Chemistry for nursing entrance exams worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is a beta particle?

  1. AA wave of visible light
  2. BA neutron that leaves the nucleus
  3. CA high-energy electron released from a nucleus
  4. DA helium nucleus with two protons and two neutrons
2.Easy

What is the term for anything that has mass and takes up space?

  1. AHeat
  2. BForce
  3. CMatter
  4. DEnergy
3.Easy

What does the atomic number of an element tell you?

  1. AThe number of protons in each atom
  2. BThe number of neutrons in each atom
  3. CThe total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
  4. DThe number of atoms in one mole of the element
4.Medium

Which gas forms when hydrochloric acid reacts with calcium carbonate?

  1. AOxygen
  2. BCarbon dioxide
  3. CHydrogen
  4. DChlorine
5.Medium

Nitric acid (HNO₃) reacts with potassium hydroxide (KOH). Which salt forms?

  1. APotassium nitrate, KNO₃
  2. BPotassium nitrite, KNO₂
  3. CPotassium hydride, KH
  4. DNitrogen hydroxide, NOH
6.Medium

Which halogen is the most reactive?

  1. AFluorine
  2. BIodine
  3. CChlorine
  4. DBromine
7.Hard

Frying an egg turns the clear egg white solid and white. What happens to the proteins?

  1. AThey are hydrolysed, so the peptide bonds break into separate amino acids
  2. BThey are converted into fats
  3. CThey are denatured: their shape changes, but the peptide bonds stay intact
  4. DThey are burned to carbon dioxide and water
8.Hard

What fraction of a radioactive isotope remains after three half-lives?

  1. A1/6
  2. B1/9
  3. C1/8
  4. D1/3

Answer key

  1. 1. C · A high-energy electron released from a nucleus
  2. 2. C · Matter
  3. 3. A · The number of protons in each atom
  4. 4. B · Carbon dioxide
  5. 5. A · Potassium nitrate, KNO₃
  6. 6. A · Fluorine
  7. 7. C · They are denatured: their shape changes, but the peptide bonds stay intact
  8. 8. C · 1/8

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