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D1 SL Chemistry Readiness Assessment

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Total marks: 29

1. Which statement about the numbers of protons, electrons and neutrons in an atom is
always correct?

A. The number of neutrons minus the number of electrons is zero.

B. The number of protons plus the number of neutrons equals the number of
electrons.

C. The number of protons equals the number of electrons.

D. The number of neutrons equals the number of protons.

(Total 1 mark)

2. Which is the correct definition of the mass number of an atom?

A. The total mass of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of the atom

B. The total mass of neutrons, protons and electrons in the atom

C. The number of protons in the nucleus of the atom

D. The total number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of the atom
(Total 1 mark)

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3. Which statement about the isotopes of an element is correct?

A. They have the same mass number.

B. They have a different atomic number.

C. They have the same chemical properties.

D. They are located in different places in the periodic table.

(Total 1 mark)

4. Which is correct for the following regions of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Ultraviolet (UV) Infrared (IR)

A. high energy short wavelength low energy low frequency
B. high energy low frequency low energy long wavelength
C. high frequency short wavelength high energy long wavelength
D. high frequency long wavelength low frequency low energy

(Total 1 mark)

5. Which quantities are the same for all atoms of chlorine?

I. Number of protons

II. Number of neutrons

III. Number of electrons

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)

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6. The table below shows the number of protons, neutrons and electrons present in five
species.

Number of Number of
Species Number of electrons
protons neutrons
X 6 8 6
Y 7 7 7
Z 7 7 8
W 8 8 8
Q 8 10 8

Which two species are isotopes of the same element?

A. X and W

B. Y and Z

C. Z and W

D. W and Q
(Total 1 mark)

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7. Which statements about the isotopes of chlorine, 17 Cl and 17 Cl , are correct?

I. They have the same chemical properties.

II. They have the same atomic number.

III. They have the same physical properties.

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)

8. Which species has 54 electrons and 52 protons?

128 2
A. 52 Te

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132 2
B. 54 Xe

132 2
C. 54 Xe

128 2
D. 52 Te

(Total 1 mark)

9. Consider the relative abundance of the isotopes of element X.

Isotope Relative abundance

(%)
24 80
X
25 10
X
26 10
X

What is the relative atomic mass of X?

A. 24

B. 25

C. Between 24 and 25

D. Between 25 and 26
(Total 1 mark)

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10. Which of the following is an isotope of 12 Mg?

24 2
A. 12 Mg

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B. 12 Mg

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C. 13 Mg

26
D. 13 Mg

(Total 1 mark)

11. A sample of element X contains 69 % of 63X and 31 % of 65X. What is the relative
atomic mass of X in this sample?

A. 63.0

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B. 63.6

C. 65.0

D. 69.0
(Total 1 mark)

12. Which describes the visible emission spectrum of hydrogen?

A. A series of lines converging at longer wavelength

B. A series of regularly spaced lines

C. A series of lines converging at lower energy

D. A series of lines converging at higher frequency

(Total 1 mark)

13. What is the electron configuration of the Cr2+ ion?

A. [Ar] 3d5 4s1

B. [Ar] 3d3 4s1

C. [Ar] 3d6 4s1

D. [Ar] 3d4 4s0

(Total 1 mark)

14. What is the order of increasing energy of the orbitals within a single energy level?

A. d<s<f<p

B. s<p<d<f

C. p<s<f<d

D. f<d<p<s
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15. What is the electron configuration of vanadium?

A. 1s22s22p63s23p63d24s3

B. 1s22s22p63s23p63d34s2

C. 1s22s22p63s23p63d44s1

D. 1s22s22p63s23p63d5
(Total 1 mark)

16. An ion has the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10. Which ion could it be?

A. Ni2+

B. Cu+

C. Cu2+

D. Co3+
(Total 1 mark)

17. What is the electron configuration for the copper(I) ion, (Z = 29)?

A. [Ar]4s23d9

B. [Ar]4s13d10

C. [Ar]4s13d9

D. [Ar]3d10
(Total 1 mark)

18. A sample of iron has the following isotopic composition by mass.

Isotope 54 56 57
Fe Fe Fe
Relative abundance / 5.95 91.88 2.17

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Calculate the relative atomic mass of iron based on this data, giving your answer to two
decimal places.

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19. The electron configuration of chromium can be expressed as [Ar]4sx3dy.

(i) Explain what the square brackets around argon, [Ar], represent.

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(ii) State the values of x and y.

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(iii) Annotate the diagram below showing the 4s and 3d orbitals for a chromium atom
using an arrow, and , to represent a spinning electron.

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4s 3d
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20. Silicon has three stable isotopes, 28Si, 29Si and 30Si. The heaviest isotope, 30Si, has a
percentage abundance of 3.1 %. Calculate the percentage abundance of the lightest
isotope to one decimal place.

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Strontium exists as four naturally-occurring isotopes. Calculate the relative atomic mass
of strontium to two decimal places from the following data.

Isotope Percentage abundance

Sr-84 0.56
Sr-86 9.90
Sr-87 7.00
Sr-88 82.54
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22. (a) Explain why the relative atomic mass of argon is greater than the relative atomic
mass of potassium, even though the atomic number of potassium is greater than
the atomic number of argon.

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(b) Deduce the numbers of protons and electrons in the K+ ion.

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(c) Deduce the electron arrangement for the K+ ion.

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