Chemistry for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Boyle's law describes the relationship between which two properties of a gas, at constant temperature?

  1. APressure and temperature
  2. BPressure and volume
  3. CVolume and temperature
  4. DMass and volume
2.Easy

What is the change from a liquid to a solid called?

  1. AMelting
  2. BEvaporation
  3. CFreezing
  4. DCondensation
3.Easy

How are the elements arranged in the modern periodic table?

  1. AAlphabetically by their symbols
  2. BBy the date they were discovered
  3. CBy increasing atomic number
  4. DBy increasing number of neutrons
4.Medium

Which substance is a non-electrolyte when dissolved in water?

  1. ASodium chloride
  2. BGlucose
  3. CHydrochloric acid
  4. DPotassium chloride
5.Medium

The amino acid glycine has an –NH₂ group and a –COOH group. What are these two groups called?

  1. AA hydroxyl group and a methyl group
  2. BA carbonyl group and an ester group
  3. CA phosphate group and a hydroxyl group
  4. DAn amino group and a carboxyl group
6.Medium

How does atomic radius change going down a group?

  1. AIt increases
  2. BIt stays the same
  3. CIt decreases, then increases
  4. DIt decreases
7.Hard

What is the oxidation number of manganese in potassium permanganate, KMnO₄?

  1. A−1
  2. B+1
  3. C+7
  4. D+4
8.Hard

In the fission reaction ²³⁵U + ¹n → ¹⁴¹Ba + ⁹²Kr + ? ¹n, how many neutrons are released?

  1. A2
  2. B4
  3. C3
  4. D1

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Pressure and volume
  2. 2. C · Freezing
  3. 3. C · By increasing atomic number
  4. 4. B · Glucose
  5. 5. D · An amino group and a carboxyl group
  6. 6. A · It increases
  7. 7. C · +7
  8. 8. C · 3

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