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Second Periodic Exam in Science 8

I. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before each number.

_____1. Which of the following materials is less readily recyclable?

a. aluminum cans
b. ceramic
c. plastic cups
d. soft drinks bottle
_____2. Which of the following types of alloy is a shape-memory alloy that can remember
its original shape?
a. gold alloy
b. steel
c. nitinol
d. brass
_____3. Which of the following phase change represents deposition?
a. liquid gas
b. solid liquid
c. gas solid
d. solid gas
_____4. Which of the following is not an example of plasma?
a. lightning
b. fluorescent lamp
c. aurora
d. brick
_____5. Which of the following exhibits an evidence of chemical change?
a. sawing of wood
b. fermentation of grape juice
c. melting of iron
d. condensation of water
_____6.Which of the following indicates an extensive physical property of matter?
a. 125 g iron
b. blue water
c. fragrance of perfume
d. melting butter
_____7. What type of matter is observed when an atom is chilled to less than a millionth
of a degree above absolute zero?
 a. a plasma
b. a liquid
c. a solid
d. a Bose-Einstein-Condensate
_____8. Which of the following shows an evident of physical change?
a. production of heat and light
b. dying of hair
c. sublimation of CO2
d. decomposing flesh
_____9. Which of the following is not an illustration of the Dalton’s atomic theory?
a. No atom is neither created nor destroyed.
b. Atoms of the same element are different.
c. An atom is indestructible.
d. Atoms of different elements combine in a ratio of small whole numbers in
forming a compound.
_____10. Which part of the atom has the greatest mass?
a. electron
b. proton
c. neutron
d. nucleus
_____11. Which of the following shows the arrangement of electrons in 17Cl ?
a. 2, 8, 1
b. 2, 8, 3
c. 2, 8, 5
d. 2, 8, 7
_____12.Which ?
a. mass
b. color
c. odor
d. melting

_____13. Wh?
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____14. Which of the following is not an explanation of the Dalton’s atomic theory?
a. No atom is neither created nor destroyed.
b. Atoms of the same element are different.
c. An atom is indestructible.
 d. Atoms of different elements combine in a ratio of small whole numbers in
forming a compound.
_____15. Which of the following statements is true about the figure below showing the
nuclear symbol of Cu-65 and Cu-63?

65 63
Cu Cu
29 29

a. Both isotopes contain the same numbers of protons.

b. Both isotopes contain the same numbers of electrons and protons.
c. Cu-65 has more protons than Cu-63
d. Cu-65 has more electrons than Cu-63
_____16. Which of the following rules of electron distribution explains that the electrons
must be distributed to the available orbitals first before pairing them?
a. Electron Configuration
b. Aufbau Principle
c. Hund’s Rule
d. Pauli Exclusion Principle
_____17. Which of the following is referred to as the electrons in the outermost energy
level?
a. noble electrons
b. orbital electrons
c. sublevel electrons
d. valence electrons

_____18. How many electrons can the second energy level can hold?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 10
d. 18
_____19.Which of the following indicates the vertical column of the periodic table?
a. groups
b. rows
c. periods
d. transitions

_____20. What happens to the size of ions within a group as the atomic number
increases?
a. It decreases.
b. It increases.
 c. It remains the same.
d. It changes in an irregular way.
_____21. Which of the following is the correct order of zones from right to left of the
periodic table?
a. nonmetals, metalloids and metals
b. metalloids, metals, nonmetals
c. metals, metalloids, nonmetals
d. metalloids, nonmetals, metals
_____22. Which of the following group of elements are generally hard, lustrous,
malleable ductile and generally conduct electricity?
a. metalloids
b. nonmetals
c. metals
d. semi metals
_____23.Which of the following is the name given to the d-block elements?
a. representative elements
b. transition metals
c. inner transition metals
d. lanthanide series

_____24. Which of the following elements is the most metallic?

a. Lithium
b. Beryllium
c. Boron
d. Carbon
_____25. Which of the following elements is used to make most kitchen utensils?
a. Magnesium
b. Aluminum
c. Calcium
d. Potassium
 II. MATCHING TYPE:

Match the contributions in column A with the names of the scientists in column
B. Write the answer on the space provided before each number.

A. Persons Involved in the Development of the Atom:

A B
_________26. He discovered the nuclear model. a. Sir James Chadwick
_________27. He proposed the movement of electrons
in orbits around the nucleus. b. Sir Joseph John Thomson
_________28. He discovered the electron. c. Eugene Goldstein
_________29. He discovered the neutron. d. Ernest Rutherford
_________30. He discovered the proton. e. Neils Bohr
f. Henri Becquerel

B. Persons Involved in the Development of the Periodic Table:

A B
_________31. He restated the periodic law. f. Jons Jacob Berzelius
_________32. He introduced the law of octaves. g. Dmitri Mendeleev
_________33. He developed groups of three elements h. Julius Lothar Meyer
_________34. He developed the modern periodic table. i. Henry Moseley
_________35.He introduced the letters to symbolize j. Johann Dobereiner
the elements. k. John Newlands

III Complete the Table: 36-45.

Element Symbol Z A P E N

Antimony 51 71

Rn 222 86

Zirconium 92 40

Cd 112 74

Silver 47 108
IV. Determine the families/groups and periods of the given elements through their electron
configurations. 46-51

Element Electron Family/Group Period

Configuration

20Ca

34Sc

56Ba

V. Give the quantum numbers of an element with a configuration that ends in 5d8 (52-50)

Electron n l ml ms
number

8
V. Give the quantum numbers of an element with a configuration that ends in 5d8 (52-50)

Electron n l ml ms
number

1st 5 2 2 +1/2

2nd 5 2 1 +1/2

3rd 5 2 0 +1/2

4th 5 2 -1 +1/2

5th 5 2 -2 +1/2

6th 5 2 2 -1/2

7th 5 2 1 -1/2

8th 5 2 0 -1/2