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QUIZ IN SCIENCE GRADE 8 electronegativity values thus they form cations.
b. Metals have higher ionization energies, low electron affinities, low
Name: _______________________________________ Date: ___________ electronegativity values thus they form cations
Grade and Section: _____________________________ Score: __________ c. Metals have low ionization energies, high electron affinities, low
electronegativity values thus they form cations
I. Write the letter of the best answer before the number d. Metals have low ionization energies, low electron affinities, high
1. Which of the following statements about matter is incorrect? electronegativity thus values they form cations
a. It is anything that occupies space and has mass
b. It is anything that we see everyday II. Classify the following pure substances as elements of compounds. Write E if
c. It is anything that has density it is element and C if otherwise
d. It may exist in naturally three phases and two other phases with _____ 1.Diamond _____6. Pencil Lead
extremes conditions _____ 2. Carbon Dioxide _____ 7. Ammonium
2. Just like most students, Lito loves to join field trips especially when _____ 3. Calcium _____ 8. Gold
swimming is included as one of the itineraries. Unlike most students, he is _____ 4. Vinegar _____ 9. Potassium
interested on how much water is contained by the pool so he multiplies its _____ 5. Water _____ 10. Sodium chloride
depth by its length and width. In short, he is calculating the pool’s ____
a. Density b. capacity c. volume d. mass III. Classify the following mixtures as homogeneous or heterogeneous. Write
3. When a man is taken to the moon, which of the following holds TRUE? HM if it is Homogeneous and HT if otherwise.
a. Weight is the same, mass increases _____ 1. Mineral water _____6. Sulfur and iron filings
b. Weight is the same, mass decreases _____ 2. Chocolate _____ 7. Sand and pebbles
c. Weight decreases, mass is the same _____ 3. Cooking oil and Water _____ 8. Air
d. Weight increases, mass is the same _____ 4. Water and alcohol _____ 9. 18 karat bracelet
4. Which among the following materials can be considered as an element? _____ 5. Kare-kare _____ 10. Sugar in water
a. Diamond b. brass c. 18-K gold d. Bronze
5. Which of the following statements about solids is INCORRECT? IV. Answer the following problems
a. solids are capable of being compressed and expanded 1. Density is obtained by dividing the mass of an object with its volume.
b. Solids have definite shape and volume Is density an intensive or extensive property? Why or why not?
c. Attraction between particles is too strong 2. Diamond is known as the world’s hardest mineral. No other material
d. Solids are made up of particles with very minimal kinetic energies and can scratch its surface aside from other diamonds. This material is
distance very inert and rare – made through extreme pressures underground.
6. Why don’t gases assume definite shape? It is made up of only carbon atoms arranged in tetrahedral network. In
a. Particles of a gas move in very fast rate and random order which classification of matter does it belong? Justify your answer
b. Particles of gas are not strongly attracted to each other
c. Particles of gas have very high kinetic energy V. Choose the correct answer from the names in the box. Write
d. Gas particles are highly compressible and expansible only the letter on the space provided before each number.
7. Silver and copper can be drawn into wires. What particular property of
metals is seen in this situation? a. John Dalton g. Marie Curie
a. Electrical conductance b. Ductility c. Malleability d. Luster b. Wilhelm Roentgen h. Robert Milikan
8. The use of rubber as a protective covering to wires and cables utilizes which c. James Chadwick i. Eugene Goldstein
of the following properties of nonmetals? d. Earnest Rutherford j. J.J. Thomson
a. Insulators b. Dullness c. Brittleness d. Compressibility e. Henry Becquerel k. Democritus
9. Tin cans can easily be hammered into sheets without breaking. This suggest f. Pierre Curie l. Aristotle
that metals are:
a. Malleable b. Conductors c. Ductile d. lustrous _____ 1. The ancient philosopher who believed that matter can infinitely be
10. Which of the following is not an element? divided into pieces without reaching a terminal smallest possible
a. Diamond b. Pencil Lead c. Water d. Copper wire particle.
11. Which of the following is not a compound? _____ 2. The physicist who discovered radioactivity by accidentally exposing a
a. Agua oxigenada c. Carbon tetrachloride film in his cabinet by putting uranium ore on top of it.
b. Slaked lime d. Pencil lead _____ 3. The physicist who discovered the electron
12. When two elements are chemically combined and such that they cannot be _____ 4. The pioneer of the “Gold-foil Experiment”
separated through physical means, it is called a _____ 5. Discover of neutrons
a. Mixture b. element c. Compound d. Colloid _____ 6. The philosopher who first recognized that elements exist and proposed
13. An unknown substance was spilled to a blue litmus paper and it turned that the four basic elements: fire, water, earth, and air exist.
blue. Thus it is a/an: _____ 7. The scientist who won the Nobel Prize by determining the mass of an
a. Organic compound b. acid c. Inorganic compound d. base electron using the Oil Drop Experiment.
14. Any physically combined metal substance in which parts cannot be _____ 8. The proponent of atomism
determined like amalgam in tooth filings is specifically called: _____ 9. The person who calculated the mass to charge the ration of an electron
a. Homogeneous b. heterogeneous c. Alloy d. solution _____ 10. The person who coined the term “electron”
15. Which of the following statements about pure substances is TRUE? _____ 11. The scientist who noticed that cathode rays caused glass and metals to
a. Not all pure substances can be represented by chemical formula emit unusual rays, darkened photographic rays and caused
b. Components of pure substances can be separated by physical means fluorescence.
c. Some pure substances can be chemically simplified into simple _____ 12. The proponent of the atomic theory.
substances
d. Pure substances are made up of only one type of atom VI. Complete the table with the correct values given some data of
16. Which of the following groups of elements are all metallic? the elements. All element/isotopes exist a neutral atoms.
a. Mg, Na, V, Cl, Se c. B, C, P, S, Sn
b. Rb, Re, Os, Sc, Hg d. I, Te, Ga, Ge, Be Atomic Atomic Number of Number of Number of
Element
17. Who among the following scientists is the proponent of the Law of Number Mass Protons Electrons Neutrons
Octaves? 130
Ba 56
a. Johann Dobereiner c. Dmitri Mendeleev 239
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b. John Newlands d. Alexander Chancourois 238
18. The elements in the periodic table that we use today are arranged U 92
according to increasing atomic number, an improvement to Dmitri 216 84
Mendeleev’s periodic table. Who is the scientist who proposed this 17 18
arrangement scheme?
a. Lothar Meyer c. Henry Moseley
VII. Write the electron configuration of the following elements.
b. William Ramsay d. Glenn Seacborg
1. Silver (Ag)
19. Which member of the Group 18 elements led to replacement of the name
Inert gases into Noble Gases due to its reaction with other elements?
a. Radon b. Argon c. Helium d. Xenon
2. Potassium (K)
20. Which of the elements are used in making beans in building and bridges?
a. Iron and Copper c. Aluminum and Iron
b. Iron and Nickel d. Iron and Chromium
3. Magnesium (Mg)
21. Which of the following elements is a member of the Boron Group?
a. Indium b. Beryllium c. Silicon d. Holmium
22. Which of the following elements is not a metalloid?
4. Fluorine (F)
a. Aluminum b. Arsenic c. Antimony d. Tellurium
23. Which of the following is the most reactive?
a. Zinc b. Chromium c. Calcium d. Cesium
5. Oxygen (O)
24. Which of the following sentences about periodic trends is CORRECT?