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For a fixed amount of gas at constant temperature, what relationship does Boyle’s law describe?
- a) Pressure and volume are directly proportional.
- b) Volume and Kelvin temperature are inversely proportional.
- c) Pressure and Kelvin temperature are inversely proportional.
- d) Pressure and volume are inversely proportional. ✓ (correct answer)
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A gas occupies 500 mL at 800 mmHg. If its pressure increases by 40% of its initial pressure while the temperature remains constant, what is its new volume?
- a) 700 mL
- b) 375 mL
- c) 357 mL ✓ (correct answer)
- d) 1,000 mL
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How many moles of CO₂ are in a 4.4 g sample? (Molar mass of CO₂ = 44 g/mol)
- a) 0.05 mol
- b) 1.0 mol
- c) 0.20 mol
- d) 0.10 mol ✓ (correct answer)
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What is the empirical formula of glucose, C₆H₁₂O₆?
- a) C₃H₆O₃
- b) CH₂O ✓ (correct answer)
- c) CHO
- d) C₆H₁₂O₆
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Ethanol is heated with concentrated sulfuric acid at 170 °C. Which type of reaction occurs?
- a) Esterification
- b) Oxidation
- c) Hydration
- d) Dehydration ✓ (correct answer)
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Why is zinc generally not classified as a transition element?
- a) Its common ion has a partially filled p subshell.
- b) Its atom has no electrons in the outer energy level.
- c) Its atom and common ion have completely filled d subshells. ✓ (correct answer)
- d) Its atom has a partially filled d subshell.
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Chlorine water is added to potassium bromide solution. Which substance is produced as chlorine displaces bromide ions?
- a) Fluorine
- b) Oxygen
- c) Bromine ✓ (correct answer)
- d) Iodine
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Froth flotation is used mainly to concentrate which type of ore?
- a) Carbonate ore
- b) Oxide ore
- c) Sulfide ore ✓ (correct answer)
- d) Halide ore
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A reaction releases heat to its surroundings. Which statement describes the enthalpy change of the reacting system?
- a) ΔH is positive because the reaction is exothermic.
- b) ΔH is always positive because products form.
- c) ΔH is negative because the reaction is exothermic. ✓ (correct answer)
- d) ΔH is zero because heat is transferred.
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At constant pressure, a fixed amount of gas is cooled. According to Charles’s law, what happens to its volume?
- a) It remains constant as its Kelvin temperature decreases.
- b) It decreases only if the amount of gas also decreases.
- c) It increases as its Kelvin temperature decreases.
- d) It decreases as its Kelvin temperature decreases. ✓ (correct answer)