Introductory Chemistry Test Questions – Flashcards
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| Lithium |
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| Li+ |
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| Beryllium |
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| Be2+ |
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| Nitrogen |
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| N3- |
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| Oxygen |
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| O2- |
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| Hydrogen |
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| H- |
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| Magnesium |
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| Mg2+ |
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| Sodium |
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| Na+ |
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| Aluminum |
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| Al3+ |
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| Silicon |
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| Si2- |
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| Fluorine |
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| F- |
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| Chlorine |
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| Cl- |
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| Potassium |
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| K+ |
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| Calcium |
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| Ca2+ |
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| Gallium |
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| Ga3+ |
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| Selenium |
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| Se2- |
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| Bromine |
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| Br- |
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| Rubidium |
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| Rb+ |
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| Strontium |
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| Sr2+ |
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| Indium |
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| In3+ |
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| Tin |
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| Sn2+ |
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| Tellurium |
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| Te2- |
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| Iodine |
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| I- |
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| Cesium |
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| Cs+ |
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| Barium |
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| Ba2+ |
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| Thallium |
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| Tl+, Tl3+ |
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| Bismuth |
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| Bi3+ |
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| Lead |
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| Pb2+ |
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| Mercury, Mercurous |
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| Hg22+ |
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| Ammonium |
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| NH4+ |
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| Cyanide |
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| CN- |
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| Carbonate |
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| CO32- |
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| Hydrogen Carbonate |
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| HCO3- |
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| Acetate |
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| C2H3O2- |
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| Oxalate |
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| C2O42- |
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| Hypochlorite |
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| ClO- |
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| Chlorite |
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| ClO2- |
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| Chlorate |
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| ClO3- |
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| Perchlorate |
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| ClO4- |
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| Chromate |
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| CrO42- |
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| Dichromate |
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| Cr2O72- |
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| Permanganate |
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| MnO4- |
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| Nitrite |
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| NO2- |
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| Nitrate |
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| NO3- |
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| Hydroxide |
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| OH- |
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| Peroxide |
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| O22- |
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| Phosphate |
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| PO43- |
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| Monohydrogen phosphate |
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| HPO42- |
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| Dihydrogen phosphate |
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| H2PO4- |
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| Sulfite |
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| SO32- |
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| Sulfate |
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| SO42- |
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Hydrogen Sulfite (or bisulfite) |
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| HSO3- |
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Hydrogen sulfate (or bisulfate) |
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| HSO4- |
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| Thiosulfate |
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| S2O32- |
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| Solid |
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| The form of matter which is rigid but not compressible |
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| Liquid |
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| The form of matter which is neither rigid nor compressible |
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| Gas |
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| The form of matter which is compressible but not rigid |
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| Prefix mega- |
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| 106 |
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| Prefix kilo- |
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| 103 |
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| Prefix deci- |
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| 10-1 |
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| Prefix centi- |
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| 10-2 |
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| Prefix mili- |
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| 10-3 |
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| Prefix micro- |
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| 10-6 |
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| Prefix nano- |
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| 10-9 |
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| Prefix pico- |
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| 10-12 |
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| Dalton's first postulate |
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| All elements are made up of indivisible particles called atoms |
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| Semimetals |
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| Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium, Astatine |
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| Group |
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| Periodic Table column |
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| Period |
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| Periodic Table row |
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| Dalton's second postulate |
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| All atoms of one element are alike, but different from the atoms of all other elements |
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| Dalton's third postulate |
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| Atoms are neither created nor destroyed during chemical reactions, they are simply rearranged. |
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| Dalton's fourth postulate |
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| Compounds are made of atoms of different elements in specific ratios |
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| Naming oxoacids |
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| Change anion suffix (-ite to -ous or -ate to -ic) and add "acid" |
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| Naming binary acids |
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| non-aqueous: normal rules. aqueous: take stem of anion, add prefix hydro-, suffix -ic, and "acid" |
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| Naming ionic compounds |
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| metal name, add non-metal stem plus suffix -ide |
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| Naming molecular compounds |
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| Same as ionic, but use Greek number prefixes with element names if more than one atom of an element is present. |
