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G6 Benchmark 1 review
This is a list of EVERYTHING you need to know for the benchmark 1 test, with practice
questions. Make sure you are familiar with everything in the list.

1.1.1 I know what personal protective equipment is (goggles, gloves, etc.) and I know how
to use safety equipment in the lab (safety shower/eye wash, fire extinguisher, etc.).

Q1: Name this piece of equipment?

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1.1.2 I know when and how PPE and safety equipment is used.

Q2: When do I take off my goggles?

a. Never, I will wear them forever b. Before cleaning up my lab bench
b. When my nose itches d. After finishing cleaning my lab
bench

1.1.3 I know what to do with left over chemicals at the end of class.

Q3. What should you do with unused chemicals at the end of class?
a. Follow the teachers instructions b. Pour them in the sink
c. Eat them d. Put them in chemical waste
container

1.1.4 I know how chemicals can enter my body (eating: ingestion, breathing: inhalation,
skin: absorption), and what to do if a chemical touches me.
Q4: What is it called when a chemical enters your body through your skin?
a. Ingestion b. Inhalation
c. Absorption d. Abdominal

1.1.5 I can recognise and know how to use these pieces of equipment: beaker, Erlenmeyer
flask, funnel, hot plate, spirit burner, stir rod, test tube, pipet, weight paper.
Q5. Which piece of equipment would be the best for reacting two chemicals inside?
a. beaker b. funnel
c. Stir rod d. spirit burner

1.2.1 I know how to choose appropriate units for measurements.

Q6. What would be the best unit to measure the height of a person.
a. Kilograms b. Centimeters
c. Megameters d. Milligrams

1.2.2 I know how to count how many significant figures, and to use them for multiplication,
division, subtraction and addition.
Q7. Using appropriate significant figures calculate: 105.0 * 1.0 =
a. 100 b. 10.5
c. 105 d. 110
1.2.3 I can identify independent, dependent and control variables.
Q8. Monkey king wants to see if the length of his staff affects it’s weight. He makes
his staff longer then measures the mass. He records his data in the table below.

Length (m) Mass (kg)

1 10
10 100
1,000,000,000,000 10,000,000,000,000

What is his independent variable?

a. His staff b. How many peaches he ate
c. Length d. Mass

1.2.4 I know how to measure using these tools: graduated cylinder, balance, meter
stick, thermometer. Including sig figs!
Q9. What is the value on the cylinder:
a. 35 b. 36
b. 35.0 d. 36.0

1.3.1 I can read point from a graph.

Q10. If the temperature is 17.2 C then sales
were:
a. Temperature b. $200
c. $400 d. $600

1.3.2 I can identify independent, dependant and control variables from a graph.
Q11. On the graph from Q10 which was the independent variable?
a. Temperature b. Sales
c. C d. $

1.3.3 I can identify if measurements are accurate and precise.

Q12. Label the four targets as accurate, precise, both accurate and precise,
or neither accurate nor precise.
1.4.1 I know the prefixes kilo, hecta, deca, deci, centi, milli, micro, and pico and
their scientific notation.
Q13. The prefix micro means:
a. 1*103 b. 1*10-3
c. 1*106 d. 1*10-6
1.4.2 I can identify the following SI units: length - meter, mass - kilogram, time -
second, temperature - Kelvin, and amount of substance - mole.
Q14. The SI unit for time is:
a. s b. ks
c. min d. ms
1.4.3 I can identify the number of significant figures in a number.
Q15. 0.00505 has how many significant figures?
a. 1 b. 3
c. 5 d. 6

2.1.1 I know the difference between elements, compounds, homogeneous and

heterogeneous mixtures.
Q17. Does this diagram represent:
a. Element b. Compound
c. Homogeneous d. Heterogeneous

2.1.2 I can identify elements, molecules, and compounds based on description,

particulate pictures, and chemical formulas.
Q18. Explain how oxygen (O2) is both an element and a molecule?
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2.1.3 I know that atoms cannot be broken down, but molecules can be.
Q19. Which chemical cannot be broken into smaller chemicals?
a. Carbon dioxide (CO2) b. Argon (Ar)
c. Water (H2O) d. Hydrogen (H2)

2.1.4 I know that homogeneous mixtures are uniform in composition while

heterogeneous mixtures are not.
Q19. Does this diagram represent:
a. Element b. compound
c. Homogeneous d. Heterogeneous
2.1.5 I know solution is another name for homogeneous mixtures. I know solutions are
made of solvents and solutes.
Q20. If salt (NaCl) is placed in water (H2O) to make a solution then the solvent is:
a. Salt (NaCl) b. Water (H2O)
c. Homogeneous d. Solution
2.1.6 The student should be able to recognize, and provide, examples of elements,
compounds, homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
Q21. Name a:
Element:
Compound:
Homogeneous mixture:
Heterogeneous mixture:
• 2.2.1 I know how to recognize the three states of matter by their volume and shape.

Solid Liquid Gas

Volume Fixed Fixed Not fixed
Shape Fixed Not fixed Not fixed
Q21. A substance has a fixed shape and a fixed volume. Which state of matter is it?
2.2.2 I know how to recognize the three states of matter by the movement of particles.

Solid Liquid Gas

Move Vibrate Move Move
Touch Touch Touch Not touch
Q22. Particles are free to move in contact with each other. Which state of matter is it?

2.2.3 I know what melting, freezing, boiling/evaporation, condensation, sublimation, and

deposition mean.
Q23. Particles go from being moving in contact with each other to moving freely. Which
change of state has taken place?
2.3.1 I know that physical changes do not change chemical formula, while chemical
changes the chemical formula.
Q24. Identify the chemical change:
a. Burning magnesium b. dissolving salt into water
c. Melting ice d. Smashing glass
2.3.2 I can remember 13 physical and 2 chemicals properties and know what they mean:
Physical: melting/boiling points, volume, mass, weight, length, color, odor, luster, density,
hardness, conductivity, malleability, ductility. Chemical: reactivity and flammability.
Q25. Is the property of being able to carry electricity chemical or physical?
2.3.2 I know the difference between random and systematic errors. I know that
random errors can either make data accurate but not precise, or neither precise nor
accurate. I know systematic errors make data precise but not accurate.
Q26. The correct value is 400. What kind of error does the data in the table indicate?

1 2 3 4

25 1000 75 480

2.3.3 I know how to calculate percent error. Including sig figs!

Q27. The true value is 75. The measured value is 70.. What is the percent error?

2.4.1 I know the steps of the scientific method:

Q28. Write the 6 steps of the scientific method:
1.
2.
3
4.
5.
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