ZENITH ROYALS SCHOOLS
OPPOSITE SAWMILL ONIGARI BUS STOP AYEGUN OLOMI IBADAN
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY CLASS: SSS 1
1ST TERM EXAMINATION
SECTION A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Chemistry is define as ______ (a) A branch of knowledge which produces
chemicals (b) a subject that deals with properties and uses of matter (c) then
oldest branch of science (d) a branch of science which makes physics and
biology clearer
2. One of the following is not a chemical change (a) rusting (b) sublimation of
solids (c) slaking of quicklime (d) fermentation of glucose
3. Which of the following is incorrect (a) physical change is renewable while
chemical are not (b) in physical change their is no change in mass while there is
a change in mass for chemical change (c) a new substance is form in physical
changes while there is no new substance inn a chemical change (d) physical
change involve no heat while chemical change involve heat
4. Which of the following is not a mixture (a) ethanol (b) milk (c) air (d) urine
5. The separation techniques that can be used to separate a mixture of petrol and
water is (a) sublimation (b) separating funnel (c) filtration (d) distillation
6. Nitrogen can be gotten from as amixture of air using which of the following
separation techniques (a) fractional distillation (b) fractional crystallization (c)
crystallization (d) distillation
7. Scientific approach to discoveries follows the order which include (a)
observation, experiment, hypothesis, theory and law (b) experiment,
observation, hypothesis and law (c) hypothesis, theory, observation,
experiment, theory and law (d) observation, hypothesis, experiment, theory and
law
8. Sieving is a separation techniques used to separate particles of (a) the same
sizes (b) small and big sizes (c) different sizes (d) nearly the same sizes
9. Anything that has mass and occupies a space is (a) material (b) matter (c) mass
(d) molecules
10. Calculate the relative molecular mass of CaCo3 (a) 40gmol-1 (b) 60gmol-1 (c)
80gmol-1 (d) 100gmol-1
THEORY
1) what is chemistry?
b) Define physical and chemical changes
c) state three difference between physical and chemical change
2) what is an atom?
b) Enumerate five physical properties of matter you know
c) Explain the following
i. Element
ii. Compound
iii. Mixture
3) Give five (5) examples of each of element compound and mixture.
ZENITH ROYALS SCHOOLS
OPPOSITE SAWMILL ONIGARI BUS STOP AYEGUN OLOMI IBADAN
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY CLASS: SSS 2
1ST TERM EXAMINATION
SECTION A
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. A periodic table is|______ (a) arrangement of elements according to their atomic
weight (b) arrangement of elements according to their periodicity (c) arrangement of
element according to their atomic number (d) arrangement of elements according to
their neutron number
2. The first person to construct a periodic table is (a) Rutherford (b) Robert Millikan (c)
Henry Moseley
3. Transition metals belongs to ________group (a) s block (b) p block (c) d block (d) f
block
4. ________ are also known as semi metals (a) metalloids (b) metals (c) non metals (d)
non of the above
5. Group 2 elements are also called _________(a) alkali metals (b) alkali earth metals (c)
transition element (d) actinides and lanthanides
6. The properties that decreases down the group and increases across the period in the
periodic table are
i. Electro positivity
ii. Electro negativity
iii. Atomic radius
iv. Ionization energy
v. Electron affinity
(a) I and iv (b) I, iii and iv only (c) iii, iv and v only (d) ii, iv and v (e) all of the above
7. Who discovered the atomic number and through which experiment (a) Henry Moseley,
discharge tube experiments (b) Mendeleev, gold foil experiment (c) Henry Moseley, X-
ray experiment (d) Robert Millikan, oil drop experiment
8. The energy required to remove an electron from each atom of a mole of gaseous atom
(a) ionization energy (b) electron affinity (c) electro negativity (d) electro positivity
9. Hydrogen react with oxygen to form water. Calculate the mole of oxygen required to produce 5
mole of water (a) 1 mole (b) 1.5 mole (c) 2 mole (d) 2.5 mole
10. Elements in the same group of the periodic table have the same (a) number of valence electrons (b) number
of shells (c) atomic mass (d) electronic configuration
THEORY
1a) The first to construct a periodic table and the person that reformed it are
b) State the modern periodic law
c) The following belongs to what block respectively in the periodic table (I) group 3 to 0 (Ii) group 1 and 2 (III)
lathanides and actinides (iv) transition elements
2) Calculate the number of protons, electron and neutron respectively in the atom
Cl
3) Define the following
(a) ionisation energy
(b) electron affinity
(c) electropositivity
