Varsity Chemistry Questions

Q: What is the symbol for Technetium?

A: Tc

Q: What is the symbol of the element Astatine?

A: At

Q: What is the symbol for Darmstadtium?

A: Ds

Q: What element is symbolized Cd?

A: Cadmium

Q: What element is symbolized Se?

A: Selenium

Q: Argentum is an alternate name for what chemical element?

A: silver

Q: What element shares its symbol with the Roman numeral for five?

A: Vanadium

Q: What element is last alphabetically?

A: Zirconium

Q: Which of the halogens has the lowest atomic weight?

A: Fluorine

Q: What is the atomic number of the first transuranic element?

A: 93

Q: What halogen is the last alphabetically?

A: Iodine
Q: What transuranic element has the atomic number 100? It was named for the Nobel Prize
winning nuclear physicist who is best known in America for his work on the Manhattan
Project.

A: Fermium

Q: What halogen occurs naturally only form the decay of uranium-235 and uranium-238?
This element has atomic number 85, and is symbolized At.

A: Astatine

Q: What two compounds are the products of the complete combustion of ethanol?

A: carbon dioxide and water

Q: What is the formula of the compound PH3?

A: Phosphorus Trihydride

Q: “Redox” is a contraction of what longer term?

A: Reduction/oxidation

Q: What letter is used to symbolize the azimuthal quantum number? This number’s orbital
meaning corresponds to the subshell level, and joins the n, m subscript L, and m subscript
s in fully describing the quantum state of an electon.

A: L

Q: What is the coefficient on the elemental sodium in the balanced equation describing the
decomposition of sodium azide, NaN3?

A: 2

Q: What proposed name for element 111 is almost certain to be ratified by IUPAC? It will
named after the discoverer of X-Rays.

A: Roentgenium

Q: What element sits in group 14, period 5, with atomic number 50 on the Periodic table?
This malleable metallic element strongly resists corrosion, and is commonly used in
alloys. Its symbol is derived from its Latin name, Stannum.

A: Tin
Q: Identify this element: a malleable, silvery metallic element used to coat other metals for
the prevention of corrosion, in alloys such as soft solder, pewter, type metal, and bronze.
Its atomic number is 50, and its symbol is Sn.

A: Tin

Q: Identify this element: silvery, hard, ductile, ferromagnetic metallic element used in alloys
and batteries. Its atomic number is 28; its atomic weight 58.69, and its symbol is Ni.

A: Nickle

Q: What free radical anion consists of two oxygen atoms which collectively have only 13
electrons? This anion forms compounds such as HO2.

A: superoxide

Q: When a metallic carbonate is decomposed, what gas is always produced? This gas is also
a product of hydrocarbon combustion, which accounts, in part, for its rise in atmospheric
concentration over the last century.

A: Carbon dioxide

Q: By definition, what compound is produced by the incomplete combustion of a

hydrocarbon?

A: carbon monoxide (or CO)

Q: Incomplete combustion of a large sample of methane produces, carbon dioxide, water,

and what third compound?

A: Carbon monoxide (or CO)

Q: What common polyatomic ion has a formula mass of 18.04? In this ion, a positive
charged Nitrogen ion forms four covalent bonds with hydrogen atoms, but the unit
still
has a deficit of one electron.

A: Ammonium

Q: What is the name for the most common isotope of hydrogen, Hydrogen-1?

A: Protium

Q: What is the systematic chemical name for Epsom salts? Its formula is MgSO4

A: magnesium sulfate
Q: What hard, heavy steel-gray transition metal is obtained chiefly from scheelite and
wolframite and is used in electric devices and in many alloys? Its atomic mass is 183.84;
its atomic number is 74, and its symbol is W.

A: Tungsten

Q: What lustrous, grayish-black, corrosive, poisonous nonmetal is used as a medical tracer

and in thyroid disease diagnosis? Its atomic number is 53, and has a single vowel as its
symbol.

A: Iodine

Q: What is the systematic name of SiO2?

A: silicon dioxide

Q: What is the formula of xenon trioxide?

A: XeO3

Q: What is the formula of sodium chromate?

A: Na2CrO4

Q: What is the formula of Chlorous acid?

A: HClO2

Q: What is the formula of Calcium dichromate?

A: CaCr2O7

Q: What is the formula of Iron (III) hydroxide?

A: Fe(OH)3

Q: What is the formula of Iron (III) chromate?

A: Fe2(CrO4)3

Q: What is the formula of Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate?

A: NH4HCO3
Q: What normal alkane contains 6 hydrogen atoms?

A: ethane

Q: Molecules of which alkane have 22 hydrogen atoms?

A: decane

Q: What is the oxidation number of any free element?

A: 0

Q: What is the oxidation number of the sulfur atom in a sulfate ion?

A: 6

Q: What is the oxidation number of the carbon atom in carbon dioxide?

A: 4

Q: What is the oxidation number of the hydrogen atoms in metal hydrides?

A: -1

Q: What is the oxidation number of the oxygen atoms in chromium hydroxide, Cr(OH)3?

A: -2

Q: What is the oxidation number of the carbon atoms in methanol, CH3OH?

A: 2

Q: What is the oxidation number of the Oxygen atom in ethanol?

A: -2

Q: How many valence electrons are there in a neutral atom of Uranium?

A: 2

Q: How many valence electrons are there in an atom of Xenon?

A: 8
Q: How many neutrons are found in a nucleus of Nitrogen-16?

A: 9

Q: How many dots would be drawn in a Lewis diagram of ethane?

A: 14

Q: How many electrons occupy a half full d sublevel?

A: 5

Q: Which alkali metal has the highest ionization energy? Not surprisingly, it has the lowest
atomic number, 3.

A: Lithium

Q: What is the charge on the nitride ion?

A: -3

Q: What is the charge on an ion of chromium?

A: 1

Q: Given the formula mass of sodium fluoride is 42, how many grams of sodium fluoride
would be required to create 2.5 liters of a 2.0 molar solution?

A: 210

Q: What is the atomic number of the heaviest element entry commonly displayed on current
periodic tables? The undiscovered element is given the systematic symbol Uuo.

A: 118

Q: What is the term for the pressure exerted by gaseous molecules of a substance in
equilibrium with its liquid state?

A: Vapor pressure

Q: What term refers to the formation of bonds between adjacent chains in a polymer, thus
strengthening the material?

A: crosslinking
Q: What type of reactions proceed on their own, without the need of outside intervention?

A: Spontaneous

Q: What type of induced magnetism is a result of the tendency of atomic magnetic dipoles to
align with an external magnetic field? Dimagnetism tends to be much stronger.

A: Paramagnetism

Q: What is the term for compounds that contain conjugated rings of carbon atoms? The
name is due to the fact that many of these compounds have strong, often sweet, odors.
Examples include benzene, toluene, and xylene.

A: aromatic hydrocarbons

Q: What class of hydrocarbons incorporates one or more planar sets of six carbon atoms
connected by delocalised electrons of the same number as if they consisted of alternating
single and double covalent bonds? The simplest example of this class is benzene.

A: Aromatic

Q: What letter designates orbitals that can be described as having a “double peanut” shape?
Transition metals have their final electon placed in these orbitals..

A: d

Q: Molecules of the type AX2 have what type of hybrid orbitals?

A: sp2

Q: Which area of chemistry is concerned with reaction rates?

A: Kinetics

Q: What is the term for groups of atoms within organic molecules that are responsible for
the characteristic reactions of those molecules?

A: Functional groups

Q: What analytical procedure involves adding a reagent to another with which it reacts? An
indicator is used to determine when equivalent quantities of the two reagents are present.
The process is most commonly used with acid-base neutralizations.

A: Titration
Q: What ionic compound’s formula is the same as the abbreviation of the largest public
television network in the United States?

A: Lead sulfide

Q: What term is used to describe a reaction in which water is added to another reactant,
breaking that reactant into two parts?

A: hydrolysis

Q: What rule states that atoms tend to gain, lose, or share valence electrons with other atoms
in a molecule until they hold or share eight valence electrons? The same term can apply
to a musical ensemble with eight musicians.

A: Octet rule

Q: Whose principle can be summarized as: “If a chemical system at equilibrium experiences
a change in concentration, temperature or total pressure the equilibrium will shift in order
to minimize that change”?

A: Henri Le Chatelier
Q: Answer the following concerning the reaction between Magnesium and Copper (II)
Sulfate:

1. and 2. What are the products

3. What type of reaction is this?
4. What is the coefficient on magnesium in the balanced equation

1. Magnesium Sulfate
2. Copper
3. Replacement (or single replacement)
4. 1 (also accept none)

Q: Lead (IV) oxide (“Lead four oxide”) reacts with Hydrochloric acid to form Lead (II)
chloride, chlorine and water. Answer the following about the balanced equation
describing this reaction.

1. What is the coefficient on Hydrochloric acid?

2. What is the coefficient on Lead (II) Chloride?
3. What is the coefficient on Chlorine?
4. What is the coefficient on water?

A: 1. 4
2. 1
3. 1
4. 2

Q: Given nitrogen, identify the other four members of Group 15 on the Periodic table.
Collectively, their symbols contain two Ses, two Bs, an I, an A, and a P.

A: Phosphorus
Arsenic
Antimony
Bismuth

Q: Identify any four of the five members of Group 14 on the Periodic table. Collectively,
their
symbols contain a B, a C, an E, a G, an I, an N, a P, and two Ses.

A: Carbon
Silicon
Germanium
Tin
Lead
Q: Helium is the lightest of the inert gases and Radon is the heaviest. Identify the other four.

1. Argon.
2. Neon.
3. Krypton.
4. Xenon.

Q: Answer the following about the compound Cr(OH)3:

1. What is the oxidation number of Chromium?

2. What is the oxidation of Oxygen?
3. What is the oxidation number of Hydrogen?
4. Given that the atomic mass of Chromium is 52, what is the molecular weight of
the compound?

1. +3
2. -2
3. +1
4. 103

Q: Answer the following about the anhydrous compound Ba(OH)2:

1. What is the oxidation number of Barium?

2. What is the oxidation of Oxygen?
3. What is the oxidation number of Hydrogen?
4. Given that the atomic mass of Barium is 137, what is the molecular mass of
the compound?

1. +2
2. -2
3. +1
4. 171

Q: Fluorine can react with water to form hydrofluoric acid, oxygen difluoride, and oxygen.
Answer the following about the balanced equation:

1. What is the coefficient on the hydrofluoric acid?

2. What is the coefficient on the oxygen difluoride?
3. What is the coefficient on fluorine?
4. What is the coefficient on water?

1. 6
2. 1
3. 4
 4. 3
Q: Give the element that makes up the highest percent by mass of the following alloys:

1. Alnico 1. Iron
2. German Silver 2. Copper
3. Solder 3. Lead
4. Pewter 4. Tin

Q: Atoms of Arsenic have 33 electrons. Answer the following about its electron
configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 3s sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 3p sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 3d sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 5d sublevel?

1. 2
2. 6
3. 10
4. 0

Q: Neutral atoms of Lead have 82 electrons. Answer the following about its electron
configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 5s sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 6d sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 7s sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 4f sublevel?

1. 2
2. 2
3. 0
4. 14

Q: Atoms of Cesium have 55 electrons. Answer the following about its ground state
electron configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 5p sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 5s sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 5d sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 6s sublevel?

1. 6
2. 2
3. 0
4. 1
Q: Atoms of Copper have 29 electrons. Answer the following about electron configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 1p sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 3p sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 3d sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 4s sublevel?

1. 0
2. 6
3. 10
4. 1

Q: Atoms of Hafnium have 72 electrons. Answer the following about its ground state
electron configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 4f sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 5p sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 5d sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 6s sublevel?

1. 14
2. 6
3. 2
4. 2

Q: Atoms of Cobalt have 27 electrons. Answer the following about its ground state
electron configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 2p sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 3s sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 3p sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 3d sublevel?

1. 6
2. 2
3. 6
4. 7
Q: Atoms of Radon have 86 electrons. Answer the following about its electron
configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 4f sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 5d sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 6p sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 7s sublevel?

1. 14
2. 10
3. 6
4. 0

Q: Atoms of Selenium have 34 electrons. Answer the following about its electron
configuration:

1. How many electrons are in the 3s sublevel?

2. How many electrons are in the 3d sublevel?
3. How many electrons are in the 4s sublevel?
4. How many electrons are in the 5d sublevel?

1. 2
2. 10
3. 2
4. 0

Q: Determine the formulae for these organic compounds:

1. ethene 1. C2H2
2. cyclopropane 2. C3H6
3. cyclobutane 3. C4H8
4. cyclohexane 4. C6H 12

Q: Identify there terms that relate to the structure and properties of solids:

1. Type of alloy in which holes in the closet packed metal structure are occupied by
small atoms.
2. A three- dimensional system of points designating the positions of the centers of
the components of a solid.
3. The smallest repeating unit of the answer to part 2.
4. Most common technique for establishing the structure of crystalline solids.

1. Interstitial
2. Lattice
3. Unit cell
 4. X-ray diffraction
Q: Identify these elements:

1. Element with atomic number 9.

2. Nobel gas with atomic weight 20.
3. The lightest Actinide that does not occur in nature.
4. The heaviest member of group 1.

1. Fluorine
2. Neon
3. Neptunium
4. Francium

Q: Given these elements and atomic numbers: Plutonium, 94; Neptunium, 93; Uranium, 92;
Protactinium, 91; Thorium, 90; Actinium, 89; Radium, 88; Francium, 87; Radon, 86;
Astatine, 85; Polonium, 84; Bismuth, 83; and Lead, 82, identify the isotopes produced by
these radioactive decays:

1. Alpha decay of Uranium-238.

2. Beta decay of Protactinium-234.
3. Alpha decay of Radon-222.
4. Beta decay of Lead-214.

1. Thorium-234
2. Uranium-234
3. Polonium-218
4. Bismuth-214

Q: What bond angles would be predicted for the following molecules using the VSEPR
model?

1. BeCl2 1. 180 degrees

2. BBr3 2. 120 degrees
3. SiK4 3. 109.5 degrees
4. CO2 4. 180 degrees

Q: Give the symbols for the following Actinides:

1. Berkelium 1. Bk
2. Plutonium 2. Pu
3. Lawrencium 3. Lr
4. Actinium 4. Ac
Q: Give the symbol for an element, identify it:

1. Lu 1. Lutetium
2. Gd 2. Gadolinium
3. Hf 3. Hafnium
4. Cd 4. Cadmium
5. Ir 5. Iridium
6. Rf 6. Rutherfordium
7. Os 7. Osmium
8. Nb 8. Niobium
9. Tc 9. Technetium
10. Tl 10. Thallium
11. Tb 11. Terbium
12. Ti 12. Titanium
13. La 13. Lanthanum
14. Ce 14. Cerium
15. Sm 15. Samarium
16. Ho 16. Holmium

Q: Determine the formulae for the following compounds:

1. Mercury (I) Peroxide 1. Hg2O2

2. Mercury (II) Peroxide 2. HgO2
3. Silver Hydrogen Sulfate 3. AgHSO4
4. Barium Perchlorate 4. Ba(ClO4) 2
5. Potassium Iodide 5. KI
6. Cesium Bromide 6. CsBr
7. Chromium (III) Chloride 7. CrCl3
8. Aluminum Oxide 8. Al2O3
9. Mercury (I) Oxide 9. Hg2O
10. Iron (II) Sulfate 10. FeSO4
11. anhydrous Fluoric acid 11. HF
12. Iodine heptafluoride 12. IF7
13. Antimony Sulfide 13. Sb2S3
14. Iron (II) Sulfide 14. FeS
15. Hydrogen Carbonate or 15. H2CO3
carbonic acid
16. Silicon dioxide octahydrate 16. SiO2 dot 8 H2O

Q: Give the formulae for these compounds:

1. Potassium Chromate 1. K2CrO4

2. Nonane 2. C9H20
3. Ammonium Phosphate 3. (NH4)3PO4
4. Benzene 4. C6H6
Q: Determine the pH for the following solutions:

1. 0.01 molar nitric acid

2. 0.01 molar potassium hydroxide
3. 10 molar hydrochloric acid
4. 0.001 molar nitric acid

1. 2
2. 12
3. -1
4. 3

Q: Give the formulae and charges of the following ions:

1. Chromate 1. CrO4 -2
2. Sulfide 2. S -2
3. Barium 3. Ba +2
4. Phosphate 4. PO4 -3
5. Tin (IV) 5. Sn +4
6. Sulfate 6. SO4 -2
7. Chlorite 7. ClO -2
8. Cyanide 8. CN -1

Q: Determine the mass of the following to the nearest whole gram.

1. 10.00 moles of Helium

2. 4.00 moles of Carbon monoxide
3. 4.00 moles of Ozone
4. 15.0 moles of molecular Oxygen

1. 40 g
2. 112 g
3. 192 g
4. 480 g

Q: Identify the ion from its formula:

1. Sn2+ 1. Tin (II)

2. SO32- 2. Sulfite
3. O22- 3. Peroxide
4. Cu+ 4. Copper (I)
Q: Identify the charges of the following cations:

1. Hydride 1. -1
2. Hydroxide 2. -1
3. Chlorite 3. -1
4. Carbonate 4. -2

Q: Give the charge on each of the following ions:

1. Acetate 1. -1
2. Peroxide 2. -2
3. Mercury (I) 3. +2
4. Phosphate 4. -3
5. Lithium 5. +1
6. Sulfate 6. -2
7. Cyanide 7. -1
8. Permanganate 8. -1
9. Iodide 9. -1
10. Francium 10. +1
11. Phosphide 11. -3

Q: Identify oxidation numbers of the following:

1. Lead in lead (IV) oxide

2. Carbon in carbon dioxide
3. Sulfur in sulfur hexafluoride
4. Oxygen in hydrogen peroxide

1. 4
2. 4
3. 6
4. -1

Q: Identify the type of hybridization found in the following molecules:

1. SiO2
2. CH4
3. C2H4
4. SF6

1. sp
2. sp3
3. sp2
4. d s p 3 or s p 3 d
Q: Give the common names for the following allotropes:

1. O3 1. Ozone
2. P4 2. White phosphorus
3. crystalline carbon 3. Diamond
4. amorphous carbon 4. Graphite

Q: Answer the following concerning intermolecular forces:

1. What fundamental physical force is responsible for all intermolecular forces?

2. What type of intermolecular bond is formed in water?
3. What type are also known as Keesom interactions? These are similar to ionic
bonds, but only partial charges are involved. Hypochloric acid is a common
example.
4. What type involves the attraction between temporarily induced dipoles in
nonpolar molecules.

1. Electromagnetism
2. Hydrogen bonds
3. Dipole-dipole forces (or interactions)
4. London dispersion forces or Wan der Waals forces.

Q: Identify these “D” terms from their definitions:

1. The property of absorbing moisture from the air to such an extent to cause dissolution
2. A group of electron orbitals with the same energy
3. 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane; the first successful organic insecticide
4. A reaction in which a given element is both oxidized and reduced

1. Deliquescence
2. Degenerate
3. DDT
4. Disproportionation

Q: Identify these “Q” terms:

1. A discrete packet of energy.

2. Fundamental subatomic particle with a fractional charge.
3. Common name for calcium oxide.
4. The ability of a particle to cross a potential energy barrier.

1. Quantum
2. Quark
3. Quicklime
4. Quantum tunneling
Q: Identify these “I” terms:

1. A solution whose vapor pressure is directly proportional to the mole fraction of

solvent present.
2. Chemical species with the same formula but different properties.
3. A chemical that changes color and can be used to mark the endpoint of a titration.
4. A chemical species that is neither a reactant nor a product but that is formed and
consumed in a reaction sequence.

1. Ideal solution
2. Isomers
3. Indicator
4. Intermediate

Q: Identify these “D” terms:

1. The removal of dissolved salts from an aqueous solution; often performed on

seawater.
2. A molecule formed by joining two identical monomers.
3. The process of adding solvent to lower the concentration of a solute in a aolution.
4. Type of magnetism that causes a substance to be repelled from an inducing
magnetic field.

1. Desalination
2. Dimer
3. Dilution
4. Diamagnetism

Q: Identify these “T” terms:

1. An alternate name of a millimeter of mercury in expression of pressure.

2. The technique in which one solution is used to analyze another.
3. Study of energy and its interconversions.
4. Polymers that are soft when heated but hard when cooled

1. Torr
2. Titration
3. Thermodynamics
4. Thermoplastic
Q: Identify these “L” terms:

1. A molecule or ion that binds to a metal cation to form a complex.

2. Term for the reactant that will be exhausted first in a reaction.
3. A mixture of pigments extracted from certain lichens that turn blue in basic
solution and red in acidic solution.
4. A nonbonding unshared pair or electrons.

1. Ligand
2. Limiting
3. Litmus
4. Lone pair

Q: Identify these “M” terms:

1. A two-armed barometer.
2. An element below and to the left of the stepwise division in the upper right corner
of the periodic table.
3. The overall processes by which metals are extracted from ores.
4. The shape assumed by the surface of a liquid in a cylindrical container.

1. Manometer
2. Metal
3. Metallurgy
4. Meniscus