Section 15.1 What are Solutions?

Practice Test
      
  1.

If 12.0 g of a gas at 2.5 atm dissolve in 1.0 L of water at 25°C, how much will dissolve in 1.0 L of water at STP?
 
  a.   0.21 g/L  
  b.   2.1 g/L  
  c.   4.8 g/L  
  d.   12.0 g/L  
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  2.In a solution, the substance that does the dissolving is ____________.  
  a.   the solvent  
  b.   the solute  
  c.   saturated  
  d.   miscible  
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  3.Solutions can be mixtures of _______________.  
  a.   solids  
  b.   liquids  
  c.   gases  
  d.   all of the above  
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  4.In a glass of sugar water, which substance is the solute?  
  a.   water  
  b.   sugar  
  c.   glass  
  d.   none of the above  
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  5.The process of a solvent and a solute completely mixing and forming a solution is ________.  
  a.   solvation  
  b.   salvation  
  c.   crystallization  
  d.   ionization  
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  6.Which of the following will not increase the rate of solvation?  
  a.   agitating the mixture  
  b.   increasing the surface area  
  c.   increasing the temperature  
  d.   formation of a precipitate  
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  7.A solution is said to be ________ when more solute can be dissolved in the solvent at a given temperature.  
  a.   supersaturated  
  b.   saturated  
  c.   unsaturated  
  d.   solvated  
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  8.What is a common means of identifying a supersaturated solution?  
  a.   precipitation  
  b.   dissolution  
  c.   solvation  
  d.   hydration  
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  9.The decrease in solubility of a gas in a solution when the pressure is reduced is described by _________.  
  a.   Boyle’s law  
  b.   Henry’s law  
  c.   Charles’s law  
  d.   the ideal gas law  
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