IPS Name______
Chapter 1 Test
Directions: Choose the best answer for the following questions.
_____1. In what layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur?
a. troposphere
b. mesosphere
c. exosphere
d. thermosphere
_____2. The name given to the soil, rock, and land part of the earth.
a. hydrosphere
b. lithosphere
c. troposphere
d. atmosphere
_____3. When combined, all parts of the earth that supports life is called the _____.
a. hydrosphere
b. lithosphere
c. biosphere
d. atmosphere
_____4. My piece of obsidian is an example of ______rock.
a. Extrusive igneous
b. Intrusive igneous
c. Intrusive metamorphic
d. Sedimentary
_____5. The atmosphere is made of ______% of oxygen
a. 78
b. 45
c. 35
d. 21
_____6. The ionosphere is located in what part of the atmosphere?
a. Troposphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Thermosphere
d. Exosphere
_____7. The temperature in the troposphere ______with height.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains the same
_____8. The planet is made of ______% of water.
a. 70
b. 97
c. 3
d. 80
_____9. The rock type that is formed by pressure and heat is ______rock.
a. Igneous
b. Sedimentary
c. Metamorphic
_____10. The atmosphere is made of ______% of nitrogen
a. 78
b. 45
c. 35
d. 21
_____11. The thickness of the biosphere is about ______.
a. 1 km
b. 500 m
c. 20 km
d. 6 km
_____12. Name given to the water part of our earth.
a. atmosphere
b. hydrosphere
c. mesosphere
d. lithosphere
_____13. The Stratosphere contains what important layer of our earth?
a. ionosphere
b. aquifer
c. ozone layer
d. weather
_____14. The layer of the atmosphere that extends from 50 km to 85 km is called the ______.
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
c. mesosphere
d. thermosphere
_____15. The layer of the atmosphere that extends 18 km to 50 km is called the ______.
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
c. mesosphere
d. thermosphere
_____16. The layer of the atmosphere that extends for 0 km to 18 km is called the ______.
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
c. mesosphere
d. thermosphere
_____17. Plants removing carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis is the interaction between the ______and the ______.
a. hydrosphere and biosphere
b. lithosphere and atmosphere
c. biosphere and atmosphere
d. hydrosphere and lithosphere
_____18. Rocks being weathered by running water is the interaction between the ______and the ______.
a. hydrosphere and biosphere
b. lithosphere and atmosphere
c. biosphere and atmosphere
d. hydrosphere and lithosphere
_____19. Ozone is made up of ______oxygen atoms.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
In questions 20-22 use the diagram below. Also use density triangle.
*Note: The diagram below represents a section of road in a concrete highway
_____20. What is the area of the top surface of the road?
a. 24 m2
b. 12 m2
c. 48 m2
d. 85 m2
_____21. What is the volume area of the top surface of the road?
a. 12.3 m3
b. 11.5 m3
c. 9.6 m3
d. 22.8 m3
_____22. If concrete has a density of 860,000 g/m3, what is the mass of the section of highway?
a. 1,258,560 g
b. 4,568,890 g
c. 1,623,425 g
d. 8,256,000 g
Use density triangle to answer the following.
_____23. Mass=23 g : Volume =3 ml : Density= ?
a. 8.3 g/ml
b. 2.3 g/ml
c. 7.7 g/ml
d. 5.5 g/ml
_____24. Volume= 12.3 cm3 : Density =3.5 g/cm3: Mass=?
a. 52.3 g
b. 63.5 g
c. 43.1 g
d. 25.6 g
_____25. Mass =15 g: Density =4 g/ml : Volume=?
a. 3.8 ml
b. 5.2 ml
c. 8.9 ml
d. 2.3 ml
Water Lab: Use the diagram below to answer the following.
_____26. The graph labeled 26 represents ______ml of water.
a. 25
b. 35
_____27. The graph labeled 27 represents ______ml of water.
a. 25
b. 35
_____28. The flat area on both line graphs represents the ______of water.
a. boiling point
b. evaporation point
c. point in which gas is created.
d. All of the above
_____29. The graph shows that 25 ml and 35 ml of water have ______boiling points.
a. different
b. same
_____30. The difference between the two graphs above is ______.
a. 35 ml of water takes a shorter amount time to reach the boiling point.
b. 25 ml of water takes a longer amount of time to reach the boiling point.
c. 25 ml of water takes a shorter amount time to reach the boiling point.
d. There is no difference between the two graphs
In questions 31-36, the following are processes in the water cycle. In these processes heat is either absorbed or released. Answer with the following:
A. Absorbed
B. Released
_____31. Condensation
_____32. Melting
_____33. Sublimation
_____34. Deposition
_____35. Freezing
_____36. Evaporation
In questions 37-42, each process above either releases or absorbs heat in form of calories. Use the following to match the process with the correct calorie amount.
A. 80 calories
B. 540-600 calories
C. 680 calories
_____37. Condensation
_____38. Melting
_____39. Sublimation
_____40. Deposition
_____41. Freezing
_____42. Evaporation
In questions 43 through 45 find percent error for the following problems.
_____43. The literature value of the atomic mass of an isotope of nickel is 57.9 g/mol. If a laboratory experimenter determined the mass to be 59.6 g/mol, what is the percent error?
A. 10%
B. 8%
C. 3%
D. 12%
_____44. A chemist determines that the energy gained during the melting of one gram of ice was 73.2 calories. Calculate the percent error
A. –4.5%
B. 3.4%
C. 12.5%
D. –8.5%
_____45. A student experimentally determines the specific heat of water to be 4.29 J/g x Co. He then looks up the specific heat of water on a reference table and finds that is is 4.18 J/g x Co.What is his percent error?
A. 2.6%
B. 3.4%
C. 1.8%
D. –5.6%
In questions 46-49, used the atmospheric mass graph below
_____46. What is the atmospheric mass above at a height of 5,000 feet?
A. 100%
B. 15%
C. 85%
D. 35%
_____47. What is the atmospheric mass above at a height of 50,000 feet?
A. 100%
B. 15%
C. 45%
D. 65%
_____48. If the total pressure at a sea level was 1002 mb, what is the total pressure at 5,000 feet?
A. 125.9 mb
B. 236.6 mb
C. 751.6 mb
D. 851.7 mb
_____49. If the total pressure at sea level was 995 mb, what is the total pressure at 50,000 feet?
A. 123.5 mb
B. 149.3 mb
C. 255.8 mb
D. 456.9 mb
Use Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure and the following chart for the scenario below.
Gas Name
/Chemical Formula
/Percent Volume
Nitrogen
/N2
/78.08%
Oxygen
/ O2 /20.95%
Water
/ H2O /0 to 4%
Argon
/ Ar /0.93%
Carbon Dioxide
/ CO2 /0.0360%
Neon
/ Ne /0.0018%
Helium
/ He /0.0005%
Methane
/ CH4 /0.00017%
Hydrogen
/ H2 /0.00005%
Nitrous Oxide
/ N2O /0.00003%
Ozone
/ O3 /0.000004%
Scenario: An IPS student was on vacation at the beach. She listened to the radio station one day found that the total pressure on that day was 985 mb. She decided to figure out the partial pressure for the following.
_____50. She found the partial pressure for argon to be_____.
A. 4.5 mb
B. 5.6 mb
C. 9.1 mb
D. 6.8 mb
_____51. She found the partial pressure for oxygen to be______.
A. 103.5 mb
B. 206.4 mb
C. 567. 9 mb
D. 345.6 mb