JETS OF ZAMBIA

NORTHERN PROVINCE

2013 PROVINCIAL FAIR

SENIOR CHEMISTRY QUIZ

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 NORTHERN PROVINCE
PROVINCIAL JETS FAIR – 2013
SENIOR QUIZ
CHEMISTRY
1. A molecule having two electrically charged regions is known as?
Ans: Dipole
2. What do you call a change in the physical state of a substance?
Ans: Phase change
3. An organic compound in which oxygen is bonded to two alkyl (carbon) group is called
Ans: Ether
4. A state of balance in which the rate of forward reaction is equal to the rate of
backward reaction in an equilibrium mixture is called?
Ans: Chemical Equilibrium
5. The formation of elements is called?
Ans: Nucleo-synthesis
6. Who discovered atoms?
Ans: John Dalton
7. What name is given to a mixture of liquids which are immiscible?
Ans: Emulsion
8. What do we call a base that forms an equilibrium with its conjugate acid?
Ans: Weak base
9. What is the smallest atom ever known? (one attempt only)
Ans: Hydrogen atom
10. Dmitri Mendeleev is considered to be the father of the modern Periodic Table. When
was he born?
Ans: 1834
11. State the two allotropes of Sulphur
Ans: Rhombic and Monoclinic
12. What is the chemical name for Cryolite?
Ans: Sodium hexafloroaluminate

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13. A decrease in the solubility of a substance caused by the addition of a common ion is
called?
Ans: Common ion effect
14. State the name of an equation that describes the wavelength of a moving particle.
Ans: Broglie equation

15. What do you call the material, usually lime, added during smelting to combine with
undesirable material in an ore?
Ans: Flux
16. What term is used to describe the destruction of a colloidal suspension by bringing the
dispersed particles together?
Ans: Flocculation
17. What name is given to a fundamental particle with the same mass as an electron but
with opposite charge.
Ans: Positron
18. What term is used to describe a salt-like compound of hydrogen and a strongly
electropositive metal?
Ans: Saline hydride
19. Isomers in which atoms have the same partners arranged differently in space are
called?
Ans: Stereoisomers.
20. What type of a bond is formed by the side to side overlap of two p-sub orbitals
Ans: Pi (π) bond.
21. Aldehydes combine with alcohols in the presence of dry hydrogen chloride to form a
substance called?
Ans: Hemiacetals
22. Which law states that all samples of the same compound always contain the same
proportions by mass of the component elements?
Ans: The law of definite proportions / the law of constant composition
23. What is the ability of an atom to attract bonding electrons called?
Ans: electronegativity / electron affinity

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24. What term is used to define an undesirable reactions of metals with acids?
Ans: Corrosion
25. What do we call reactions in which products are low in energy than the reactants?
Ans: Exothermic reactions
26. What is molar heat of fusion?
Ans: The energy required to melt one mole of a substance
27. What forces arise from attraction between temporary dipoles
Ans: London dispersion forces
28. What bond is formed resulting from the unequal sharing of electron pairs?
Ans: Polar covalent bond
29. An acid in which only a fraction of the molecules ionize when dissolved in water is
called?
Ans: Weak acid
30. What is the name given to a combination of a weak acid and its conjugate base or a
weak base and its conjugate acid in similar amount?
Ans: Buffer solution
31. At which electrode does oxidation occur, during electrolysis? (one attempt)
Ans: Anode
32. What name is given to electrons in highest principal levels of energy of atoms?
Ans: Valency electrons
33. What do we call the resistance of fluids to flow?
Ans: Viscosity
34. What do we call an organic base with one or more alkyl groups bonded to a nitrogen
atom?
Ans: Amine
35. The energy needed to remove an electron from an isolated gaseous atom in its ground
state is called?
Ans: Ionization energy
36. The negative logarithm of hydrogen ions concentration of a solution is called?
Ans: pH

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37. State the value of hydrogen ions concentration of pure water?
Ans: 1.0 × 10-7 mol/ dm3
38. An apparatus in which chemical energy is converted to electrical energy is called?
Ans: Galvanic cell or Daniel cell
39. Which element between sodium and chlorine has the highest electron affinity? (One
attempt only)
Ans: chlorine
40. The energy needed to completely separate one mole of a solid ionic compound into
gaseous ions is called?
Ans: Lattice energy
41. Which law states that the change in enthalpy for a reaction is constant whether the
reaction is one step or several steps?
Ans: Hess’s law
42. Which instrument is used to measure heat effect that accompany a chemical change?
Ans: Bomb calorimeter
43. Substances having all electrons paired are called?
Ans: Di-Magnetic substances
44. What do the letters CFC in environmental chemistry stand for?
Ans: ChloroFloroCarbons
45. A six membered ring form of a carbohydrate molecule is called?
Ans: Pyranose
46. The distortion of the electron cloud of an atom or ion is called?
Ans: Polarization

47. Name the chemical substance whose chemical formula is CH3Hg.

Ans: Methyl-Mecury.
48. The name given to an organic compound with three hydroxyl groups is called?
Ans: Triol
49. What name is given to a bond formed by the side to side overlap of two p orbitals
Ans: Pi (π) bond.

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50. Aldehydes combine with alcohols in the presence of dry hydrogen chloride to form a
substance called?
Ans: Hemiacetals
51. What type of radiation are most DNA molecules sensitive to?
Ans: Ionising radiation

52. What name is given to substances such as water which have the ability to act as both
an acid and as a base?
Ans: Amphiprotic

53. What is the name given to the bonding of a reactant to the surface of the catalyst?
Ans: Chemisorption

54. What name is given to a redox reaction in which one substance is being oxidized and
reduced simultaneously?
Ans: Disproportionation Reaction

55. The energy required to convert one mole of an element from its standard state into free
gaseous atoms under standard conditions is called…..
Ans: Atomisation energy

56. What two compounds are combined to form a chemical substance called dolomite?
Ans: Calcium carbonate and Magnesium carbonate

57. What name is given to the process by which an insoluble substance is obtained from
the mixture of two aqueous solutions?
Ans: Precipitation
58. The ability of a substance to absorb water vapour from the atmosphere without
forming a solution or change of a substance is called?
Ans: Hygroscopic

59. State the common name for aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.

Ans: Arenes

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60. What name is given to an electron pair in the axis of a bi-pyramidal molecule?
Ans: Axial Pair

61. What do you call a solid in which the atoms, ions or molecules lie in a random
jumble?
Ans: Amorphous solid

62. Organic compounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms of an alkane have been
substituted by halogen atoms are known as?
Ans: Halogenoalkanes

63. What do you call the emission of light by products formed in energetically excited
states?
Ans: Chemiluminescence

64. What unit is used to measure the amount of radiation?

Ans: REM

65. The concentrated solution of a strong electrolyte, used to prevent buildup of excess
positive or negative charges in a galvanic cell is called?
Ans: Salt Bridge

66. What name is given to an alloy in which one component is mercury?

Ans: Amalgam
67. Methane generated by the chemical digestion of animal waste is called?
Ans: Biogas
68. What term is given to the enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide into oxygen
and hydrogen in tissue cells?
Ans: Catalase
69. In modern cars a certain device is attached to the exhaust pipe that help reduce
pollution. What is the name of this device?
Ans: Catalytic convertor

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70. What name is given to the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to
neutralize free acids in 1g of fat or oil.
Ans: Acid value
71. What mass of sodium hydroxide is contained in 1dm3 of a 0.1M solution?
Ans: 40g
72. What common name is given to the formula CHCl3.
Ans: Chloroform
73. Define reduction in terms of electrons (One attempt only)
Ans: reduction is the gain of electrons
74. What rule states that no two electrons can have the same spin in an orbital.
Ans: Pauli’s exclusion principle.
75. What is the maximum number of electrons which can occupy the d-orbital?
Ans: 10
76. What is the process in which a bond is broken and the electrons between the atoms are
equally shared by the tow fragments?
Ans: Hemolytic fission
77. The law which states that the amount of electrons in moles needed to discharge one
mole of an ion at an electrode is equal to the charge on that ion is called.
Ans: Faraday’s second law of electrolysis
78. What term describes a device which converts electrical energy into chemical energy?
Ans: Electrolytic cell or Voltameter.
79. The non-spontaneous chemical reaction that proceed with the absorption of free
energy is termed as
Ans: Endergonic Reaction
80. A concentrated solution of sodium silicate is called?
Ans: Water glass
81. Give the common name for the ore from which lead is mainly extracted?
Ans: Galena
82. The gas which is blue at room temperature and pressure with a distinctive order that
makes it detectable at very low concentrations is called.
Ans: Ozone

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83. The principle which state that electrons enter orbitals with lowest energy first is called.
Ans: Aufbau’s Principle

84. The name given to an organic compound with three hydroxyl groups is called?
Ans: Triol
85. The energy needed to break one mole of diatomic gaseous covalent substance to form
product in gaseous state is called?
Ans: Bond energy
86. What is the oxidation number of nitrogen in Nitrogen tetreoxide (N2O4)
Ans: +4
87. Name the process in which fats react with sodium hydroxide to form soap and glycerol?
Ans: Saponification
88. The process by which detergents are made from fats by adding sulphuric acid and then
neutralize it with sodium hydroxide.
Ans: Sulphonation
89. During the purification of copper by electrolysis, which metal is used as the cathode?
Ans: Pure Copper
90. What is the chemical name for sand?
Ans: Silicon (IV) dioxide