SCIENCE 7

FIRST QUARTER
TEST I. LABORATORY TOOLS
1. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?

a. Beaker
b. Flask
c. Graduated Cylinder
ANSWER: A
2. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?

a. Petri Dish
b. Flask
c. Graduated Cylinder
ANSWER: A
3. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?
 a. Syringe
b. Medicine Dropper
c. Pipette
ANSWER: C
4. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?

a. Safety Goggles
b. Safety Glasses
c. Safety Googles
ANSWER: B
5. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?

a. Flask
b. Funnel
c. Breaker
ANSWER: B
6. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?
 a. Microscope
b. Binoculars
c. Magnifying glass
ANSWER: A
7. What is this piece of laboratory equipment?

a. Test tube
b. Stirring rod
c. Test tube rack
ANSWER: A
8. What should you do if you break a beaker during a lab experiment?
a. Pick up the large pieces and throw them in the trash can.
b. Notify your teacher, sweep up the pieces and dispose of them properly.
c. Don’t do anything. The school custodian will clean up the broken glass.
d. Put on gloves and pick up the pieces of glass.
ANSWER: B
9. Before beginning any laboratory activity or experiment, what should you do FIRST?
a. Wash your hands with cold water.
b. Put on gloves.
c. Read the entire procedure.
d. Use correct body mechanics.
ANSWER: C
10. What should you do before you use any liquids or solutions in the laboratory?
a. Heat the solution with a Bunsen burner.
b. Smell the solution to see if it is spoiled
c. Put on safety glasses and gloves.
d. Read the label three times.
ANSWER: D
11. John notices an unlabeled chemical in the classroom refrigerator. What should he do?
 a. Notify the teacher
b. Take it home
c. Leave it alone
d. Put a label on the bottle
ANSWER: A
12. You have a laboratory experiment scheduled for class today, but when you get to class, your
teacher is not there. You should:
a. Go ahead and start working on the experiment.
b. Only work in the lab if you know what you are doing.
c. Remain in your seat at your desk until your teacher arrives.
d. Get up and socialize with your friends until your teacher arrives.
ANSWER: C
TEST II. SCIENCE SKILLS/PROCESSES
1. It is a basic science process skills that suggests explanations of an observation based on past
experiences.
a. Observing
b. Inferring
c. Measuring
d. Classifying
ANSWER: B
2. When you group or organize categories, you are using the skill of ______________?
a. Observe
b. Compare
c. Predict
d. Classify
ANSWER: D
3. When you are looking at how objects or events are alike and different, you are ___________?
a. Displaying data
b. Inferring
c. Classifying
d. Comparing
ANSWER: D
4. When you are comparing mass, length and volume, you are ________________________.
a. Measuring
b. Displaying data
c. Gathering data
d. Observing
ANSWER: A
5. When you use the senses to gather information, you are ______________.
a. Inferring
b. Predicting
c. Experimenting
d. Observing
ANSWER: D
6. Reasonable guess to what you think will happen.
a. Observe
b. Classify
c. Predict
d. Model
ANSWER: C
7. Place things with similar properties into groups.
a. Science
b. Model
c. Data
 d. Classify
ANSWER: D
8. What you think based on your observations, a judgement or opinion about the world around
you.
a. Hypothesis
b. Prediction
c. Inference
d. Observation
ANSWER: C
9. Which of the following situations would NOT be an appropriate use of a meter stick?
a. Measuring the length and width of a bathroom floor
b. Measuring the distance down a school hallway
c. Measuring the height of a ceiling
d. Sword fighting your lab partner
ANSWER: D
10. The following are ways of communication EXCEPT:
a. Words
b. Diagrams
c. Models
d. Apparatus
ANSWER: D

TEST III. SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1. Anything that can change in an experiment is called a ___________.
a. Measurement
b. Variable
c. Observation
d. Qualitative
ANSWER: B
2. The scientific method is...
a. Ways scientist make problems and ask questions
b. Ways scientist never solve problems
c. Ways scientist answer questions and solve problems
ANSWER: C
3. The second step in the scientific method is...
a. Ask a question
b. Draw conclusions
c. Analyze results
d. Make observations
ANSWER: D
4. The fourth step in the scientific method is...
a. Analyze the results
b. Ask a question
c. Conduct the experiment
d. Draw conclusions
ANSWER: C
5. The third step in the scientific method is...
a. Make a hypothesis
b. Communicate the results
c. Draw conclusions
d. Ask a question
ANSWER: A
6. The use of your senses to understand the world around you.
a. Inference
b. Observation
c. Hypothesis
d. Conclusion
ANSWER: B
7. A controlled experiment is...
a. Is an experiment in which all the variable change.
b. Is an experiment in which all the variables stay the same except for one.
ANSWER: B
8. The first step in the scientific method is...
a. Draw conclusions
b. Ask a question
c. Communicate the results
d. Make observations
ANSWER: B
9. A possible answer to a question or problem. Also called an educated guess.
a. Inference
b. Observation
c. Hypothesis
d. Quantitative
ANSWER: C
10. The sixth step in the scientific method is...
a. Analyze the results
b. Communicate the results
c. Draw conclusions
d. Make a hypothesis
ANSWER: C

TEST IV. ELEMENTS

1. What is the chemical symbol for the element hydrogen?
a. H
b. He
c. H
d. he
ANSWER: A
2. What is the chemical symbol for the element Silicon?
a. S
b. Si
c. si
d. SI
ANSWER: B
3. What is the chemical symbol for the element Carbon?
a. ca
b. co2
c. C
d. Cd
ANSWER: C
4. What is the chemical symbol for the element Copper?
a. co
 b. c
c. Cu
d. cu
ANSWER: C
5. What is the chemical symbol for the element Aluminum?
a. A
b. AL
c. Al
d. al
ANSWER: C
6. What is the chemical symbol for the element Nitrogen?
a. Ni
b. N
c. No
d. Nb
ANSWER: B
7. What is the chemical symbol for the element Oxygen?
a. O
b. Oxy
c. ox
d. Oy
ANSWER: A
8. What is the chemical symbol for the element Silver?
a. S
b. Si
c. Au
d. Ag
ANSWER: D
9. What is the chemical symbol for the element Chlorine?
a. C
b. Cl
c. Cl
d. Ch
ANSWER: B
10. What is the chemical symbol for the element Gold?
a. G
b. go
c. AU
d. Au
ANSWER: D

TEST V. COMPOUNDS
1. What is the correct formula for Calcium Phosphate?
a. Ca3(PO4)2
b. Ca3(PO4)
c. Ca2(PO4)
d. Ca2(PO4)2
ANSWER: A
2. What is the correct name for the compound with the formula (NH4)3PO4
a. Ammonium Pyrophosphate
b. Ammonium Phosphorylate
c. Ammonium Phosphite
d. Ammonium Phosphate
ANSWER: D
3. The correct name for the compound with the formula PbSO3 is
a. Lead (II) Sulfite
b. Lead (III) Sulfite
c. Lead Sulfite
d. Lead Sulfate
ANSWER: A
4. What is the correct name for the compound with the formula NH4NO3
a. ammonium nitrite
b. ammonium nitrate
c. ammonium nitride
ANSWER: B
5. What is the name for the compound with the formula NH4Cl
a. Ammonium chloride
b. Ammonium hypochlorite
 c. Ammonium hypochlorate
d. Ammonium chlorate
ANSWER: A
6. What is the correct formula for aluminum nitrate?
a. Al2(NO3)3
b. Al(NO3)3
c. Al(NO3)2
d. Al2(NO3)4
ANSWER: B
7. What is the correct name for the compound with the formula Pb(NO3)2?
a. Lead (I) Nitrate
b. Lead Nitrite
c. Lead (II) Nitrate
d. Lead Nitrate
ANSWER: C
8. What is the correct name for Mn(SO4)3?
a. Manganese (VI) Sulfite
b. Manganese (VI) Sulfate
c. Manganese (III) Sulfate
ANSWER: B
9. What is the correct name for CF4?
a. Carbon fluoride
b. Carbon IV fluoride
c. Carbon tetrafluoride
ANSWER: C
10. What is the proper formula for copper II bromide?
a. CuBr
b. CuBr2
c. Cu2Br
ANSWER: B

TEST VI. MIXTURE

1. What is a mixture?
 a. a combination of elements to make a new substance
b. a chemically combined substance
c. a combination of substances where new substances are formed through a reaction
d. a combination of substances in which the atoms of the substance do not chemically
combine
ANSWER: D
2. How are mixtures and solutions different from each other?
a. there are no differences
b. once combines chemically the other combines electronically
c. they have more than one elements in them
d. the mixture combines physically and the solution is not easily separated
ANSWER: D
3. A substance that contains only one type of atom is a(n)
a. Compound
b. Element
c. Heterogeneous mixture
d. Homogeneous mixture
ANSWER: B
4. What does this picture represent?

a. Element
b. Compound
c. Mixture
ANSWER: C
5. Can a mixture be separated?
a. No
b. Yes
c. Only sometimes
ANSWER: B
6. Which of the following is a homogeneous mixture?
a. Salt
b. Water
c. Sugar
d. A sugar-water solution
ANSWER: D
7. This type of mixture contains two or more substances that are visibly distinguishable.
a. Homogeneous
b. Heterogeneous
c. Solution
d. Colloid
ANSWER: B
8. Milk
a. Heterogeneous mixture
b. Homogeneous mixture
ANSWER: B
9. Italian Salad Dressing
a. Heterogeneous mixture
b. Homogeneous mixture
ANSWER: A
10. It is considered a solution.
a. Heterogeneous
b. Homogeneous
c. Pure substance
ANSWER: B