Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A

Unit B: Matter and Chemical Change - Sections 1 and 2 Version 1

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Use the following information to answer the next question.

The letter B in the classification of matter chart above represents

a. Solutions
b. Elements
c. Pure Substances
d. Mechanical Mixtures

____ 2. The letter “M” in the acronym WHMIS stands for

a. Metal
b. Matter
c. Medical
d. Materials
____ 3.
Use the following information to answer the next question.
Your task is to identify an unknown white powder. Several tests are done and the results are
recorded.

Which of these tests is evidence of a chemical change?

a. Test 1
b. Test 2
c. Test 3
d. Test 4

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____ 4. Use the following information to answer the next question.

Your next task is to test three unknown samples, labelled chemical A, B, and C. Chemical
A is a blue liquid, B is a clear liquid, and C is a solid. The following table shows the results
of the various combinations of chemicals.

Which combination of chemicals is evidence of a chemical change?

a. A and B
b. A and C
c. B and C
d. No chemical change occured
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____ 5. Which of the following substances would exist as a liquid at room temperature (22 C)?
a. oxygen Melting Point: ‐218 Boiling Point: ‐183
b. ethanol Melting Point: ‐117 Boiling Point: ‐79
c. bromine Melting Point: ‐7 Boiling Point: 59
d. sodium Melting Point: 98 Boiling Point: 883

____ 6. Carbon dioxide is composed of the elements carbon and oxygen and is an example of a(n)
a. element
b. solution
c. compound
d. suspension

____ 7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a metal?

a. dull
b. malleable
c. good conductor
d. high melting point

____ 8. Dry ice is carbon dioxide in a solid state. When exposed to air, it changes directly into a gas.
This type of physical change is called
a. melting
b. deposition
c. evaporation
d. sublimation

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____ 9. Which of the following is NOT evidence of a chemical change?

a. solid is formed
b. change in colour
c. change in state
d. heat is produced

____ 10. Use the following information to answer the next question.

The processes of evaporation and condensation are indicated by the letters

a. C and D respectively
b. D and C respectively
c. E and F respectively
d. F and E respectively

____ 11. Use the following information to answer the next question.
These WHMIS symbols appear on four different household product containers.

Which of the above symbols represents a substance under pressure?

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV

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____ 12.
Use the following information to answer the next question.
While working in a science laboratory with a variety of chemicals, you notice that five bottles
have different safety symbols on their labels.

Which bottle would contain a corrosive material?

a. Bottle 1
b. Bottle 2
c. Bottle 3
d. Bottle 4

____ 13. During a labratory experiment, four students each combined two substances and recorded their
observations.

Which student most likely produced a new chemical substance?

a. Student 1
b. Student 2
c. Student 3
d. Student 4

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____ 14. Which of the following statements describes a physical property of a substance?
a. Hydrochloric acid produces heat when mixed with zinc
b. Phosophorus burns when exposed to air
c. Lithium reacts violently with water
d. Copper conducts electricity

____ 15. Rutherford used the solar system as a model to explain the structure of an atom.
When this model is compared to an atom, the planets represent the
a. protons
b. nucleus
c. neutrons
d. electrons

____ 16. These elements have properties of both metals and non‐metals.
a. Halogens
b. Metalloids
c. Noble Gases
d. Alkali Metals

____ 17. Use the following information to answer the next question.

How many neutrons are in one sodium atom?

a. 1
b. 11
c. 12
d. 23

____ 18. The vertical columns on a Periodic Table are called…

a. lists
b. types
c. groups
d. periods

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____ 19. In the Periodic Table, which of the following elements would be identified as noble gases?
a. Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra
b. Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr
c. He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn
d. F, Cl, Br, I, At

____ 20. Which of the following scientists organized elements into a periodic table?
a. Dmitri Mendeleev
b. Ernest Rutherford
c. J. J. Thomson
d. John Dalton

____ 21. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the most recent theory that describes the
structure of an atom?

a. b. c. d.

____ 22. Use this information to answer the next two questions.

Which of the following statements is true?

a. Fluorine has 10 protons
b. Carbon has 12 protons
c. Sodium has 12 protons
d. Phosophorus has 15 protons

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____ 23. Which of the following statements about helium, neon, and argon is true?
a. They have the same number of protons.
b. They have the same number of neutrons.
c. They are solids at a temperature of 25 °C.
d. They react with other substances in a similar way.
____ 24. Which of the following models was developed by Ernest Rutherford once he observed the results of shooting
positively-charged particles at a thin sheet of gold foil?

a. c.

b. d.

____ 25. Which of the following models was developed by Niels Bohr?

a. c.

b. d.

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Numeric Response

26.
Use the following information to answer the next question.

Ross identified four physical properties for the element platinum.

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1 Weighs 21 g/cm
2 Can be rolled into a flat sheet
3 Can be stretched into a long wire
4 Is rated 4.8 on Mohs scale

Match each of the numbered statements to its property by entering the number in the
space provided.

27. For each of the elements given below, indicate whether it is a metal or a non‐metal given
the following code:
1 = Metal
2 = Non‐Metal

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Short Answer

28. Use the following information to complete the chart.