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Part ONE PS Quiz 4A
Test Description: Part One
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Diamonds may be a researcher’s best _______.
A
tactic
B
friend
C
plan
D
outcome
2) Diamonds are the hardest natural substance and have the highest _______ conductivity.
A
caloric
B
thermal
C
nuclear
D
magnetic
3) Diamonds are made of the same element as _______for your grill: carbon.
A
steel
B
iron
C
copper
D
charcoal
4) A device called the diamond _______ cell enables scientists to create extreme pressures and temperatures.
A
balance
B
tool
C
scale
D
anvil
5) Diamond anvil cells are tiny laboratories in which scientists reproduce the most ______ conditions in our universe.
A
intense
B
benign
C
common
D
basic
6) Ancient Greeks thought that all matter was made of ____ elements.
A
two
B
five
C
three
D
sixty
7) Interest in elements and other materials led to the rise of a group of scientists called _______.
A
magicians
B
chemists
C
wizards
D
alchemists
8) Some alchemists were interested in studying _______ for purely scientific reasons.
A
compounds
B
elements
C
data
D
electrons
9) Half of the 118 known elements were _______ only in the last 160 years.
A
eliminated
B
discovered
C
renamed
D
destroyed
10) Boyle published The Skeptical Chemyst, in which he called for ________ to be the basis of science.
A
alchemists
B
scientists
C
physics
D
experimentation
11) Robert Boyle was an _______ who believed that it was possible to change one element into another.
A
chemyst
B
alchemist
C
scientist
D
soldier
12) Boyle’s work solidified the position that matter consisted of indivisible particles of ________, rejecting the Greek concept of matter.
A
space
B
liquids
C
solids
D
elements
13) Lavoisier made one of the first ______ of the elements. His list included the thirty-three elements known in his day.
A
projects
B
synthesis
C
analysis
D
lists
14) Antoine Lavoisier played a crucial role in our _______ of the elements.
A
prediction
B
understanding
C
foretelling
D
constructing
15) Berzelius came up with ________ for the forty-seven elements known to him.
A
electrons
B
places
C
names
D
symbols
16) In two-letter symbols the first letter is always ________ and the second letter is always lowercase.
A
extra
B
boldface
C
capitalized
D
lowercase
17) The elements were given names in Latin. Some of the symbols are based on the element’s name in this _____ language.
A
modern
B
latest
C
original
D
new
18) As the number of elements grew, many scientists looked for ways to _________ the information known about them.
A
arrange
B
dismiss
C
locate
D
test
19) In 1865, Newlands developed his law of ________, which states that when elements are arranged by atomic mass, the properties of every eighth element are similar.
A
lists
B
octaves
C
electrons
D
periods
20) German chemist Johann Döbereiner made a key discovery while studying properties of the elements in the early 1800s. He noticed groups of elements, like chlorine, bromine (35), and iodine (53), with _______ properties.
A
opposite
B
similar
C
identical
D
repelling
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