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Science 9
UNIT B: MATTER AND CHEMICAL CHANGE
Unit Exam
Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following IS a safe practice in the lab?

a. Pouring all chemicals down the sink
b. Labelling all glassware
c. Wearing jewelry
d. Texting

2. Which of the following is NOT a safe practice in the lab?

a. Telling the teacher of all spills
b. Wearing gloves and a lab coat
c. Smelling by fanning or wafting with the hand
d. Observing by looking down on a test tube

3. What does the acronym WHMIS stand for?

a. Workplace Hazardous Meanings & Information System
b. Workplace Hazardous Materials in Symbols
c. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
d. Working Hazardous Materials in Systems

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1. 2. 3. 4.
N. R. #1: Label the above WHMIS symbols accordingly below.

__________ __________ __________ __________

other toxic effects biohazardous oxidizing material immediate poisonous effects

4. What is anything that has mass and takes up space?

a. Pure substances
b. Mass Number
c. Atomic Mass
d. Matter

5. Two or more elements chemically combined in definite proportions best describes

a. a solution
b. a mechanical mixture
c. an atom
d. a compound
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6. Which of the following is NOT a heterogeneous mixture?

a. Colloid
b. Solution
c. Mechanical mixture
d. Suspension

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N.R. #2: Match the numbers above with the terms below.

__________ __________ __________ __________

Solution Element Mixture Pure Substance

7. The changes from solid to gas and solid to liquid, respectively, are:
a. Solidification and evaporation
b. Deposition and melting
c. Sublimation and melting
d. Freezing and sublimation

8. What is a rearrangement of atoms that results in a new substance called?

a. Physical property
b. Chemical property
c. Physical change
d. Chemical reaction

9. A piece of chalk is crushed into a powder. It is then mixed with hydrochloric acid; and the
chalk disappears as bubbles form. As it is left over several days, some of the water in the
tube evaporates. Which describes the sequence of changes that take place?
a. chemical, physical, chemical
b. physical, chemical, physical
c. chemical, chemical, chemical
d. physical, physical, physical
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1. Ductility 6. Reactivity with water
2. Ability to burn 7. Melting and boiling points
3. Behavior in air 8. Molecular composition
4. Conductivity 9. Luster or shininess
5. Endothermic 10. Forms a precipitate
N. R. #3: Which of the above are physical properties? (write in increasing order)

_________ __________ __________ __________

10. How many elements are present in a molecule of aspirin? The formula for aspirin is
C9H8O4.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 21
d. 42

11. What is the atomic number of Helium and what does it mean?
a. 4.0026, number of electrons in the outermost shell
b. 4.0026, number of protons in the nucleus
c. 2, number of electrons equals the number of protons
d. 2, number of protons in the nucleus

12. Atomic mass is the average mass of all of the atoms of a particular element. Mass number
is related to atomic mass. How is mass number calculated?
a. Averaging the weights of atoms
b. Number of electrons and protons added together
c. Number of protons and neutrons added together
d. Number of protons subtracted from the number of neutrons

13. What are group 2 metals and what type of ions can they form?
a. Alkali metals, +2 cations
b. Alkali metals, +2 anions
c. Alkaline earth metals, +2 cations
d. Alkaline earth metals, +2 anions

14. What is the name and atomic number of the element in group 14, period 3?
a. Phosphorus
b. Arsenic
c. Silicon
d. Germanium
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15. Within the central ________ of the atom there are positive ________ and neutral
________. Outside, there are energy levels with negative particles called ________.
a. Ion, protons, anions, cations
b. Nucleus, protons, electrons, neutrons
c. Electrons, neutrons, nucleus, protons
d. Nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons

16. What have the properties of being shiny, malleable, solid at room temperature, ductile,
conductive?
a. Non-metals
b. Metalloids
c. Metals
d. Ions

17. How is an atom different than an ion?

a. An atom is a positive particle and an ion is a negative particle
b. An atom is an indivisible particle of an element and an ion is an electrically
charged atom
c. An atom is an electrically charged particle and an ion is a neutral particle in the
nucleus
d. An atom is a small, indivisible section of an ion while the ion is the form of an
element

18. What experiment did Ernest Rutherford perform and what did he discover?
a. Cathode ray tube, the electron
b. Cathode ray tube, the neutron
c. Microscopic analysis, the neutron
d. Gold foil experiment, the proton

19. Who discovered the electron and came up with the raisin bun or plum pudding model of
the atom?
a. Neils Bohr
b. John Dalton
c. Democritus
d. J.J. Thomson

20. Salt is ionic. Sugar is molecular. Both dissolve in water. What is true of their solutions?
a. Sugar water conducts electricity while salt does not
b. Salt water conducts electricity while sugar does not
c. Sugar will dissolve easily while salt does not
d. Salt is no longer a solid when it is aqueous
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An unknown compound was discovered to have the chemical formula of X3P4 (s)

21. What is the ionic charge of the unknown element X?

a. 3+
b. 3-
c. 4+
d. 4–
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1. TiC 5. CaO
2. CO 6. CuN
3. 𝑁2 𝑂3 7. LiF
4. CF4 8. 𝐶4 𝐶𝑙4

N.R. #4: Which of the above are ionic compounds? (record smallest to largest)

__________ __________ __________ __________

22. What is the name and type of compound of 𝐿𝑖2 𝑂(𝑠) ?

a. Monolithium dioxide, molecular
b. Dilithium monoxide, ionic
c. Lithium monoxygen, molecular
d. Lithium oxide, ionic

23. What is the name and type of compound of 𝑁3 𝑂5 (𝑔) ?

a. Trinitrogen pentaoxide, molecular
b. Pentanitrogen trioxide, ionic
c. Nitrogen oxide, molecular
d. Nitrogen oxide, ionic

24. What is the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions?

a. Endo = inner skeleton, exo = outer skeleton
b. Endo = absorbs heat, exo = releases heat
c. Endo = releases heat, exo = absorbs heat
d. Endo = stays cold, and exo = stays warm

25. When ice is placed into a beaker of water, it melts and makes the surrounding water
colder. Which statement best describes the changes that take place?
a. Endothermic physical reaction
b. Exothermic chemical reaction
c. Endothermic chemical reaction
d. Exothermic physical reaction
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Carbon tetrachloride gas reacts with solid iron (III) oxide. It then begins to form carbon
dioxide gas and solid iron (III) chloride.

26. What is the word equation for the above situation?

a. dicarbon tetrachloride + iron (II) oxide -> carbon oxide + iron (II) chloride
b. carbon dioxide + iron (III) chloride -> carbon tetrachloride + iron (III) oxide
c. carbon tetrachloride + iron (III) oxide -> carbon dioxide + iron (III) chloride
d. carbon tetrachloride + carbon dioxide -> iron (III) oxide + iron (III) chloride

27. What is the chemical formula equation for the above situation?
a. CCl4 (g) + CO2 (g) → CO2 (g) + Fe2Cl3(s)
b. CO2 (g) + FeCl3(s)→ CCl4(g) + Fe2O3(s)
c. C4Cl(g) + Fe2O3(s) → C2O2 (g) + FeCl2(s)
d. CCl4(g) + Fe2O3(s) → CO2 (g) + FeCl3(s)

28. How are cellular respiration, combustion, and corrosion similar?

a. They all have oxygen as a reactant
b. They all have water vapour as a product
c. They all involve a flame for burning
d. They all involve the rusting of metal

29. iron + water + oxygen  rust

This chemical reaction is an example of
a. combustion
b. decomposition
c. corrosion
d. neutralization

30. What does the law of conservation of mass state?

a. Matter is created through a chemical reaction
b. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed
c. Mass is increased through a chemical reaction
d. Mass is the same for all reactants in every reaction

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4g of calcium reacts with 7g of chlorine to produce calcium chloride.
31. What is the mass of the calcium chloride produced (assume closed system)?
a. 3g
b. 4g
c. 10g
d. 11g
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32. Which of the following does NOT affect the rate of a chemical reaction?
a. Temperature
b. Surface area
c. Presence of oxygen
d. Presence of a catalyst

33. Heating potassium chlorate breaks it down into potassium chloride and oxygen gas.
Adding a catalyst would

a. prevent the reaction from occurring

b. speed up the rate of reaction
c. slow down the rate of reaction
d. delay the start of the reaction

Written Response

1. Write the name of the following ionic compounds (3 marks)

a) NaCl

b) AlCl3

c) Ca3N2

2. Write the name of the following molecular compounds (3 marks)

a) CO3

b) F5Cl8

c) Cl3S2

4. For each of the following compounds, state whether it is ionic or molecular and write the correct
chemical formula. (4 marks)

a) Calcium chloride _________________________ _____________________________

b) Pentachlorine disulfide_____________________ _____________________________

d) Lithium bromide _________________________ _______________________________

e) Carbon tetrahydride______________________ ________________________________

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