Chemistry for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is the change from a gas directly to a solid, skipping the liquid state, called?

  1. ACondensation
  2. BDeposition
  3. CSublimation
  4. DFreezing
2.Easy

What is radioactivity?

  1. AThe release of radiation by unstable atomic nuclei
  2. BThe flow of electrons through a metal wire
  3. CThe release of heat and light when fuels burn in air
  4. DThe glow produced by any hot object
3.Easy

What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the chemical properties of that element?

  1. AAn electron
  2. BA proton
  3. CA nucleus
  4. DAn atom
4.Medium

What feature makes a hydrocarbon an alkene?

  1. AOnly carbon–carbon single bonds
  2. BAt least one carbon–carbon double bond
  3. CA ring of six carbon atoms with no hydrogen
  4. DAn –OH group
5.Medium

When a gas is heated in a rigid, sealed container, what happens to its pressure?

  1. AIt drops to zero
  2. BIt increases
  3. CIt stays the same
  4. DIt decreases
6.Medium

A reaction has a theoretical yield of 20 g, but only 15 g of product is collected. What is the percent yield?

  1. A133%
  2. B25%
  3. C5%
  4. D75%
7.Hard

Magnesium burns as 2Mg + O₂ → 2MgO. What mass of MgO (40 g/mol) forms from 48 g of Mg (24 g/mol)?

  1. A48 g
  2. B80 g
  3. C160 g
  4. D40 g
8.Hard

A sealed rigid can holds gas at 2 atm and 27 °C. It is heated to 327 °C. What is the new pressure?

  1. A4 atm
  2. B2.4 atm
  3. C1 atm
  4. D24 atm

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Deposition
  2. 2. A · The release of radiation by unstable atomic nuclei
  3. 3. D · An atom
  4. 4. B · At least one carbon–carbon double bond
  5. 5. B · It increases
  6. 6. D · 75%
  7. 7. B · 80 g
  8. 8. A · 4 atm

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