Name: ________________________________________________ C.
Comparative
D. Descriptive
1. What is the basic unit of a chemical element? 15. What is the charge of an electron?
A. Molecule A. +1
B. Atom B. -1
C. Compound C. 0
D. Mixture D. +2
2. Which subatomic particle has a negative charge? 16. Who proposed that electrons occupy orbits of fixed energy?
A. Proton A. Newton
B. Neutron B. Bohr
C. Electron C. Dalton
D. Positron D. Einstein
3. Protons carry what type of charge? 17. What is observed when definite energy transformations occur
A. Positive inside atoms?
B. Negative A. Sound
C. Neutral B. Color emission
D. None C. Radiation
4. Neutrons are described as having what kind of charge? D. Heat
A. Positive 18. A row in the periodic table is called a ______.
B. Negative A. Group
C. Neutral B. Family
D. Variable C. Period
5. The bright colors in fireworks are produced by what? D. Series
A. Water vapor 19. A column in the periodic table is called a ______.
B. Metal salts A. Group
C. Carbon B. Row
D. Oxygen C. Block
6. What color does barium produce in fireworks? D. Series
A. Blue 20. Who arranged the periodic table in order of increasing atomic
B. Green mass?
C. Red A. Moseley
D. Yellow B. Dalton
7. Which element produces a deep red color in fireworks? C. Mendeleev
A. Copper D. Thomson
B. Sodium 21. Who rearranged the elements according to increasing atomic
C. Strontium number?
D. Magnesium A. Rutherford
8. Sodium gives off what color during a flame test? B. Moseley
A. Red C. Bohr
B. Yellow D. Curie
C. Blue 22. The modern periodic law states that elements are arranged by
D. Green ______.
9. Copper produces what color in flame tests? A. Mass number
A. Green B. Atomic number
B. Blue C. Valence
C. Purple D. Electronegativity
D. Yellow 23. Elements that are good conductors of heat and electricity are
10. Which two metals produce a lavender color in fireworks? called ______.
A. Copper and Strontium A. Metalloids
B. Barium and Magnesium B. Nonmetals
C. Sodium and Iron C. Metals
D. Zirconium and Titanium D. Alloys
11. What does a flame test help determine? 24. Metals are usually ______ at room temperature.
A. Boiling point A. Liquids
B. Melting point B. Solids
C. Identity of a metal ion C. Gases
D. Mass of an atom D. Plasma
12. Why do metal salts emit different colors? 25. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
A. Due to impurities A. Iron
B. Due to absorption of heat B. Gold
C. Due to their melting point C. Mercury
D. Due to oxidation D. Aluminum
13. The electrons responsible for colored light are found where? 26. Nonmetals are generally ______ conductors of electricity.
A. In the nucleus A. Good
B. In the outermost orbit B. Poor
C. In the inner shell C. Excellent
D. In the atom’s core D. Variable
14. Flame tests are a form of what type of analysis? 27. What happens to metallic properties across a period?
A. Quantitative A. Increase
B. Qualitative B. Stay the same
C. Decrease A. Increasing food
D. Disappear B. Providing shelter
28. Elements with properties of both metals and nonmetals are called C. Changing temperature and weather
______. D. Improving biodiversity
A. Alloys 42. Acid rain mainly affects ______.
B. Metalloids A. Forests and water bodies
C. Transition metals B. Volcanoes
D. Inert gases C. Glaciers
29. What type of elements are shiny and ductile? D. Rocks only
A. Metalloids 43. Invasive species cause extinction by ______.
B. Metals A. Helping native species
C. Nonmetals B. Using shared resources
D. Halogens C. Creating new habitats
30. What is a triad in chemistry? D. Reducing competition
A. Three atoms 44. HIPPO stands for Habitat loss, Invasive species, Pollution,
B. Three isotopes Population, and ______.
C. Three elements with similar properties A. Overhunting
D. Three bonds B. Osmosis
31. Which element has atomic number 1? C. Oxidation
A. Oxygen D. Observation
B. Helium 45. Which extinct animal was from Costa Rica?
C. Hydrogen A. Golden Toad
D. Carbon B. Javan Tiger
32. Elements in the same group have similar ______. C. Spix’s Macaw
A. Mass D. Pyrenean Ibex
B. Properties 46. The West African black rhino became extinct due to ______.
C. States A. Climate change
D. Boiling points B. Poaching
33. Who first developed the idea of triads? C. Disease
A. Moseley D. Flooding
B. Dobreiner 47. The Javan tiger was native to ______.
C. Mendeleev A. India
D. Thomson B. Africa
34. The last element in a period is usually a(n) ______. C. Indonesia
A. Metal D. Brazil
B. Metalloid 48. What is one solution to extinction under education?
C. Inactive gas A. Biodiversity parks
D. Solid B. Bio literacy
35. What is species extinction? C. Legislation
A. Emergence of a new species D. Habitat restoration
B. End of an organism's existence 49. Which law in the U.S. helps protect endangered species?
C. Evolution of species A. Endangered Species Act
D. Reproduction of species B. Animal Rights Act
36. Extinction occurs when ______. C. Conservation Law
A. Species migrate D. Biodiversity Policy
B. Birth rate is less than death rate 50. What is the goal of 'Toward Zero Extinction'?
C. Birth rate is higher A. Ignore extinction
D. Mutation increases B. Reduce biodiversity
37. More than what percent of species that ever lived are now C. Reverse extinction trends
extinct? D. Create new species
A. 50%
B. 75%
C. 99% Answer Key
D. 90% 1. B
38. Mass extinctions are caused by ______. 2. C
A. Competition 3. A
B. Catastrophes 4. C
C. Seasonal changes 5. B
D. Migration 6. B
39. The worst mass extinction happened during which period? 7. C
A. Cretaceous 8. B
B. Triassic 9. B
C. Permian 10. A
D. Devonian 11. C
40. Which event caused dinosaur extinction? 12. B
A. Ordovician 13. B
B. Cretaceous-Tertiary 14. B
C. Devonian 15. B
D. Triassic 16. B
41. Climate change affects extinction by ______. 17. B
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. C
26. B
27. C
28. B
29. B
30. C
31. C
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. B
36. B
37. C
38. B
39. C
40. B
41. C
42. A
43. B
44. A
45. A
46. B
47. C
48. B
49. A
50. C
