CHEMISTRY 10.

Which gases in the following list exist as

1st Trimester Finals separate atoms: hydrogen, helium, nitrogen,
oxygen, neon.
Name: ________________________ a. hydrogen and helium
b. helium and neon
c. helium and nitrogen
I. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the best d. oxygen and nitrogen
answer. If the answer is not found among the choices,
write E before the number.
11. Which of the following elements are both
alkaline earth metals?
1. The elements in the Periodic Table are
a. magnesium and beryllium
arranged in order of
b. sodium and potassium
a. mass number
c. sodium and calcium
b. atomic number
d. copper and gold
c. ionization energy
d. electron affinity
12. If you split a molecule of water, you would be
able to produce __________.
2. Which of the following elements tend to
a. two half molecules of water
become a negative ion?
b. two elements
a. Ca
c. two atoms
b. Li
d. two compounds
c. S
d. K
13. What is the common name given to the
elements in Group I?
3. From the following list select the nonmetal(s):
a. Halogens
copper, zinc, chlorine, sodium, carbon.
b. Alkaline Earth Metals
a. chlorine and carbon
c. Alkali Metals
b. chlorine
d. Non-metals
c. chlorine, sodium and carbon
d. copper, zinc, and sodium
14. What do the elements of Group II have in
common?
4. If an ion has 30 protons, 28 electrons and 35
a. similar chemical properties
neutrons, what is its mass number?
b. same mass number
a. 28
c. nothing in common
b. 30
d. same atomic number
c. 35
d. 65
15. What is the most common salt in seawater?
a. Sodium chloride
5. The elements in Group1 are not usually found
b. Magnesium chloride
free in nature because
c. Calcium carbonate
a. they are very unreactive
d. Potassium carbonate
b. they are rare earth metals
c. they are all man-made
d. they are very reactive 16. Which of the following metals is liquid at room
temperature?
6. What are horizontal rows in the Periodic Table a. Sodium
called? b. Aluminum
a. Alkali Metals c. Mercury
b. Metals d. Calcium
c. Periods
d. Groups 17. Of the following molecules listed below, which
one of them has a triple covalent bond?
7. Why are the elements fluorine, chlorine and a. Nitrogen (N2)
iodine placed in the same group in the Periodic b. Hydrogen (H2)
Table?
a. they all readily react with oxygen.
c. Oxygen (O2)
b. they are all metals. d. Fluorine (F2)
c. they have the same number of valence
electrons 18. Which one of the following is not a property of
d. they have the same density. an ionic substance?
a. They are usually soft solids.
8. The elements in Group I have similar chemical b. They have high melting points.
properties because c. They conduct electricity when molten.
a. they all look similar. d. They usually form crystal lattices.
b. they are all metals.
c. they all have a single electron in their 19. Which of the following elements tend to lose
outer shell. electrons the easiest when bonding?
d. they all react with water. a. elements in the first two groups
b. noble gases
9. Only one of the following sets of elements all c. transition metals
belong to the halogens. Which one is it? d. Group IV elements

a. neon, helium, argon 20. What is the charge of a magnesium ion in

b. fluorine, carbon, bromine magnesium fluoride?
c. chlorine, bromine, fluorine a. -2
d. beryllium, carbon, oxygen b. +1
c. +2
d. -1
 21. What is the name of the compound formed Compound: N2O Compound: CS2 Compound: SO2
when a fluoride ion bonds with a potassium
ion? Lewis structure: Lewis structure: Lewis structure:
a. Potassium fluorine
b. Fluorine potassium
c. Potassium fluoride
d. Fluoride potassium

22. The statement "When bonding occurs, atoms

tend to reach an electron arrangement with (hint: Nitrogen belongs to group V, Oxygen belongs to
eight electrons in the outermost shell" is group VI, Carbon belongs to group IV, Sulfur belongs
known as to group VII)

a. The Octet Rule BONUS.

b. Hund’s Rule
c. Brownian Movement 1. How many fans are in the second floor of this building?
d. Boyle’s Law
2. How many steps are there in the stairs leading to the
23. When a covalent bond is formed, what Erdkinder area?
happens to the outer shell of electrons?
a. Each atom gains electrons to reach a
full outer shell. 3. How many lockers are there in all the Erdkinder
classrooms?
b. One of the atoms gains electrons while
the other loses electrons.
c. An electron from each atom is shared.
d. An electron is removed from each
atom’s outer shell.
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24. The force of attraction that holds atoms
together is called
a. gravity
b. an ion
c. a chemical bond
d. electromagnetic forces
25. Which of the following pairs of elements will
most likely react to form an ionic compound?
a. hydrogen and oxygen
b. nitrogen and oxygen
c. sodium and chlorine
d. carbon and oxygen

II. Fill the empty cells in each row to complete the

tables.

Element Ion Element Ion

formed Formed
Phosphorus Bromine
Strontium Lithium
Fluorine Aluminum
Magnesium Chlorine

Ions Formula of Name of

Compound Compound
Formed
Mg 2+, As3-
Sr2+, O2-
Li+, S2-
Mn2+, O2-
Ni 2+, F-

Compound Type of Bond (Ionic or Covalent)

SrO
C2H2
N2H4
HF
MnO2