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APPENDIX C

Achievement Test

Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds to your best answer.

1. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to it’s Kelvin temperature

when the pressure and the amount of gas are held constant. The
statement refers to what gas law?
a. Boyle’s Law
b. Charles’s Law
c. Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure
d. Combined Gas Law

2. Charles’s Law deals with __________________.

a. Pressure and temperature
b. Pressure and volume
c. Volume and temperature
d. Volume, temperature and pressure

3. If Kelvin temperature of a gas is doubled, the volume of a gas will _____.

a. Double
b. Triple
c. Volume of gas remain constant
d. None of the above.

4. What happens to the volume of a gas when temperature is decreased?

a. Volume of gas increases.
b. Volume of gas decreases.
c. Volume of gas remain constant
d. None of the above.

5. The hypothetical graph of temperature versus volume of gas that shows

their relationship can be drawn as?

a. c.

b. d.
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6. It is a force exerted on the body by a weight of tiny particles of air.

a. Air pressure
b. Osmotic pressure
c. Vapor pressure
d. None of the above

7. How does an increased in the altitude affects air pressure?

a. At higher altitude, air pressure decreases because the amount of
air is lesser.
b. At higher altitude, air pressure increases because the amount of air
is greater.
c. At higher altitude, air pressure remains constant.
d. None of these.

8. Which do you think you need to breathe more often in high altitude areas
or sea level?
a. At high altitude areas, because it has a greater amount of air.
b. At sea level, because air pressure is decreased.
c. At high altitude areas, because air pressure is decreased.
d. At sea level, because it has a lesser amount of air.

9. If you are at sea level, what happens to air pressure?

a. Air pressure increases
b. Air pressure decreases
c. Air pressure remains constant
d. None of the above.

10. It is a force exerted on a body per unit area.

a. pressure
b. electromagnetic force
c. density
d. gravity

11. If a Helium balloon breaks loose, it rises into the atmosphere and at same
point it burst. Why?
a. The gas inside the balloon expands continuously as the balloon
rises because atmospheric pressure drops with height.
b. As the balloon rises, the temperature increases, thus the molecules
of the gas inside will move faster.
c. Air in the atmosphere greatly affects the moving molecules of a gas.
d. All of these

12. What is the relationship between a typhoon’s strength and the

atmospheric pressure within it?
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a. The higher the atmospheric pressure the stronger the typhoon.

b. The lower the atmospheric pressure the stronger the typhoon.
c. The lower the atmospheric pressure the weaker the typhoon.
d. None of these

13. What would you expect on the atmospheric pressure in a bright sunny
day?

a. High atmospheric pressure

b. Low atmospheric pressure
c. Constant atmospheric pressure
d. None of the above

14. What gas makes up the largest percent of air in the atmosphere?
a. Carbon
b. Oxygen
c. Nitrogen
d. Argon

15. It is a temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the
pressure of a gas above it.

a. Melting point
b. Boiling point
c. Critical point
d. Freezing point

16. When more heat is applied, the temperature of a boiling water will always
be ________________?

a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. Constant
d. None of these

17. If the atmospheric pressure is decreased, the boiling point will

_________?

a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. Constant
d. None of these

18. Which statement is true about the boiling point?

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a. Boiling point increases with decreasing molecular weight of the

substance.
b. Decreasing the atmospheric pressure increases the boiling point.
c. Boiling point of a liquid increases when atmospheric pressure
increases.
d. Boiling point is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a
liquid is higher to the applied pressure of liquid.

19. The hypothetical graph of boiling point and atmospheric pressure that
shows their relationship can be drawn as?

a. c.

b. d.

20. What is the relationship between boiling point and pressure of a liquid at
high altitude?
a. At high altitude, pressure is decreased and boiling point increases.
b. At high altitude, pressure is increased and boiling point increases.
c. At high altitude, pressure is decreased and boiling point decreases.
d. At high altitude, pressure is held constant and boiling point
increases.

21. Which statement shows the effect of pressure increase to the altitude
and boiling point of a liquid?
a. As altitude increases, pressure increases, boiling point also
increases, meaning the liquid get hotter than normal and remains
liquid.
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b. As altitude increases, pressure increases, boiling point decreases,

meaning the liquid could get hotter than normal and remains liquid.
c. As altitude is increases, pressure decreases, boiling point also
decreases, meaning the liquid could not get hotter than normal and
remains liquid.
d. As altitude decreases, pressure decreases, boiling point increases,
meaning the liquid could not get hotter than normal and remains
liquid.

22. . What it is called when a liquid changes to gas below the boiling point?

a. Condensation
b. Evaporation
c. Sublimation
d. Crystallization

23. Why do ionic compounds have a high boiling point?

a. Ionic compounds have high boiling point because of the

combination of metal and non-metal.
b. Because the metal gave an electron to the non-metal atoms, they
attach to each other as negative and positive ions and so they have
the high boiling point.
c. Molecules of ionic compounds have high boiling point because of a
larger electrostatic attraction towards each other.
d. Ionic compounds have high boiling point due to the strong
electrostatic attraction between the ions involved.

24. Salt Lake City, where average barometer pressure is about 650 mmHg,
water boils at about 95 degrees Celsius. It takes longer to hard-boil an egg
in Salt Lake City than it does at sea level. Why?

a. The water at higher elevation boils at a lower temperature.

b. The water at lower elevation boils at a lower temperature.
c. The water at higher elevation boils at a higher temperature.
d. The water at lower elevation boils at a constant temperature.

25. What happens when a substance reaches its boiling point?

a. The substance goes from being a liquid to being a gas.

b. The substance goes from being a liquid to being a solid.
c. The substance remains as a liquid.
d. The substance goes from being a liquid to being a plasma.
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26. What impact does pressure have on boiling point?

a. As the pressure increases, boiling point temperature also

increases.
b. As the pressure is increases, boiling point temperature is constant.
c. As the pressure decreases, boiling point temperature increases.
d. As the pressure decreases, boiling point is constant.

27. Why does atmospheric pressure affects the boiling point of a liquid but
not in a melting point of a solid?

a. With a solid, this requires excitation of electrons, but it does not

require movement of electrons, once the solid is melted, pressure
will make it harder for the electrons to become excited.
b. With a liquid, the electrons must be excited, but must become
hotter to overcome the pressure of the atmosphere, pressure
makes a liquid boil at a higher temperature.
c. Atmospheric pressure allows the molecules in a solid to contract
the distance between them, and to become more active.
d. With a liquid, the molecules are already compact together and have
to be melted before they can be boiled.

28. Why is the boiling point of methane much lower than the boiling point of
hydrochloric acid?
a. Methane has a lower boiling point because it is nonpolar while HCl
is polar.
b. Alcohols and compounds with hydrogen bonding have higher
boiling points like HCl because hydrogen bonds are very strong.
c. Methane has a smaller molecular weight compared to hydrochloric
acid, and so it boils in a lower temperature.
d. HCl molecules are strongly interact or bond with each other through
a variety of intermolecular forces that cannot move easily or rapidly
and therefore, do not achieve the kinetic energy necessary to
escape the liquid state.

29. When does evaporation occurs?

a. Evaporation occurs after attaining the boiling point temperature is

reached.
b. Evaporation occurs before boiling point temperature is reached.
c. Evaporation occurs at the boiling point temperature.
d. Evaporation occurs before and after boiling point temperature.
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30. These are compounds that conduct electricity in water-based solutions.

a. Electrolytes
b. Non-electrolytes
c. Non-ionic
d. Molecular compounds

31. The following properties are common to acid, base and salt EXCEPT?

a. They all react with metals to produce hydrogen gas.

b. They all turn blue litmus paper to red.
c. They all conduct electricity.
d. They are all slippery to touch.

32. Covalent compounds which ionized partially are called?

a. Electrolytes
b. Strong electrolytes
c. Weak electrolytes
d. Non-electrolytes

33. Which one of the following solutions will best conduct electricity?
Assuming all solutions have the same concentration.

a. Alcohol
b. Sugar
c. Acetic acid
d. Table salt

34. When table salt, NaCl is dissolved in water, the resulting solution contains
the separated ______________.

a. Ions
b. Molecules
c. Cations
d. Anions

35. Describe what happens when acetic acid, dissolves in water.

a. Most of the solute is present as HC2H3O2 molecules

b. Few molecules ionize to form H+(aq) and C2H3O2- (aq) ions.
c. The solution weakly conduct electricity
d. All of the above.
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36. What happens when hydrochloric acid (HCl) is dissolved in water?

a. HCl reacts with water to form molecules and are consequently non-
electrolytes.
b. It ionizes or break apart into H+ and Cl- ions in solution
c. It does not ionize or breaks apart into H+ and Cl- ions in solution.
d. No change at all.

37. Imagine preparing two aqueous solutions – one by dissolving a teaspoon

of table salt and the other is by dissolving a teaspoon of table sugar, in a
cup of water. How do they differ?

a. Color of the solutions

b. Solubility of compounds
c. Electrical conductivity
d. Amount of electrons present

38. Aqueous NaCl is a conductor of electricity while the solid NaCl is not.
Why?

a. Ions are mobile in a liquid state but not in a solid state.

b. In the solid form, the ions are locked in a crystalline structure and
thus cannot conduct an electric current.
c. The conductivity of NaCl solution is due to the presence of ions in
the solution that carries electrical charges from one electrode to
another.
d. Ions are mobile in both liquid and solid state.

39. Although tap water is a poor conductor of electricity, we are cautioned not
to operate electrical appliance around water. Why?
a. Tap water contains enough dissolved electrolytes to complete a
circuit between an electrical appliances and our body producing
shock.
b. Tap water is an eclectically neutral molecule, one end of the
molecule is rich in electrons and possesses a partial negative
charge and partial positive charge on the other end, and thus it
does not conduct electricity.
c. Tap water itself is a poor conductor of electricity, the presence of
molecules causes it to become a good conductor of electricity.
d. Tap water carry electrical charges that make the appliance
grounded resulting to damaged.

40. It is a mixture containing particles larger than normal solutes but small
enough to remain suspended in the dispersing medium.
a. Solution
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b. Colloids
c. Suspension
d. Pure substance

41. The following properties are true to colloids and suspension EXCEPT?
a. Scatter light
b. Separated by a membrane
c. Do not settle out
d. Do not affect colligative properties

42. Starch solution exhibits Tyndall effect while pure water does not. Why?
a. Starch solution contains particles that are large enough to scatter or
reflect light as it passes.
b. The light that passes through pure water is absorbed by its particles
c. The particles in pure water are not large enough to scatter light as it
passes.
43. It refers to the constant random movement of colloidal particles?
a. Tyndall Effect
b. Raleigh Scattering
c. Brownian Movement
d. Electrical Charges

TEST II Calculation ( 2 points each)

DIRECTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to your best answer.

1. A 6.50 L sample of gas is warmed at constant pressure from 275k to 350k.
What is the final volume of the gas?
a. 5.11 L c. 16.54 L
c. 8.27 L d. 10.22 L

2. A sample of hydrogen gas is compressed from 5.5 L to 20 L, at constant

pressure where the temperature is 270 C. What is the final temperature?
a. 10.64 0C c. 9.82 0C
b. 32.15 0C d. 74.25 0C

3. A sample of hydrogen gas occupies gas L at 6020C. If the pressure is held

constant, what volume will the gas occupy after cooling to 23 0C.
a. 23.53 L c. 47.06 L
b. 24.53 L d. 49.06 L

4. A balloon indoors, where the temperature is 27 0C, has a volume of 2.0 L.

What will its volume be outdoors, where the temperature is -23.0 0C? Assume
no change in gas pressure.
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a. 3.34 L c. 1.67 L
b. 4.80 L d. 2.40 L

5. A sample of Nitrogen gas occupies a volume of 2.50 L at -120 0C and 1 atm.

Pressure/. To which of the following approximate temperatures should the
gas be heated in order to double its volume while maintaining a constant
pressure?
a. -240 0C c. -12 0C
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b. 60 C d. 30 0C

TEST III CLASSIFICATION

1. Classify the following as strong electrolytes, weak electrolytes, or non-

electrolytes;
a. Distilled water
b. Muriatic acid
c. Soap solution
d. Rubbing alcohol
e. MSG alcohol
f. Sucrose

2. Classify the following according to the type of substance whether it is a pure,

solutions or colloids.
a. Coffee and water
b. Ink and water
c. Distilled water
d. Sulfur and water
e. Cola drinks / softdrinks
f. Milk and water

TEST IV. EXPLAINATION (5 points each)

1. How do we use Charles’s law in our everyday life and also state the law?
2. Why is it necessary for mountain climbers to carry a supply of oxygen and
an oxygen mask with them on their ascent to the high peak?
3. What is the significance in determining the boiling point of a substance?
4. What is the importance of electrolyte balance in our body?
5. Why the sky is blue?