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. CFreezing
  4. DCondensation
2.Easy

Which particle in an atom has a positive charge?

  1. ANeutron
  2. BPhoton
  3. CElectron
  4. DProton
3.Easy

Which element has the symbol K?

  1. APotassium
  2. BCalcium
  3. CCarbon
  4. DKrypton
4.Medium

In the ideal gas law, PV = nRT, what does n stand for?

  1. AThe number of moles of gas
  2. BThe number of atoms per molecule
  3. CThe number of molecules of gas
  4. DThe density of the gas
5.Medium

At constant temperature, the volume of a gas is halved. What happens to its pressure?

  1. AIt becomes four times smaller
  2. BIt stays the same
  3. CIt doubles
  4. DIt halves
6.Medium

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

  1. AOxygen and water
  2. BCarbon and hydrogen gas
  3. CCarbon monoxide and hydrogen
  4. DCarbon dioxide and water
7.Hard

In the reaction NaCl(aq) + AgNO₃(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO₃(aq), which ions are spectator ions?

  1. AAg⁺ and NO₃⁻
  2. BNa⁺ and NO₃⁻
  3. CAg⁺ and Cl⁻
  4. DNa⁺ and Cl⁻
8.Hard

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

  1. A1, 3, 6, 6
  2. B1, 6, 6, 6
  3. C2, 6, 12, 6
  4. D1, 6, 6, 12

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Evaporation (vaporisation)
  2. 2. D · Proton
  3. 3. A · Potassium
  4. 4. A · The number of moles of gas
  5. 5. C · It doubles
  6. 6. D · Carbon dioxide and water
  7. 7. B · Na⁺ and NO₃⁻
  8. 8. B · 1, 6, 6, 6

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