Standard 1
Vocab Pretest
Multiple Choice
Select the word that best fits the definition.
1. A characteristic that explains how a substance has the potential to be changed
into another substance.
a. Chemical Properties
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reactants
2. Property of a compound that can change without changing the substance.
a. Chemical Properties
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reactants
3. Describes the potential of one substance to interact with another substance and
create a new substance.
a. Combustion
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reacts
4. Any observable event that shows a new substance has been created.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
5. Any observable event that shows the original substance is still present.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
6. A change where the atoms are in their original arrangement and the original
substance is still present.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Chemical change
d. Physical change
7. A change to matter where the atoms have been rearranged and a new
substance has been formed.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
8. The oxygen that makes up part of the air we breathe.
a. Products
b. Reactants
c. Atmospheric oxygen
d. Photosynthesis
9. The process of plants using sunlight to make sugar/food.
a. Atmospheric oxygen
b. Photosynthesis
c. Products
d. Reactants
10. A chemical change involving oxygen and fuel producing heat and light.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
11. The chemical process of combining oxygen with iron.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
12. The process of combining oxygen with fuel/food to produce energy.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
13. The substances that are produced due to a chemical change. Another word
for new substance.
a. Atmospheric oxygen
b. Photosynthesis
c. Products
d. Reactants
14. The substances that enter into a chemical change. The starting substances.
a. Reactants
b. Products
c. Atmospheric oxygen
d. Photosynthesis
15. The temperature at which a liquid changes into a gas. For water 100⁰
Celsius.
a. Melting point
b.Sublimation
c. Condensation
d.Boiling/Vaporization point
16. The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Melting point
b. Freezing point
c. Condensation
d. Sublimation
17. The temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Sublimation
b. Condensation
c. Melting point
d. Freezing point
18. The process of a gas turning a gas to a liquid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Melting point
b. Condensation
c. Sublimation
d. Freezing point
19. The process of going from solid directly to a gas.
a. Condensation
b. Sublimation
c. Freezing point
d. Melting point
20. The process of changing states. The temperature does NOT change during
this process.
a. Chemical Reaction
b. Activation Energy
c. Phase Change
d. Law of Conservation of Mass
21. A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a
complex whole.
a. System
b. Endothermic Reaction
c. Exothermic Reaction
d. Activation Energy
22. A chemical reaction that absorbs energy
a. System
b. Activation Energy
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Exothermic Reaction
23. A chemical reaction that releases energy
a. Exothermic Reaction
b. System
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Activation Energy
24. The energy required to start a chemical reaction
a. Activation Energy
b. System
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Exothermic Reaction
25. Any environment or condition that allows mass/matter to go in or come out.
a. Open System
b. Closed System
c. Law of Conservation of Mass
d. Activation Energy
26. Any environment or condition that DOES NOT allow mass/matter to go in or
come out.
a. Open System
b. Activation Energy
c. Closed System
d. Law of Conservation of Mass
27. A fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or
destroyed in an isolated system.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Open System
c. Activation Energy
d. Closed System
28. A large number that goes in front of a chemical formula and tells you how
many molecules of that substance there are in a chemical equation.
a. Coefficient
b. Subscript
c. Atom
d. Molecule
29. A small number in a chemical equation that tells you how many of a
particular atom is present in a molecule.
a. Coefficient
b. Subscript
c. Atom
d. Molecule
30. The basic unit of an element that retains the chemical and physical
properties of that element
a. Molecule
b. Coefficient
c. Subscript
d. Atom
31. A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental
unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
a. Subscript
c. Molecule
b. Yields
d. Atom
32. Another word for equals. Refers to the products produced in a chemical
reaction.
a. Coefficient
b. Yields
c. Atom
d. Molecule
33. How fast a chemical reaction occurs.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Collision Theory
c. Surface Area
d.Concentration
34. The disintegration of a solid in a liquid. Sugar in water.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Dissolve
c. Surface Area
d. Concentration
35. The amount of outside, exposed part of matter.
a. Reaction Rate
b.Collision Theory
c. Surface Area
d.Concentration
36. A scientific idea that states that the more times particles collide the faster
the chemical reaction will be.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Collision Theory
c. Catalyst
d. Concentration
37. A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction, but does not change itself
a. Catalyst
b. Inhibitor
c. Reaction Rate
d. Concentration
38. A substance that slows down a chemical reaction.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Inhibitor
c. Surface Area
d. Catalyst
39. A measure of how much matter is in a given space.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Dissolve
c. Surface Area
d. Concentration
Standard 1
Vocab Pretest-key
Multiple Choice
Select the word that best fits the definition.
1. A characteristic that explains how a substance has the potential to be changed
into another substance.
a. Chemical Properties
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reactants
2. Property of a compound that can change without changing the substance.
a. Chemical Properties
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reactants
3. Describes the potential of one substance to interact with another substance and
create a new substance.
a. Combustion
b. Physical Properties
c. Photosynthesis
d. Reacts
4. Any observable event that shows a new substance has been created.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
5. Any observable event that shows the original substance is still present.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
6. A change where the atoms are in their original arrangement and the original
substance is still present.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Chemical change
d. Physical change
7. A change to matter where the atoms have been rearranged and a new
substance has been formed.
a. Chemical change indicator
b. Physical change indicator
c. Physical change
d. Chemical change
8. The oxygen that makes up part of the air we breathe.
a. Products
b. Reactants
c. Atmospheric oxygen
d. Photosynthesis
9. The process of plants using sunlight to make sugar/food.
a. Atmospheric oxygen
b. Photosynthesis
c. Products
d. Reactants
10. A chemical change involving oxygen and fuel producing heat and light.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
11. The chemical process of combining oxygen with iron.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
12. The process of combining oxygen with fuel/food to produce energy.
a. Photosynthesis
b. Combustion
c. Rusting
d. Respiration
13. The substances that are produced due to a chemical change. Another word
for new substance.
a. Atmospheric oxygen
b. Photosynthesis
c. Products
d. Reactants
14. The substances that enter into a chemical change. The starting substances.
a. Reactants
b. Products
c. Atmospheric oxygen
d. Photosynthesis
15. The temperature at which a liquid changes into a gas. For water 100⁰
Celsius.
a. Melting point
b.Sublimation
c. Condensation
d.Boiling/Vaporization point
16. The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Melting point
b. Freezing point
c. Condensation
d. Sublimation
17. The temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Sublimation
b. Condensation
c. Melting point
d. Freezing point
18. The process of a gas turning a gas to a liquid. For water 0⁰ Celsius.
a. Melting point
b. Condensation
c. Sublimation
d. Freezing point
19. The process of going from solid directly to a gas.
a. Condensation
b. Sublimation
c. Freezing point
d. Melting point
20. The process of changing states. The temperature does NOT change during
this process.
a. Chemical Reaction
b. Activation Energy
c. Phase Change
d. Law of Conservation of Mass
21. A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a
complex whole.
a. System
b. Endothermic Reaction
c. Exothermic Reaction
d. Activation Energy
22. A chemical reaction that absorbs energy
a. System
b. Activation Energy
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Exothermic Reaction
23. A chemical reaction that releases energy
a. Exothermic Reaction
b. System
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Activation Energy
24. The energy required to start a chemical reaction
a. Activation Energy
b. System
c. Endothermic Reaction
d. Exothermic Reaction
25. Any environment or condition that allows mass/matter to go in or come out.
a. Open System
b. Closed System
c. Law of Conservation of Mass
d. Activation Energy
26. Any environment or condition that DOES NOT allow mass/matter to go in or
come out.
a. Open System
b. Activation Energy
c. Closed System
d. Law of Conservation of Mass
27. A fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or
destroyed in an isolated system.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Open System
c. Activation Energy
d. Closed System
28. A large number that goes in front of a chemical formula and tells you how
many molecules of that substance there are in a chemical equation.
a. Coefficient
b. Subscript
c. Atom
d. Molecule
29. A small number in a chemical equation that tells you how many of a
particular atom is present in a molecule.
a. Coefficient
b. Subscript
c. Atom
d. Molecule
30. The basic unit of an element that retains the chemical and physical
properties of that element
a. Molecule
c. Subscript
b. Coefficient
d. Atom
31. A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental
unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
a. Subscript
c. Molecule
b. Yields
d. Atom
32. Another word for equals. Refers to the products produced in a chemical
reaction.
a. Coefficient
b. Yields
c. Atom
d. Molecule
33. How fast a chemical reaction occurs.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Collision Theory
c. Surface Area
d.Concentration
34. The disintegration of a solid in a liquid. Sugar in water.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Dissolve
c. Surface Area
d. Concentration
35. The amount of outside, exposed part of matter.
a. Reaction Rate
b.Collision Theory
c. Surface Area
d.Concentration
36. A scientific idea that states that the more times particles collide the faster
the chemical reaction will be.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Collision Theory
c. Catalyst
d. Concentration
37. A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction, but does not change itself
a. Catalyst
b. Inhibitor
c. Reaction Rate
d. Concentration
38. A substance that slows down a chemical reaction.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Inhibitor
c. Surface Area
d. Catalyst
39. A measure of how much matter is in a given space.
a. Reaction Rate
b. Dissolve
c. Surface Area
d. Concentration