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Chapter 5 Multiple-choice questions
Moles, concentrations, and dilutions: making sense of chemical numbers
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The molar mass of carbon is 12 g mol
-1
. How many moles are there in 3g of carbon?
0.25 mol
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0.4 mol
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4 mol
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incorrect
36 mol
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incorrect
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The concentration of a solution is expressed as the number of moles in which of the following volumes?
1 μL
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1 mL
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1 L
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1 dL
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25 mL is equivalent to how many litres (L)?
0.025
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0.25
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2.5
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0.0025
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incorrect
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How many moles of HCl are there in 10 mL of a solution with a concentration of 0.5 mol L
-1
?
5 mol
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0.5 mol
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incorrect
0.05 mol
correct
incorrect
1 mol
correct
incorrect
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What is the concentration of a 500 mL solution containing 0.3 mol of glucose?
0.15 mol L
-1
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0.0006 mol L
-1
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1.67 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
0.6 mol L
-1
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incorrect
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What mass of glucose would you need (in g) to have 0.8 mol, given that the molar mass of glucose is 180 g mol
-1
?
144 g
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0.0044 g
correct
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225 g
correct
incorrect
1.44 g
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incorrect
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The wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is represented by which of the following symbols?
ε
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γ
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Δ
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λ
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The distance travelled by light as it passes through a cuvette is called which of the following?
The focal length
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The sample width
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The path length
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The field length
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The absorbance of a sample as measured by UV-visible spectrometry is inversely proportional to the concentration of the sample, such that, as the concentration increases, the absorbance decreases. True or false?
True
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False
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How much water must we add to a 10 mL sample of HCl with a concentration of 0.5 mol L
-1
to bring about a ten-fold dilution?
10 mL
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100 mL
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incorrect
90 mL
correct
incorrect
990 mL
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incorrect
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The molar mass of an element is equal to which of the following?
Avogadro's number
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Atomic number
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Mass number
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Relative atomic mass
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If we begin with 8 mL of a glucose solution with a concentration of 0.25 mol L
-1
and dilute it to a volume of 0.5 L, what is the concentration of the final, diluted solution?
250 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
4 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
0.004 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
0.0025 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
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What mass of agar would we need in order to produce 500 mL of a 2.5% w/v solution?
1250 g
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incorrect
1.25 g
correct
incorrect
12.5 g
correct
incorrect
0.0125 g
correct
incorrect
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When carrying out a 10-fold serial dilution, starting with a solution of concentration 5 mol L
-1
, what would be the concentration of the solution after the third dilution step?
0.5 mol L
-1
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0.005 mol L
-1
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0.004 mol L
-1
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incorrect
0.04 mol L
-1
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A titration reaction yields a colour change when 10.2 mL of a 0.5 M solution of nitric acid, HNO
3
, is added to 20 mL of potassium hydroxide, KOH. What is the concentration of the potassium hydroxide solution? HNO
3
and KOH react as follows:
HNO
3
+ KOH → KNO
3
+ H
2
O
0.0051 mol L
-1
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255 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
0.000225 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
0.225 mol L
-1
correct
incorrect
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