Unit 2 Test – Multiple Choice Questions 5.

The helium from the 1 L container is moved to the 4

liter container with the CO2. Assuming no loss of
You have 45 minutes. You may NOT use a heat, what should be the new pressure in the 4 liter
calculator. container?
a) The pressure is unchanged
b) The pressure increases by 25%
c) The pressure doubles
d) The pressure increases by 50%

Refer to the set of graphs below when answering the

next two questions.

Each of the flasks above contains 0.10 moles of the

designated gas, contained at the stated volumes, at a
temperature of 350 K. Assume ideal gas behavior when
answering the following five questions.
Graph #1 Graph #2 Graph #3 Graph #4
1. In which container will the measured pressure be
highest?
a) 4 L of CO2 6. Which of the graphs above is the best qualitative
b) 3 L of Ne graph of pressure versus volume of nitrogen at
c) 2 L of Cl2 constant temperature and number of moles?
d) 1 L of He a) Graph #1
b) Graph #2
2. In which of the containers do the gas molecules c) Graph #3
have the lowest average speed? d) Graph #4
a) 4 L of CO2
b) 3 L of Ne
c) 2 L of Cl2 7. Which of the graphs above is the best qualitative
d) 1 L of He graph of Kelvin temperature versus pressure of an
ideal gas at constant volume and number of moles?
3. Which gas would be the densest at the given a) Graph #1
temperature, in the given container? b) Graph #2
a) 4 L of CO2 c) Graph #3
b) 3 L of Ne d) Graph #4
c) 2 L of Cl2
d) 1 L of He

4. Small holes are poked in the rubber stoppers on top

of each container. From which container can one
expect gas to most rapidly escape?
a) 4 L of CO2
b) 3 L of Ne
c) 2 L of Cl2
d) 1 L of He
Use the information in this table to answer the next two
questions.

Metal Sample Mass Specific Heat

(g) J
g∙℃ 10. A 100 g sample of a metal was heated to 100°C
and then quickly transferred to an insulated
Al 30.0 0.878 container holding 100 g of water at 22°C. The
temperature of the water rose to reach a final
Fe 40.0 0.438 temperature of 35°C. Which of the following
can be concluded?
Cu 50.0 0.381
a) The metal temperature changed
Pb 100.0 0.126 more than the water temperature
did; therefore the metal lost more
thermal energy than the water
8. Samples of each of the above metals having the gained.
b) The metal temperature changed
recorded masses were allowed to absorb 1000 J
more than the water temperature
of energy, each. Which metal sample did, but the metal lost the same
experienced the greatest change in temperature? amount of thermal energy as the
a) Al water gained.
b) Fe c) The metal temperature changed
c) Cu more than the water temperature
d) Pb did; therefore the heat capacity of
the metal must be greater than the
heat capacity of the water.
9. The experiment above is repeated, but with d) The final temperature is less than
samples of metals all having a mass of 50.0 the average starting temperature of
grams. Each metal sample is allowed to absorb the metal and the water; therefore
1000 J. Which sample experiences the greatest the total energy of the metal and
change in temperature? water decreased.
a) Al
b) Fe 11. You have two samples of the same gas in the
c) Cu same size container, with the same pressure.
d) Pb The gas in the first container has a Kelvin
temperature four times that of the gas in the
‘ other container. The ratio of the number of
moles of gas in the first container compared to
that in the second is:
a) 1:1
b) 4:1
c) 1:4
d) 2:1
12. The graph above shows the speed distribution of
molecules in a sample of a gas at a certain d)
temperature. Which of the following graphs
shows the speed distribution of the same
molecules at a higher temperature (as a dashed
curve)?

13. Which combination of conditions of P, T,

and n, respectively, are most ideal?
a) low P, high T, high n
b) low P, low T, low n
a) c) high P, low T, high n
d) low P, high T, low n

Refer to the following information for the next

three questions:
An evacuated rigid container is filled with
exactly 4.00 g of hydrogen and 20.0 g of neon.
The temperature of the gases is held at zero
degrees Celsius and the pressure inside is 1 atm.
b)
14. What is the volume of the container?
a. 22.4 L
b. 33.5 L
c. 48.8 L
d. 67.2 L

15. Which gas particles will be have a higher average

velocity and why?
a. hydrogen because it has a lower molar mass
b. neon because it has a higher molar mass
c. hydrogen because it has a larger atomic radius
d. neon because it has a smaller atomic radius
16. What is the mole fraction of neon in the container?
a. 0.17
b. 0.33 Container A B C
c. 0.67
Gas Metha Ethan Butan
d. 0.83
ne e e
Formula CH4 C2H6 CH
4 10

17. Consider the reaction: Molar mass

16 30. 58
H2(g) + ½ O2(g) → H2O(l ) ΔH0 = -286 kJ (g/mol)
Temperatu
Which of the following is true? re (C) 27 27 27

a) The reaction is endothermic Pressure 2.0 4.0 2.0

b) The reaction is exothermic (atm)
c) The enthalpy of the products is more
than that of the reactants 21. The average kinetic energy of the gas molecules is
d) Both a and c are true
a) greatest in container A
b) greatest in container B
18. Use the kinetic molecular theory of gases to predict c) greatest in container C
what would happen to a closed sample of a gas d) the same in all three container
whose temperature increased while its volume
decreased.
a) The average kinetic energy of the molecules of 22. The density of the gas, in g/L, is
the gas would decrease a) greatest in container A
b) Its pressure would decrease b) greatest in container B
c) The number of moles of gas would decrease
c) greatest in container C
d) Its pressure would increase
d) the same in all three containers
e) Its pressure would hold constant

19. Assuming identical conditions of temperature,

which of the following gases has the highest
23. Calculate the enthalpy change in the reaction
density?
a) He 4NH3(g) + 5O2(g) → 4NO(g)+ 6H2O(l)
b) NH3 given the data below (in kJ mol-1 ).
c) CH4
d) Cl2 ΔHfo NH3(g) = -45.5
e) O2
ΔHfo NO(g) = + 91.0
ΔHfo H2O(l) = -286
20. A sample of gas occupying 12.0 L and having a ΔHfo O2(g) = 0.00
pressure of 0.750 atm is compressed until it
occupies 4.00 L of volume. What is the pressure at
the lower volume?
a) -1170 kJ mol-1
a) 0.250 atm
b) 2.25 atm b) 1170 kJ mol-1
c) 36.0 atm c) –149.5 kJ mol-1
d) 1.78 atm d) 149.5 kJ mol-1
e) 0.875 atm
24. (a) Given the following data, calculate ΔH for
the reaction, 2C(s) + 3H2(g) →C2H6(g)
The following two questions refer to three gases
in identical rigid containers under the conditions
given in the table below.
 4C2H6(g) + 14O2(g) →8CO2(g) + 12H2O(l) used to demonstrate the rates at which gases diffuse.
ΔH = -6240 kJ When the cotton balls are placed in the ends of a tube at
the same time, the gases diffuse from each end and meet
C(s) + O2(g) →CO2(g) ΔH = -394 kJ
somewhere in between, where they react to form a white
2H2(g) + O2(g) → 2H2O(l) ΔH = -572 kJ solid. Which of the following combinations will produce
a solid closest to the center of the tube?
a) 7207 kJ mol-1
b) –7207 kJ mol-1
(a) HCl and NH3
c) 86 kJ mol-1
d) -86 kJ mol-1 (b) HBr and NH3
(c) HBr and CH3NH2
(d) HCl and CH3NH2
Ar 4 atm

28. K(s) + ½ Cl2(g)→ KCl(s) ∆H° = − 437 kJ/molrxn

How much heat is released or absorbed when 0.10 mol

25. The figure above represents three sealed 1.0 L of Cl2(g) is formed from KCl(s)?
vessels, each containing a different inert gas at 298 K.
The pressure of Ar in the first vessel is 4.0 atm. The (a) 87.4 kJ is released
ratio of the numbers of Ar, Ne, and He atoms in the (b) 43.7 kJ is released
vessels is 2:1:6, respectively. After all the gases are (c) 43.7 kJ is absorbed
combined in a previously evacuated 2.0 L vessel, what (d) 87.4 kJ is absorbed
is the total pressure of the gases at 298 K?

(a) 3.0 atm

(b) 4.5 atm
(c) 9.0 atm
(d) 18 atm

26. Complete combustion of a sample of a hydrocarbon

in excess oxygen produces equimolar quantities of
carbon dioxide and water. Which of the following could
be the molecular formula of the compound?

(a) C3H6
(b) CH4
(c) C2H2
(d) C2H6

29. Beaker X and beaker Y each contain 1.0 L of

solution, as shown above. A student combines the
solutions by pouring them into a larger, previously
empty beaker Z and observes the formation of a white
precipitate. Assuming that volumes are additive, which
of the following sets of solutions could be represented
27. The experimental apparatus represented above is by the diagram above?
 (c)

30. Which of the following particulate diagrams best

shows the formation of water vapor from hydrogen gas
and oxygen gas in a rigid container at 125 degrees C?
(d)
(a)

(b)