Answer Midterm M1

Section A
1. C 6. A 11. B 16. A
2. B 7. C 12. A 17. C
3. B 8. B 13. B 18. C
4. A 9. B 14. B 19. A
5. B 10. C 15. B 20. A

Section B
1. a) Liquid e) Mercury
b) Gas f) Diesel
c) Desk g) Carbon Dioxide
d) Salt h) Air

2. Proton : +1, In the nucleus

Electron : -1,
Neutron : In the nucleus

Section C
1. i) Protons
ii) Electrons
iii) Neutrons
2.
Non-
Metals Metalloids
Metals
Lithium Palladium Platinum Seaborgium Hydrogen Boron
Beryllium Silver Gold Bohrium Helium Silicon
Sodium Cadmium Mercury Hassium Carbon Germanium
Magnesium Indium Thallium Meitnerium Nitrogen Arsenic
Aluminium Tin Lead Darmstadtium Oxygen Antimony
Potassium Cesium Bismuth Roentgenium Fluorine Tellurium
Calcium Barium Polonium Copernicium Neon Polonium
Scandium Lanthanum Francium Nihonium Phosphorus Tennessine
Titanium Cerium Radium Flerovium Sulphur
Vanadium Praseodymium Actinium Moscovium Chlorine
Chromium Neodymium Thorium Livermorium Argon
Manganese Promethium Protactinium Hafnium Selenium
Iron Samarium Uranium Tantalum Bromine
Cobalt Europium Neptunium Tungsten Krypton
Nickel Gadolinium Plutonium Rhenium Iodine
Copper Terbium Americium Osmium Xenon
Zinc Dysprosium Curium Iridium Astatine
Gallium Holmium Berkelium Nobelium Radon
Rubidium Erbium Californium Lawrencium Tennessine
Strontium Thulium Einsteinium Rutherfordium Oganesson
Yttrium Ytterbium Fermium Dubnium
Zirconium Lutetium Mendelevium Rhodium
Niobium Ruthenium Technetium Molybdenum
3. Metals :
 Structural components
 Containers
 Wires and electrical appliances
 Heat sinks
 Mirrors
 Coins
 Jewellery
 Weapons
 Nutrition (iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, molybdenum)

Non-metals :
 Essential for life (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine,
phosphorus)
 Fertilizers (hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, chlorine, selenium)
 Refrigerants and cryogenics (hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, oxygen,
fluorine, neon)
 Industrial acids (carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulphur, chlorine)
 Lasers and lamps
 Medicine and pharmaceuticals

Metalloids :
 Alloys
 Catalysts
 Flame retardants
 Semiconductors and electronics
 Glass
 Optical storage and optoelectronics
 Pyrotechnics
 Biological agents

4. Material X : Paper
Material X : Aluminium
Material X : Lead