What was the main conclusion from Rutherford's gold foil experiment?

a)

Electrons are embedded in a positive sphere

b)

Atoms are indivisible

c)

Atoms have a dense nucleus

d)

Atoms are mostly solid

3.

Which experiment was used by Millikan to determine the charge of the electron?

a)

Gold foil experiment

b)

Cathode ray experiment

c)

Oil drop experiment

4.

Who is credited with the discovery of the neutron?

a)

Robert Millikan

b)

James Chadwick

c)

J.J. Thomson

d)

Ernest Rutherford

5.

What charge does a neutron have?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

6.

What did Millikan's oil drop experiment help calculate?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Mass of the proton

c)

Charge of the electron

d)

Speed of light

7.

Which subatomic particle did Rutherford discover?

a)

Proton

b)

Neutron

c)

Electron

8.

What is the relative mass of an electron compared to a proton?

a)

1838

b)

0

c)

1

d)

1/1838

9.

What is the charge of a proton?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

10.

Which scientist proposed the plum pudding model of the atom?

a)

James Chadwick

b)

J.J. Thomson

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

Niels Bohr

11.

What is the charge of an electron?

a)

Negative

b)

Positive

c)

Neutral

12.

Name this piece of apparatus.

a)

Graduated Cylinder

b)

Beaker

c)

Conical Flask

d)

Evaporating Dish

13.

Name this piece of apparatus.

a)

Graduated Cylinder

b)

Beaker

c)

Conical Flask

d)

Funnel

14.

Name this piece of apparatus.

a)

Graduated Cylinder

b)

Beaker

c)

Conical Flask

d)

Funnel

15.

Name this piece of apparatus.

a)

Conical Flask

b)

Graduated Cylinder

c)

Beaker

d)

Round-bottomed Flask

16.

Who is credited with the discovery of cathode rays?

a)

J.J. Thomson

b)

William Crookes

c)

John Dalton

d)

Ernest Rutherford

17.

What is the scientific name for materials?

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Volume

d)

Nature

18.

What name is given to the electrode connected to the negative end of a battery?

a)

Positrode

b)

Cathode

c)

Neutrode

d)

Anode

19.

What name is given to the electrode connected to the positive end of a battery?

a)

Cathode

b)

Neutrode

c)

Anode

d)

Positrode

20.

Name a reagent you could use to test for unsaturation in a compound.

a)

Acidified potassium permanganate

b)

Dilute hydrochloric acid

c)

Sulfuric acid

d)

Manganese dioxide

21.

In organic chemistry, what is meant by unsaturation?

a)

presence of double or triple bonds

b)

presence of oxygen atoms

c)

presence of carbon atoms

d)

presence of water molecules

22.

What would be observed when a sample of ethyne is burned in air?

a)

popping sound

b)

Nothing

c)

blue flame

d)

sooty flame

23.

What colour is bromine water?

a)

purple

b)

yellow

c)

blue

d)

colourless

24.

What colour is acidified potassium permanganate?

a)

orange

b)

colourless

c)

purple

d)

blue

25.

Identify the catalyst used in the preparation of ethene.

a)

manganese dioxide

b)

aluminium oxide

c)

platinum

d)

nickel

26.

Identify the catalyst that could be used to investigate the rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.

a)

manganese dioxide

b)

aluminium oxide

c)

nickel

d)

platinum

27.

What chemical hazard is indicated by this pictogram?

a)

oxidising

b)

flammable

c)

corrosive

d)

irritant

28.

What chemical hazard is indicated by this pictogram?

a)

oxidising

b)

flammable

c)

irritant

d)

toxic

29.

What chemical hazard is indicated by this pictogram?

a)

flammable

b)

oxidising

c)

corrosive

d)

dangerous for the environment

30.

What chemical hazard is indicated by this pictogram?

a)

oxidising

b)

corrosive

c)

flammable

d)

dangerous for the environment

31.

What colour is the manganese dioxide catalyst.

a)

white

b)

brown/black

c)

blue

d)

green

32.

What colour is the aluminium oxide catalyst

a)

brown

b)

black

c)

white

d)

green

33.

Name this compound.

a)

pentane

b)

octane

c)

methane

d)

butane

34.

Name this compound.

a)

Water

b)

Ammonia

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Carbon monoxide

35.

True or False.
This reaction profile diagram is of an endothermic reaction.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

True or False.
According to Collision Theory, a collision always results in the formation of products.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The catalyst lowers the activation energy of this reaction by

a)

0 KJ/mol

b)

100 KJ/mol

c)

40 KJ/mol

d)

30 KJ/mol

38.

The value of the activation energy of this reaction without a catalyst is

a)

70 KJ/mol

b)

100 KJ/mol

c)

50 KJ/mol

d)

120 KJ/mol

39.

Which scientist coined the term electron?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

George Stoney

c)

J.J. Thomson

d)

Robert Milikan

40.

The apparatus shown is used to prepare which gas?

a)

Ethene

b)

Ammonia

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Ethyne

41.

Name this compound.

a)

Methane

b)

Ethene

c)

Ethyne

d)

Propane

42.

Name X.

a)

Water

b)

Copper sulfate solution

c)

Aluminium oxide

d)

Bromine water

43.

Name Y.

a)

Methane

b)

Ethyne

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

44.

The table displays the volumes of oxygen produced by two decomposing hydrogen peroxide solutions. Which run reached completion first?

a)

Run A

b)

Run B

45.

What are cathode rays?

a)

Beams of neutrons

b)

Beams of protons

c)

Beams of electrons

46.

In what country did the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree begin?

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Germany

d)

Canada

47.

Which of the following is NOT a name for the 26th of December?

a)

Boxing Day

b)

Saint Stephen's Day

c)

Women's Little Christmas

48.

Donald Trump appears in which home Alone Movie?

a)

Home Alone 1

b)

Home Alone 2

c)

Home Alone 3

d)

Home Alone 4

49.

What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

White

d)

Green

50.

Which reindeer is said to be the most famous reindeer of all?

a)

Donner

b)

Prancer

c)

Rudolph

d)

Cupid

51.

In the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas,' how many swans were a-swimming?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

7

d)

9

52.

'Driving Home for Christmas' was a 1988 hit single for which singer?

a)

Chris Rea

b)

Frank Sinatra

c)

Michael Bublé

d)

Mariah Carey

53.

What present did Harry Potter receive for his first Christmas at Hogwarts?

a)

A Broom Stick

b)

A Wand

c)

An Invisibility Cloak

d)

A Chocolate Frog

54.

Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?

a)

Queen Elizabeth II

b)

King Edward VII

c)

Queen Victoria

d)

King George V

55.

Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas as a legal holiday?

a)

Hawaii

b)

California

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

56.

What type of tree do you traditionally decorate at Christmas?

a)

Pine

b)

Oak

c)

Chestnut

d)

Willow

57.

In which town was Jesus born?

a)

Nazareth

b)

Jericho

c)

Damascus

d)

Bethlehem

58.

The names of which two reindeer mean 'Thunder' and 'Lightning'?

a)

Vixen and Comet

b)

Rudolph and Cupid

c)

Donner and Blitzen

d)

Dasher and Prancer