Which of the following occur as the wavelength of a photon increases?
A) the frequency decreases
B) the energy increases
C) the speed decreases
D) Planck's constant decreases
E) None of the above occur as the wavelength of a photon increases.
Which of the following occur as the energy of a photon increases?
A) the frequency decreases.
B) the speed increases.
C) the wavelength increases
D) the wavelength gets shorter.
E) None of the above occur as the energy of a photon increases.
Place the following types of electromagnetic radiation in order of decreasing energy. ultraviolet light radio waves microwaves
A) radio waves > microwaves > ultraviolet light
B) ultraviolet light > microwaves > radio waves
C) radio waves > ultraviolet light > microwaves
D) ultraviolet light > radio waves > microwaves
E) microwaves > radio waves > ultraviolet light
A hydrogen atom absorbs a photon of UV light and its electrons enter the n =4 energy level. Calculate the change in energy of the atom and the wavelength (in nm) of the photon.
Yellow light has a frequency of 5.2 x 1014 s -1 while red light has a frequency of 4.3 x 1014 s -1 . Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between the wavelength and energy of yellow versus red light?
(a) Red light has a longer wavelength and more energy than yellow light.
(b) Yellow light has a longer wavelength and more energy than red light.
(c) Red light has a longer wavelength and less energy than yellow light.
(d) Yellow light has a longer wavelength and less energy than red light.
(e) None of these.
Answer: (c) Red light has a longer wavelength and less energy than yellow light.
Given the information below, what is the average valence electron energy for the oxygen atom (O, 8)? Ionization Energies (in unites of MJ/mol) Element 1s 2s 2p O 52.6 3.12 1.31
(a) No two electrons in an atom can have the same spin.
(b) No two electrons in an atom can occupy the same orbital.
(c) Two electrons in the same orbital have identical values of the spin quantum number.
(d) No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.
(e) Electrons in a subshell are arranged to maximize the total amount of spin.
Answer: (d) No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.
Which of the following quantum numbers is used to describe the orientation of an orbital in space?
(a) The principal quantum number, n
(b) The angular quantum number, l
(c) The magnetic quantum number, ml
(d) The spin quantum number, ms
(e) None of these quantum numbers describe the orientation of an orbital in space.
Which of the following elements requires the most energy to remove its most tightly held electron (the electron closest to the nucleus): Magnesium (Mg, 12); Aluminum (Al, 13); Silicon (Si, 14); Phosphorus (P, 15); Sulfur (S, 16)
An atom in its ground state absorbs two photons: a photon with a wavelength of 102.6 nm and then a photon with a wavelength of 1875 nm. The atom then relaxes back to the ground state by emitting a single photon. What is the wavelength of the emitted photon?
The first ionization energy of the first six elements in the periodic table is given below. H 1312.0 kJ/mol He 2372.3 Li 520.2 Be 899.4 B 800.6 C 1086.4 Why is the first ionization energy of B smaller than Be?
(a) Because the first IE tends to decreases as we go across a row of the periodic table from left to right.
(b) Because the nucleus of a B atom contains fewer protons than the nucleus of a Be atom.
(c) Because the outermost electron on B is in a 2p orbital, while in Be it is in a 2s orbital.
(d) Because the atomic number of B is odd, whereas the atomic number of Be is even.
(e) Because B has orbitals containing paired electrons while Be does not.
Answer: (c) Because the outermost electron on B is in a 2p orbital, while in Be it is in a 2s orbital.
Which of the following transitions from a hydrogen atom with an electron in the n = 5 state will result in the emission of the longest wavelength of light?
(a) n = 5 ➞ n = 0
(b) n = 5 ➞ n = 1
(c) n = 5 ➞ n = 4
(d) n = 5 ➞ n = 6
(e) n = 5 ➞ n = ∞
The line structure of the emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom suggests that:
(a) The atom is composed of a small positive nucleus and electrons.
(b) There are many electrons in a hydrogen atom.
(c) The position and energy of an electron cannot be determined simultaneously.
(d) The energies of electrons are quantized.
(e) Each electron has multiple energies.
Answer: (d) The energies of electrons are quantized.
If X-rays have a shorter wavelength than ultraviolet light, which of the following statements is true?
(a) X-rays have smaller frequencies than UV light.
(b) X-rays travel faster than UV light.
(c) X-rays have more energy than UV light.
(d) X-rays have larger amplitudes than UV light.
(e) Both answers (a) and (c)
Answer: (c) X-rays have more energy than UV light.
What is the frequency of radiation of wavelength 810 nm?
Answer:
so 810 nanometer = 810 X 10^-9
velocity of light = vel of radiations = 3X10^8 m/s.
so frequency=Velocity/Wavelength
=(3.0 X 10^8)/(8.10 X 10^-11).
=3.7X10^14
If the 330 nm radiation provides exactly the energy to break an average chemical bond in the skin, estimate the average energy of these bonds in kJ/mol.
Which of the following statements concerning experiment and explanation is/are true?
1. A law is always given in the form of a mathematical expression.
2. Once a hypothesis passes one or two tests it is considered a theory.
3. Observation is a key component of the scientific method.
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 3 only
D) 1 and 2
E) 1,2, and 3
The property of a series of repeated measurements that is most directly related to precision is
A) the number of place holders in each measurement.
B) the accuracy of each measurement.
C) the reproducibility of each measurement.
D) the number of significant figures in each measurement.
E) the exactness of each measurement.
Answer: C) the reproducibility of each measurement.
A) by either adding neutrons to or subtracting neutrons from the atom.
B) by either adding protons to or subtracting protons from the atom.
C) by either adding electrons to or subtracting electrons from the atom.
D) All the above are true.
E) Two of the above are true.
Answer: C) by either adding electrons to or subtracting electrons from the atom.
Which of the following conclusion regarding Rutherford's gold foil experiment is not consistent with the observations?
A) The nucleus occupies a large amount of the atom space.
B) The nucleus occupies only a small portion of the space of an atom.
C) Wide angle deflections result from a collision of an alpha particle and a gold atom nucleus.
D) The nucleus, like the alpha particles used to bombard the gold foil, is positively charged.
E) Most alpha particles travel straight through the gold foil.
Answer: A) The nucleus occupies a large amount of the atom space.
A sample of silicon is burned in oxygen to form silicon dioxide. What mass of oxygen is consumed if 57.76 g silicon dioxide is formed from 27.00 g silicon?
A) .47 g
B) 30.76 g
C) 84.76 g
D) 1559.59 g
E) none of the above.
A) if the same two elements form two difference compounds, they do so in a the same ratio.
B) it is not possible for the same two elements to form more than one compound
C) the ratio of the masses of the elements in a compound is always the same.
D) the total mass is the same after a chemical change as before the change.
E) None of these.
The average speed of oxygen molecules at 690°C is 1.60 × 10⁵ cm/s. Which of the following calculations would convert this speed to units of miles per hour?
Which of the following statement concerning the SI system is/are correct?
1. Prefixes are used to indicate a power of ten multiplier for a given SI base unit of measurement.
2. Degrees Celsius(°C) is the SI base unit for temperature.
3. The kilogram (kg) is the SI base unit for mass
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 3 only
D) 1 and 3
E) 1,2,and 3
A 4.06 cm³ sample sodium metal has a a density of 0.968 g/cm³. What volume does this sample of sodium occupy in its liquid state? The density of liquid sodium is 0.927 g/cm³.
A) 4.24 cm³
B) 0.257 cm³
C) 3.64 cm³
D) 3.89 cm³
E) 4.52 cm³
An organic compound methyl acrylate consists of 65.80% C, 37.17% O, and the rest Hydrogen (7.03%). If the molar mass of methyl acrylate is 86.1 g what are its empirical and molecular formulas?
Aqueous solutions of barium chloride and silver nitrate are mixed to form solid silver chloride and aqueous barium nitrates. The balanced complete ionic equation contains which correct coefficient and ion.
You have exposed electrodes of a lightbulb in a solution of H2SO4 so that the lightbulb is on. You add a dilute solution and the bulb goes dim. Which did you add?
Which statement is incorrect about quantum theory?
1) when filling orbitals of equal energy two electrons will occupy the same orbital before filling
2) Trick question
3) no electrons can have the same four quantum numbers
Answer: 1) when filling the orbitals of equal energy, two electrons will occupy the same orbital before filling a new orbital
All of the following are characteristics of metals except:
1) conductors of electricity
2) malleable (easy to bend)
3) ductile (can handle impact)
4) often lustrous (shiny)
5) tend to gain electrons in chemical reactions
Answer: 5)tend to gain electrons in chemical reactions
Which one of the following statements about structure is false?
1) Electrons occupy a very large volume compared to the nucleus
2) Number of protons and neutrons is always the same in the neutral atom
3) protons and neutrons in the nucleus are tightly packed
Answer: (2) number of protons and neutrons is always the same in neutral atom
1) ions are formed by adding electrons to a neutral atom
2) ions are formed by changing the number of protons in an atoms nucleus
3) ions are formed by removing electrons from a neutral atom
4) an ion has a positive or negative charge
5) metals tend to form positive ions
Answer: (2) ions are formed by changing the number of protons in an atoms nucleus
1) Number of protons in an element is the same for all neutral atoms of that element
2) The number of electrons in an element is the same for all neutral atoms of that element.
3) The number of neutrons in an element is the same for all neutral atoms of that element.
The average mass of boron is 10.81g. Assuming you were able to isolate one boron atom, the chance that you would randomly get one with a mass of 10.81 is:
A) an atom of iron loses two electrons
B) an atom of zinc loses two electrons
C) an atom of iron loses three electrons
D) an atom of iron gains three electrons
Which of these is not a characteristic of most ionic compounds?
A) solid at room temperature
B) has a low melting point
C) conducts an electric current when melted
D) produced by reaction between metallic and nonmetallic elements