Chemistry for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AMelting
  2. BEvaporation (vaporisation)
  3. CCondensation
  4. DFreezing
2.Easy

What does the rate of a reaction measure?

  1. AHow much product forms in total by the end
  2. BHow quickly reactants are used up or products are formed
  3. CHow hot the reaction gets
  4. DHow much energy the final products contain
3.Easy

Which technique is used to separate the different coloured dyes in an ink?

  1. AChromatography
  2. BDistillation of the ink
  3. CMagnetism
  4. DFiltration
4.Medium

What are the products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon such as methane?

  1. AOxygen and water
  2. BCarbon dioxide and water
  3. CCarbon monoxide and hydrogen
  4. DCarbon and hydrogen gas
5.Medium

What percentage of the mass of water (H₂O, 18 g/mol) is hydrogen (H = 1 g/mol)?

  1. AAbout 5.6%
  2. BAbout 89%
  3. CAbout 11%
  4. DAbout 67%
6.Medium

A reaction is at equilibrium. More of one reactant is added. According to Le Chatelier's principle, what happens?

  1. ANothing changes
  2. BThe reaction stops completely
  3. CThe equilibrium shifts toward the reactants
  4. DThe equilibrium shifts toward the products
7.Hard

5.85 g of NaCl (molar mass 58.5 g/mol) is dissolved to make 500 mL of solution. What is the molarity?

  1. A0.2 M
  2. B0.05 M
  3. C0.1 M
  4. D2 M
8.Hard

Which coefficients balance the equation for cellular respiration, __C₆H₁₂O₆ + __O₂ → __CO₂ + __H₂O?

  1. A2, 6, 12, 6
  2. B1, 6, 6, 12
  3. C1, 3, 6, 6
  4. D1, 6, 6, 6

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Evaporation (vaporisation)
  2. 2. B · How quickly reactants are used up or products are formed
  3. 3. A · Chromatography
  4. 4. B · Carbon dioxide and water
  5. 5. C · About 11%
  6. 6. D · The equilibrium shifts toward the products
  7. 7. A · 0.2 M
  8. 8. D · 1, 6, 6, 6

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