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Time: 39 Minutes
Number of Questions: 30
MCAT
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
1 2
H He
1.0 4.0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.9 9.0 10.8 12.0 14.0 16.0 19.0 20.2
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
23.0 24.3 27.0 28.1 31.0 32.1 35.5 39.9
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.1 40.1 45.0 47.9 50.9 52.0 54.9 55.8 58.9 58.7 63.5 65.4 69.7 72.6 74.9 79.0 79.9 83.8
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.5 87.6 88.9 91.2 92.9 95.9 (98) 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La * Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.9 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89 104 105 106 107 108 109
Fr Ra Ac † Unq Unp Unh Uns Uno Une
(223) 226.0 227.0 (261) (262) (263) (262) (265) (267)
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
* Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
140.1 140.9 144.2 (145) 150.4 152.0 157.3 158.9 162.5 164.9 167.3 168.9 173.0 175.0
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
† Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
232.0 (231) 238.0 (237) (244) (243) (247) (247) (251) (252) (257) (258) (259) (260)
2 as developed by
Physical Sciences 5
intensity
intensity
increases, the visible spectrum produced becomes
closer to the spectrum of white light. However, a high
temperature decreases the life of the light bulb by
increasing the rate of vaporization of the filament. 400 nm 700 nm 400 nm 700 nm
Early incandescent lamps used vacuum bulbs; later on, B. λ D.
λ
filling the bulb with an inert gas became common. The
gas distributes the light more evenly over the visible
intensity
intensity
spectrum, and also increases the life of the filament.
With the recent interest in the effect of light on 4. Which kind of lamp, incandescent or fluorescent,
mood, a market has developed for lamps that simulate is more efficient?
the spectrum of outdoor light. The natural light A. Incandescent lamps, because they convert all
spectrum on a sunny day is of more or less equal of the electrical energy to visible light.
intensity over the range from 540 to 700 nanometers, B. Fluorescent lamps, because they produce
although the intensity is lower at shorter wavelengths, radiation in the visible range and very little
particularly from about 400 to 460 nanometers. On a heat.
cloudy day, the greatest natural light intensity occurs C. Incandescent lamps, because no energy is lost
on the blue end of the spectrum, with the red end in the conversion from one wavelength to
somewhat less intense. Of course, the greatest another.
difference between the artificial light generally used in
D. Fluorescent lamps, because ultraviolet light
homes and natural light is the intensity.
is more energetic than visible light.
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vA = constant
4 as developed by
Physical Sciences 5
Figure 1
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10. Suppose that the hot water is running in the Questions 13 through 17 are
shower on the second floor. If the fill level in the NOT based on a descriptive
open storage tank is allowed to decrease, then the passage.
water at the shower opening will:
I. increase in pressure. 13. When an electron falls from n = 3 to n = 2 in a
II. decrease in pressure. hydrogen atom, what is the value of the energy
III. decrease in velocity. released, given that A is the energy needed to
remove an electron from the ground state of a
A. II only hydrogen atom to an infinite distance from the
B. III only atom?
C. I and III only
D. II and III only A. 0.14A
B. 0.17A
C. 1.00A
11. Assuming that all of the faucets are shut, where D. 5.00A
in Figure 1 will the water have the greatest
pressure?
12. The height of the water in the open storage tank is A. The final momentum of the boat and its
1.25 m. If someone working in the attic kinetic energy at that point
accidentally punctures a very small hole in the B. The mass of the boat, the cruising velocity
bottom of the tank, what will the approximate and the time it takes to attain this velocity
speed of the water be as it exits the hole? C. The mass of the boat, its average momentum
and its final momentum
A. 1 m/s D. The cruising velocity, the time it takes to
B. 5 m/s attain this velocity, and the average velocity
C. 12 m/s during that interval
D. 25 m/s
6 as developed by
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16. A certain metal plate is completely illuminated by Thin films are layers of material between 2 nm
a monochromatic light source. Which of the and 1 µm thick, which correspond to a range of a few
following would increase the number of to several hundred atomic layers. Since these thin
electrons ejected from the surface of the metal? films are so fragile they are often formed on, and
continuously supported by, a rigid base known as a
I. Increasing the intensity of the light substrate. This substrate is very often simply a glass
source microscope slide. To create a thin film sample the
II. Increasing the frequency of the light substrate is first covered with a thin metal coating,
source known as an electrode. The thin film is built on top of
III. Increasing the surface area of the metal this to the desired thickness, and then covered with a
plate second metal electrode. This effectively forms a
A. I only parallel-plate capacitor with the thin film acting as the
B. I and II only dielectric and the electrodes acting as the parallel
C. I and III only plates. Figure 1 below shows the structure of such a
D. II and III only thin film device.
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18. Which of the following would increase the 21. If the area of the electrodes and the thin film are
magnitude of the current generated by the doubled, the dielectric constant of the film will
pyroelectric thin film? then:
I. Increasing the rate of change in A. be cut in half.
temperature B. remain unchanged.
II. Increasing the area of the electrodes C. double.
III. Increasing the thickness of the film D. quadruple.
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and 22. A thin film of unknown thickness and index of
refraction n = 1.5 is not in contact with any
electrodes or substrate. Monochromatic light of
19. The current, i, generated by the pyroelectric is variable wavelength is incident on the film. If the
equal to Q/t, where +Q and –Q are equal to the reflected light is maximum for a wavelength of
charge deposited on the positive and negative 480 nm, what is the minimum thickness of the
electrodes, respectively. If a pyroelectric is film?
charged up and then connected in parallel to a A. 80 nm
resistor, what will be the maximum voltage B. 160 nm
across the resistor? (Note: The capacitance of the C. 240 nm
pyroelectric is C, and the resistance of the resistor
D. 480 nm
is R.)
A. pA(∆T)/RC
B. pA(∆T)/C
C. pA(∆T)/R
D. pA(∆T)RC
8 as developed by
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FORCE STRENGTH EXAMPLES 27. What type of intermolecular force(s) can exist
(cm–1) between two neon atoms?
H-bonding ~1,200–2,000 F—H • • • F— I. Dispersion forces
H II. Dipole-induced dipole
III. Dipole-dipole
Dipole-Dipole ~30–1,000 HCl • • • SO2
A. I only
Dipole- Induced Dipole ~20–500 H2O • • • Ar B. II only
C. I and II only
Dispersion ~3–150 Ar • • • Ar D. I and III only
Table 1
23. What is meant by the “energy of the clusters” 28. Why do dipole-dipole interactions occur between
mentioned in the second paragraph of the molecules of CO and molecules of NO?
passage?
A. They both contain at least one
A. The energy released when a cluster is formed electronegative element.
B. The energy shared among the molecules of B. They both have dipole moments.
the cluster C. One is more polar than the other.
C. The bond energy of the molecules in the D. They both contain oxygen.
cluster
D. The energy released when a cluster breaks up
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END OF TEST
10 as developed by
Physical Sciences 5
ANSWER KEY:
1. A 11. D 21. B
2. B 12. B 22. A
3. D 13. A 23. A
4. B 14. B 24. D
5. D 15. C 25. C
6. A 16. C 26. C
7. B 17. D 27. A
8. A 18. B 28. B
9. C 19. B 29. B
10. B 20. A 30. D
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