PYP 001
TERM 161
FINAL EXAM
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017
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* Read the following (30) questions and choose the best answer. (The periodic table is
attached with the exam paper)
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Which of the following compounds is a covalent compound?
A)
B)
C)
D)
2
Which of the following compounds is a polar molecule?
A)
B)
C)
D)
3
NO2
MgCl2
KI
Li3N
HF
N2
CCl4
O2
What is the chemical formula for the compound gold(III) nitride?
A)
B)
C)
D)
AuN
Au3N
AuN3
Au3N3
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What is the name of the following compound: CuSO 4 . 5H2O?
A)
B)
C)
D)
5
dinitrogen pentoxide
dinitrogen tetroxide
nitrogen oxide
trinitrogen heptoxide
What is the oxidation number of sulfur in the polyatomic ion
A)
B)
C)
D)
7
Copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate
Copper sulfate pentahydrate
anhydrous copper sulfide
Copper (II) sulfide tetrahydrate
What is the name of the following compound: N 2O5?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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SO 24  ?
6
6
2
8
What is the formula for the compound that forms between calcium (Ca) and
phosphate (PO 34  )?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Ca3(PO4)2
CaPO4
Ca2(PO4)3
Ca3PO4
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Which of the following evidences was not provided by Alfred Wegner in his
continental drift hypothesis?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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The mid-ocean ridge system
The shape of coastlines
Mountain Ranges and rocks
Type of fossils
If two plates diverge at a rate of 1.5 cm/y, how much farther apart in km will the
plates be after 200 million years?
A)
B)
C)
D)
3000 km
300 million km
1500 km
3.0 km
10 Which of the following statements is correct?
A) In a transform plate boundary no new rock is created.
B) The boundary where two plates collide is called a divergent plate
boundary.
C) When two continental plates of equal density collide one plate will
subduct beneath the other plate.
D) In a divergent plate boundary volcanic activity is totally absent.
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11 What kind of seismic waves are shown in the figure below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Surface waves.
Secondary waves (S-waves).
Primary waves (P-waves).
None of these.
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12 If a seismic station received the secondary wave of an earthquake 4.50 minutes after
the reception of its primary wave. How far is the seismic station from the earthquake
epicenter? (Hint: you may use the graph below)
A)
B)
C)
D)
3000 km
2000 km
4000 km
5000 km
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13 Most of Earth’s outer and inner cores are composed of
A)
B)
C)
D)
metallic elements such as iron and nickel.
oxygen and sulfur.
silicates.
water.
14 Which of the following is a correct statement that can be deduced from the figure
below?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The density of the outer core is larger than the density of the mantle.
X is a primary seismic wave and Y is a secondary seismic wave.
X wave is faster than Y wave.
The density of the outer core is smaller than the density of the mantle.
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15 Suppose an aquifer is 200 km long and 100 km wide. What is the thickness of the
aquifer if it has an average porosity of 10 percent and holds 30,000 cubic kilometers
of water?
A)
B)
C)
D)
15 km
1.5 km
30 km
150 km
16 Which of the following factors causes a decrease in the rate of infiltration by land?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Steep Slopes.
Presence of unsaturated permeable material beneath the surface.
Absence of vegetation.
Presence of interconnected pore spaces beneath the surface.
17 The __________ states that the processes that have been occurring today have been
occurring since Earth formed.
A)
B)
C)
D)
principle of uniformitarianism
principle of original horizontality
principle of superposition
principle of cross-cutting relationships
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18 An igneous rock sample was dated using radioactive potassium. Measurements
indicate that 1/32 of the original parent potassium is left in the sample. How old is
this igneous rock if the half life of potassium is 1.3 billion years?
A)
B)
C)
D)
6.5 billion years.
5.2 billion years.
7.8 billion years.
3.9 billion years.
19 What is the number of valence electrons in barium (Ba)?
A)
B)
C)
D)
2
1
3
4
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20 The distribution of electrons in their energy levels for an element is shown in the
figure below. What is the name of this element?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Aluminum
Boron
Gallium
Silicon
21 Sulfur dioxide reacts with bromine and water to produce hydrogen bromide and
sulfuric acid. If 64.10 g of sulfur dioxide react completely with 159.9 g of bromine
and an unknown amount of water to form 161.9 g of hydrogen bromide and 98.10 g
of sulfuric acid, then how many grams of water react?
A)
B)
C)
D)
36.00 g
260.0 g
195.9 g
100.1 g
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22 ________ is a heterogeneous mixture with particles that never settle.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Colloid
Suspension
Solution
Compound
23 Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) An object will float on water if it has a weight bigger than the weight
of the displaced water.
B) The volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature at constant
pressure.
C) The pressure of a gas increases with decreasing the volume of the
container at constant temperature.
D) As the velocity of the a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by the
fluid decreases.
24 Which of the following changes of state releases thermal energy?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Condensation
Melting
Vaporization
Sublimation
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25 A 0.145-kg baseball is thrown straight upward with kinetic energy 8.70 J. what is the
baseball kinetic energy when it is at 6.00 m above the throwing point?
A)
B)
C)
D)
0.174 J
8.53 J
7.83 J
Zero J
26 Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Work doesn’t have direction.
B) The rate at which energy is converted from one form to another is
called acceleration.
C) Chemical potential energy is a mechanical energy.
D) Bicycle is a simple machine.
27 Assume you are standing on a bathroom scale inside an elevator, in which of the
following cases the reading of the scale will equal zero?
A)
B)
C)
D)
When the elevator is in free fall.
When the elevator accelerates upward.
When the elevator moves with constant velocity.
None of these
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28 A car rounds a curve on a level road. The centripetal force on the car is provided by
A)
B)
C)
D)
friction between the tires and the road.
inertia.
gravity.
the force applied to the steering wheel.
29 An astronaut at rest in space fires a thruster pistol that expels 35.0 g of hot gas at 875
m/s as shown in the figure below. The combined mass of the astronaut and pistol is
84.0 kg. How fast is the astronaut moving after firing the pistol?
A)
B)
C)
D)
0.365 m/s
30.6 m/s
875 m/s
Zero m/s
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30 A toy car, as in the figure below, runs off the edge of the table that is 1.225-m high.
The car lands 0.400 m from the base of the table, how long does it take the car to
fall?
A)
B)
C)
D)
0.500 s
0.250 s
4.900 s
1.225 s
ID: A
* Read the following (30) questions and choose the best answer. (The periodic table is
attached with the exam paper)
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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A
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A
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