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Which physical method can be used for obtaining a sample of salt from a small beaker of salt water?

A
boiling
B
freezing
C
chromatography
D
sorting
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What trend does the reactivity of most nonmetals show in a periodic table, excluding the noble gases?

A
random changes without any trends on the periodic table
B
changes according to trends on the periodic table
C
increases from left to right across the periodic table
D
decreases from left to right across the periodic table
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This is how sodium appears in the periodic table.

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A
number of neutrons.
B
chemical symbol
C
atomic mass
D
combined number of electrons and protons.
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Cecil is working with samples of chlorine (Cl), oxygen (O), bromine (Br), and silver (Ag). The samples are all at room temperature. Which substance is most likely the most dense?

A
chlorine
B
oxygen
C
bromine
D
silver
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Which element is most likely to be shiny?

A
sulfur (S)
B
boron (B)
C
calcium (Ca)
D
fluorine (F)
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Which properties make a metal a good material to use for electrical wires?

A
malleability and reactivity
B
conductivity and ductility
C
ductility and malleability
D
reactivity and conductivity
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Which pure substance can be classified as an element?

A
H2
B
NO3
C
NaCl
D
H2SO4
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The elements in group 17 of the periodic table are all called halogens. All halogens have the same

A
atomic number.
B
atomic mass.
C
number of possible isotopes.
D
number of valence electrons.
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Which substance is a mixture?

A
table salt
B
gasoline
C
aluminum
D
carbon dioxide
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Who is known as the "father of modern chemistry” because he first organized all known elements into four different groups?

A
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
B
Antoine Lavoisier
C
Dmitri Mendeleev
D
Henry Moseley
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While looking at xenon (Xe) on the periodic table, a student needs to find an element with a smaller atomic mass in the same group. Where should the student look?

A
directly up
B
directly down
C
directly to the left
D
directly to the right
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Air is made up of different gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. Which statement best describes these three components of air?

A
Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide are all classified as pure substances.
B
Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide cannot react with another substance.
C
Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide are chemically bonded to one another.
D
Oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide can be classified as elements.
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Joelle is a manager at a construction company, and she is interested in the chemistry behind the materials they use. She has begun studying the materials used to fill walls. She knows that to keep the temperature inside a room steady the material must be a thermal insulator, and she predicts that materials should not be acidic or else they would dissolve too easily in water.

A
C27H36N2O10
B
Na6Ba6
C
NeNa
D
HCl
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The elements least likely to form bonds are found in which group?

A
15
B
16
C
17
D
18
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The table below lists the properties of a metallic element.

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A
Group 1
B
Group 3
C
Group 12
D
Group 13
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Which determines the reactivity of an alkali metal?

A
its boiling and melting points
B
the shininess of its surface
C
the number of protons it has
D
its ability to lose electrons
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Which sample is a pure substance?

A
zinc oxide
B
sugar dissolved in water
C
pond water
D
soil
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This is how osmium appears in the periodic table.

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A
76
B
114
C
190
D
266
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Which element is most likely to bend without breaking?

A
carbon (C)
B
iodine (I)
C
silicon (Si)
D
cobalt (Co)
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Elements in group 2 are all called alkaline earth metals. What is most similar about the alkaline earth metals?

A
how many protons and neutrons they have
B
which chemical properties they have
C
how many total electrons they have
D
which period they are most often found in

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