1 mark Questions

1. Define atomic mass and molecular mass.

2. Who provided the basic theory about the nature of matter?
3. Define atomic mass unit
4. The number of atoms consisting a molecule is known as its __________
5. What is valency of an element?
6. Mass of 1 mole of substance is called its ___________
7. Avogadro number is ____________
8. A group of atoms carrying a charge is known as a ____________
9. The reciprocal of ______________ is called AVOGRAM.
10. The most abundant metal in earth's crust is __________
11. Which postulate of Dalton's atomic theory can explain the law of definite proportion?
12. Write the formula of ammonium carbonate.
13. Define an element.
14. How many atoms are present in H2S molecule and PO4
3-
ion?
15. Define the atomic mass unit.
16. If K and L shells of an atom are full, then what would be total number of electron in an atom?
17. If the number of protons of an element is 8 and number of neutrons are also 8. Write the notation of that
element.
18. What does the formula of a compund indicate?



2 marks Questions
1. State the law of conservation of mass?
2. What is the law of constant proportions?
3. What is a molecule? Give examples
4. Write the chemical formulae of (i) magnesium hydroxide (ii)Calcium Carbonate (iii) aluminum chloride (iv)
Potassium Sulphate
5. What is molecular mass? How it is expressed?
6. What is the mass of;

(a) 1 mole of Potassium atoms?
(b) 4 moles of aluminum atoms? (Al = 27u)
7. Define the term chemical formula?
8. If 1 mole of Sodium atoms weigh 23 grams, what is the mass (in grams) of 1 atom of Sodium?
9. What is meant by the term
(i) Chemical formula (ii) Molecular mass
10. Atomic radius is measured in ________________
11. What is the mass of
a. 0.2 mol atom of oxygen.
b. 0.5 mol molecule of water.
12. 8.4 g of magnesium carbonate on heating gave 4.4 g of carbon dioxide and 4.0 g of magnesium oxide. Show
that these observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
13. Calculate the number of molecules in 0.01 mole of water.
14. Calculate the molar mass of the following:
(a) HNO3
(b) Na2SO3


3 marks Questions.
1. State the postulates of Dalton's atomic theory.
2. What are the laws of chemical combination?
3. Define (i) Ion (ii) anion (iii) caution (iv) polyatomic ion.
4. Calculate the relative Molecular mass of
(i) H2O (water)
(ii) H2SO4 (Sulphuric acid)
(iii) CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
(given the atomic masses of H=1u, O = 16u, S = 32u, Ca = 4Ou and C = 12 u)
5. Calculate the formula unit masses of Zncl, K2SO4, Na2O, given atomic masses of Na=23u, Cl = 35.5u, Zn = 65 u,
S=32u and O= 16u.
6. Which has more number number of atoms, 100 grams of sodium or 100 grams of iron given, atomic mass of Na
= 23u, Fe = 56 u?
7. Calculate the mass of;
(i) 0.5 mole of C atoms (ii) 6.022 x 10
23
number of O2 molecules.
(iii) 10 moles of (H2SO4)
8. (a) How many atoms are present in 5.60 mol of copper metal?
(b) Calculate the number of moles in 32 g of methane.
(c) Calculate the number of molecules in 90g of water.
9. Find the empirical formula of a compound containing 80% carbon and 20% hydrogen. If it has a molecular mass
of 30, find its molecular formula.
Calculate the number of molecules of sulphur (S8) in 16 g of solid sulphur. Find the formula mass of Na21CO3. 10
H2O .
10. The average atomic mass of sample of an element X is 16.2 u. What are the percentage of
isotopes 8X
16
and 8X
18
in the sample?
11. Calculate the mass of the following in grams.
(1) .004 Mole of Neon gas (Ne = 20u)
(2) 3.76X10
21
copper atoms (Cu = 64u)


5 marks Questions
1. Calculate the number of particles in the following:
(a) 69 g of Na atoms.
(b) 56 g of He
(c) 0.1 mole of carbon
2.
(a) What are the postulates of Dalton's Atomic Theory?
(b) Which postulate of Dalton's Atomic Theory is the result of the law of conservation of mass?

(c) Which postulate of Dalton's Atomic Theory can explain the law of definite proportions?
3. Solve the problems.

(1) 10.0 g CaCO3 on heating gave 4.4 g of CO2 and 5.6 g of CaO. Show that these observations are in
agreement with law of conservation of mass.
(2) 1.375 g of cupric oxide was reduced by heating in current of hydrogen and the weight of copper that
remained was 1.098 g. In another experiment, 1.179 g of copper was dissolved in the nitric acid and
the resulting copper nitrate converted into cupric oxide by ignition. The weight of cupric oxide formed
was 1.476 g. Show that these results illustrate the law of constant proportions.