AVOGADRO EXAM 2006

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

18 MAY 2006 TIME: 75 MINUTES

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 AVOGADRO EXAM 2006 - Answers

1 How many neutrons, protons and electrons are 5 Which of the following has the same number of
17 2−
there in one O ion?
8 electrons as an argon atom, Ar?

A 17 protons, 8 electrons and 8 neutrons A P3+

B 8 protons, 6 electrons and 17 neutrons B Ca+
*C 8 protons, 10 electrons and 9 neutrons C Ne
D 9 protons, 10 electrons and 8 neutrons *D S2−
E 8 protons, 6 electrons and 9 neutrons E Br−

2 A sample of an unidentified element has the 6 Which group contains the elements with the
properties below.
highest melting points?
• It is a conducting solid at room temperature.
• It forms an acidic oxide. A group 13
• Its only chloride is a colourless, non-polar liquid.
*B group 14
The element is most likely
C group 15
*A carbon D group 16
B sodium
E group 17
C magnesium
D phosphorus
7 What is the correct Lewis symbol for the sulfur
E bromine
atom?

3 In which one of the following is a wrong symbol A S

given for the name of one element?

A zinc – Zn; nickel – Ni B S

B iron – Fe; potassium – K
C phosphorus – P; silver– Ag
D boron – B; beryllium – Be
*C S

*E magnesium – Mn; sodium – Na

D S
4 Which of the following is a chemical property of
chlorine?
A It is yellowish green.
E S
*B It burns in sodium vapour.
C It dissolves in carbon tetrachloride.
D It has a density of 3.2 g L−1 at 0oC and 101 kPa.

E It boils at −34oC.

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8 What is the missing product in the reaction below? 12 What is the chemical formula for iron (II) oxide?
16 16 4 *A FeO
8O + 8O → ? + 2 He

12 B Fe2O
A 6C

C FeO2
24
B 12 Mg
D Fe3O2
28
*C 14 Si E Fe2O3

31
D 15 P
13 Which of the following is not an ionic compound?
32
E 16 S A ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3

B potassium fluoride, KF
9 Which of the following atoms has the largest first
ionization energy? *C hydrogen fluoride, HF

*A Ar D magnesium oxide, MgO

B K E lithium hydride, LiH

C Ca
14 Which of the following compounds has the highest
D S
boiling point?
E Cl
A CH3Cl
10 The properties of element 12 will most resemble
those of B H2C=CH2

A element 10 C H3C-O-CH3

B element 11
*D HO-CH2CH2-OH
C element 13
E PH3
D element 19

*E element 20 15 What is the value of “x” when the following

equation is balanced?
11 Which of the following processes is not possible?
1 C3H8(g) + x O2(g) → y CO2(g) + z H2O(g)
2+ −
A Mg(g) + energy → Mg (g) + 2e
A 1
− +
*B Na(g) + e → Na (g) + energy
B 2
−
C H2(g) + energy → 2 H+(g) + 2e C 3
− −
D F(g) + e → F (g) + energy D 4
− *E 5
E Ne+(g) + e → Ne(g) + energy

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16 Which of the following molecules contains a triple 20 Which one of the following will react appreciably
bond? with water at room temperature to produce
hydrogen gas?
A CO2
A H2S
*B HCN
B CH4
C HOF
*C CaH2
D N2H2
D NH3
E H2CO
E HCl

17 Which of the following produces the greatest

number of ions when one mole of the substance 21 How many litres of O2 are required to burn one litre
dissolves in water? of C2H2 if the products are exclusively CO2 and
H2O? Assume that the volumes of O2 and C2H2
A KCl
are measured at the same temperature and
B NH4Cl pressure.

C NH4NO3 A 1
*D Na2SO4 B 1.5
E H2SO4 C 2

*D 2.5
18 A gas is generally most soluble in water at
E 3
A low pressure and low temperature

B low pressure and high temperature 22 What is the coefficient of Fe2+ (aq) when the
equation below is balanced using the smallest
*C high pressure and low temperature whole number coefficients?

D high pressure and high temperature Fe3+(aq) + Fe(s) → Fe2+(aq)?

E medium pressure and medium temperature

A 1

B 2
19 The bubbles that can be seen in boiling water are
mainly *C 3

A hydrogen D 4

B oxygen E 5

C hydrogen and oxygen

D air

*E water vapour

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23 How many moles of water are there in 0.500 L of 26 What is [H+] in a solution for which the pH is 3.87?
water at 25oC and 101 kPa? The density of water
-
is 1.0 g mL−1 at 25oC and 101 kPa. *A 1.3 × 10−4 mol L 1
-1
B 0.021mol L
A 9.0×103 mol
-
C 0.59 mol L 1
B 55.6 mol
-
D 1.35 mol L 1
C 31.3 mol
-1
E 3.87mol L
D 29.4 mol

*E 27.8 mol
27 If the percent yield of the reaction below is 98.5%,
then what mass of O2 is needed to produce
24 If 6.50 grams of Zn(s) dissolves completely in
49.0 grams of NO2?
excess dilute HCl solution, then what is the mass
of ZnCl2 produced? N2H4(g) + 3 O2(g) → 2 NO2(g) + 2 H2O(g)

A 6.50 g
A 50.4 g
B 7.82 g
*B 51.9 g
C 10.8 g
C 25.9 g
*D 13.5 g
D 23.1 g
E 27.3 g
E 11.5 g

25 Metallic copper, Cu, is made from chalcopyrite,

CuFeS2, according to the following chemical
reactions. 28 What is the concentration of a sodium chloride
solution if 1.00 g of sodium chloride, NaCl, is
2 CuFeS2 + 9/2 O2 → Cu2S + Fe2O3 + 3 SO2 dissolved in water to make 415 mL of solution?
Cu2S + 3/2 O2 → Cu2O + SO2
A 0.0071 mol L−1
Cu2S + 2 Cu2O → 6 Cu + SO2

How many kilograms of copper can be obtained B 0.0171 mol L−1

from one kilogram of chalcopyrite?
*C 0.0412 mol L−1
A 0.13 kg

B 0.26 kg D 0.140 mol L−1

*C 0.35 kg
E 1.00 mol L−1
D 0.70 kg

E 1.04 kg

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29 A stable organic compound has the following 32 The reaction NH3(aq) + HCl(aq) → NH4Cl(aq)
composition by mass: is an example of
52.1% C 13.1% H 34.8% O
A a precipitation reaction
The molar mass of the compound is 45 ± 2 g mol−1.
*B an acid-base reaction
Which of the following molecular formulae is
C a decomposition reaction
consistent with these data?
D an oxidation-reduction reaction
A HCO2 E an isomerization reaction

B C2H4O
C C2H5O 33 The Lewis structure (i.e. electron dot) structure for
the O3 molecule is given below.
D H2CO2
*E C2H6O O O O

The bond angle is nearest to

A 60o

30 The average atomic mass of boron, B, is 10.81. B 90o

105o
10 11
Boron has only two stable isotopes, 5
B and 5
B C
with masses of 10.00 and 11.00, respectively. *D 120o
11
What is the percentage abundance of B?
5
E 180o

*A 81%
B 96% 34 A neutral atom whose lowest electronic
configuration is [Rn] 7s2 5f14 6d10 7p4 belongs to
C 84%
the same group as
D 73%
E 91% *A oxygen (O)
B beryllium (Be)
C carbon (C)
31 Which piece of apparatus is the most appropriate D titanium (Ti)
for measuring and transferring 27.34 mL of dilute E chromium (Cr)
acid solution from one container into another?

A a pipette 35 What are the so-called spectator ions when

*B a burette solutions of HCl(aq) and KOH(aq) are mixed?

C an Erlenmeyer flask
A H+ and K+
D a graduated cylinder
B OH− and Cl−
E a test tube
C H+ and OH−
*D K+ and Cl−
E H+ and O2−

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36 How many moles of gas are there in a volume of 39 Exactly 0.0100 moles of hydrogen gas (H2) is
1.00 L at 1.00 MPa and 500 K? Assume ideal gas collected over water at 298 K using the apparatus
behaviour. shown below. The total pressure of the gas
collected is 98.70 kPa. What is the total volume of
*A 0.24 mol
gas collected?
1 MPa = 1×106 Pa
B 0.55 mol

C 4.2 mol H2(g) The vapour pressure

of water is 3.17 kPa
D 9.9 mol at 298 K.
water
E 22.4 mol

37 A 0.322-g sample of an unknown gas occupies a A 224 mL

volume of 0.500-L at 100.0oC and 50.0 kPa. What B 239 mL
is the molar mass of the gas?
C 245 mL
A 160 g mol-1 D 251 mL
-1
*B 40 g mol *E 259 mL
C 16 g mol-1

D 29 g mol-1
40 Plants use the process of photosynthesis to
E 25 g mol-1 convert carbon dioxide, water and energy into
glucose and oxygen. The process of
photosynthesis can be represented by the
38 If the kelvin temperature of a sample of ideal gas following chemical equation.
doubles (e.g. from 200 K to 400 K), then the
average molecular velocity of the molecules in the 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + 2816 kJ → C6H12O6 + 6 O2
sample
It is estimated that the sun provides about 2.1 J on
*A increases by a factor of 2 each square centimetre of the earth’s surface
every minute. How long would it take for ten
B increases by a factor of 2 identical leaves to make 1.8 grams of glucose if
C decreases by a factor of 2 the area of each leaf is 10 cm2 and if only 10% of
the energy received is used in the photosynthesis
D increases by a factor of 4 reaction?

E decreases by a factor of 4 A 1.8 hours

B 2.2 hours

C 4.4 hours

D 18 hours

*E 22 hours

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 DATA SHEET
AVOGADRO EXAM 2006

DETACH CAREFULLY

1 18
1A 8A
1 2
H 2 13 14 15 16 17 He
1.008 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 4.003
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be B C N O F Ne
6.941 9.012 10.81 12.01 14.01 16.00 19.00 20.18
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Al Si P S Cl Ar
22.99 24.31 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B ← 8B → 1B 2B 26.98 28.09 30.97 32.07 35.45 39.95
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
39.10 40.08 44.96 47.88 50.94 52.00 54.94 55.85 58.93 58.69 63.55 65.38 69.72 72.59 74.92 78.96 79.90 83.80
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
85.47 87.62 88.91 91.22 92.91 95.94 (98) 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.9 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)
87 88 89 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113
Fr Ra Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Uun Uuu Uub Uut
(223) 226 227.0

58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
140.1 140.9 144.2 (145) 150.4 152.00 157.3 158.9 162.5 164.9 167.3 168.9 173.0 175.0
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
232.0 231.0 238.0 237.0 (244) (243) (247) (247) (251) (252) (257) (258) (259) (260)

Constants: Conversion factors:

NA = 6.022 × 1023 mol−1 1 atm = 101.325 kPa = 760 torr = 760 mm Hg

−1 −1 o
R = 0.082058 atm L K mol 0 C = 273.15 K
−1 −1
= 8.3145 kPa L K mol
= 8.3145 J K−1 mol−1

Kw = 1.0×10−14 (at 298 K)

Ideal Gas equation: PV = nRT

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