An Introduction To Physical Science 13th Edition

Which of the following terms is(are) used to describe a division of a stream's load? A) Bed load only B) Suspended load only . C) Dissolved load only. D) All of the above Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The general geologic term for the downslope movement of soil and rock under the influence of gravity is A)

Ethene and ethane are A) isomers. B) the same compound. C) neither isomers nor the same compound. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The Stock system of nomenclature uses A) Roman numerals. B) Greek prefixes. C) Arabic numerals. D) Egyptian hieroglyphics. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The time interval from one vernal equinox to the next is called one ______________ year. A) sidereal B) celestial C)

The planet with the Great Dark Spot is A) Jupiter. B) Saturn. C) Uranus. D) Neptune. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D A normal lapse rate of 3.5 F/1000 ft is equivalent to A) 3.5 C/m. B) 1.9 C/1000 ft. C) 3.5 C/1000 ft. D) 6.5 C/1000 ft. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which of the following gases is monatomic? A) Nitrogen B) Argon C) Hydrogen D) Chlorine

A waxing phase of the Moon can be seen A) 10 days after a full moon. B) 10 days after a new moon. C) 10 days before a new moon. D) none of these Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B When one travels east while passing over a time zone boundary (ignoring daylight savings time issues), A) the

A student weighing 200 N climbed a flight of stairs 9.0 m high in 4 s. How much work was done by the student? A) 1800 J B) 800 J C) 1800 W D) 800 W E) 50 W Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Radioactive decay was discovered in 1896 by A) Ernest Rutherford. B) Niels Bohr. C) Henri Becquerel. D) Marie

The celestial prime meridian is an imaginary half-circle running from the north celestial pole to the south celestial pole and crossing perpendicular to the celestial equator at the point of the A) autumnal equinox. B) summer solstice. C) vernal equinox. D) winter solstice. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Standing waves can be set up in a string when

The fourth planet from the Sun is ______________. Answer: Mars Answer: Mars Answer: Mars The law of poles states that like magnetic poles ______________ and unlike magnetic poles ______________. Answer: repel; attract Answer: repel; attract Answer: repel; attract Microwave ovens work mainly by exciting molecules of the substance named ______________. Answer: water Answer: water Answer: water Any chemical that can

Which of the following radiations has the smallest wavelength? A) Infrared B) Visible C) Ultraviolet D) X-rays Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D When the equation NH4NO3N2O + H2O is balanced, the total of all the coefficients (both written and "understood") is A) 3. B) 4. C) 7. D) 8. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which type of hydrogen is referred to as "heavy

What color are the stars with the hottest photosphere? A) White B) Yellow C) Red D) Blue Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Comets are composed of ______________. A) dust and ice B) rock C) helium D) lead E) iron Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The Mercalli scale was used to measure A) tornados. B) earthquakes. C) tsunamis. D) hurricanes. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B A system of an electron, a

In projectile motion, which of the following is notconstant? A) Vertical velocity B) Horizontal velocity C) Acceleration D) None of these Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The preferred name of NiS is A) nickel(III) sulfide. B) nickel(II) sulfide. C) nickel(I) sulfide. D) nickel sulfide. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B A substance of unknown composition is heated in an open container. As a result,

In a debate, is the statement "It's only a theory" a valid argument point against a theory (as in "The theory of evolution is wrong because it's only a theory")? A) Yes, theories are weak. B) No, theories are strong. C) No, theories are weak. D) Yes, theories are meaningless. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The major

An insulator has a negative electric charge of 2.4 x 10-17C. How many electrons were added or removed? A) 150 electrons removed B) 67 electrons removed C) 150 electrons added D) 67 electrons added Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The point of the initial energy release of an earthquake is called the A) shadow zone. B) subduction zone. C)

Hawaii's weather is chiefly affected by what type of air mass? A) mA B) mP C) cP D) mT Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D What was the nationality of the first persons who we know speculated about "elements"? A) Chinese B) Egyptian C) Greek D) Roman Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Which of the following is the symbol for an alkali metal? A) Al B)

A cola drink is a good example of A) a compound. B) a heterogeneous mixture. C) a homogeneous mixture. D) an element. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C What is the formula of a compound formed from the ions M1+ and X3-? A) M3X B) MX3 C) MX D) None of these Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The greater the mass of a

A common scale for denoting a mineral's hardness is the A) Ores scale. B) Mohs scale. C) Homs scale. D) Ohms scale. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The chemical properties of chlorine and bromine are similar because both A) are nonmetals and they are close together in the periodic table. B) have seven valence electrons. C) have two electrons

1-Chlorobutane and 2-chlorobutane are A) isomers. B) the same compound. C) neither isomers nor the same compound. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The symbol for tungsten is A) W. B) Ti. C) Ag. D) Tb. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The separation of white light into its component colors is called A) polarization. B) diffraction. C) dispersion. D) refraction. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The removal of an electron from

The type of smog that forms in Los Angeles is called ______________ smog. Answer: photochemical Answer: photochemical Answer: photochemical Tripling the frequency of a photon would ______________ its energy. Answer: triple Answer: triple Answer: triple A(n) ______________ quantity has only magnitude. Answer: scalar Answer: scalar Answer: scalar The cataclysmic explosion of a star that throws most of its matter into

By definition, the removal of oxygen from a compound is called A) neutralization. B) reduction. C) oxidation. D) displacement. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The far side of the Moon A) has never been seen. B) has more craters than the near side. C) looks just like the near side. D) is always dark. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B A golfer hits a

Thomson discovered the ______________ in 1897. Answer: electron Answer: electron Answer: electron The energy differences in some of the rotational energy levels of the water molecule allow cooking with ______________. Answer: microwaves Answer: microwaves Answer: microwaves Charon is ______________ only moon. Answer: Pluto's Answer: Pluto's Answer: Pluto's Rocks solidified from molten material above ground are classified as ______________ igneous rocks. Answer:

The speed of a comet in its orbit around the Sun is ______________ when its distance from the Sun is greatest (aphelion). A) zero B) reversed C) greatest D) least Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Sound is a(n) A) longitudinal wave. B) electromagnetic wave. C) transverse wave. D) standing wave. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Alfred Wegenerspeculated that the present continents were once part

The Tertiary is a(n) A) epoch. B) era. C) eon. D) period. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D A chemical combination of two or more substances in variable proportions is called A) a mixture. B) a compound. C) an ion. D) a molecule. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B C3H4is an example of a(n) A) aromatic. B) alkene. C) alkyne. D) alkane. E) cycloalkane Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C On which planet (other

Matter waves are also called ______________ waves. Answer: de Broglie Answer: de Broglie Answer: de Broglie "Canals" are a feature once associated with the planet ______________. Answer: Mars Answer: Mars Answer: Mars Solids, liquids, and gases are called ______________ of matter. Answer: phases Answer: phases Answer: phases Gravity acting on ______________ played an important role in the condensation process of

The Sun will finally become a A) brown dwarf. B) neutron star. C) black hole. D) white dwarf. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Calculate the radius in nanometers of the orbit of a hydrogen atom's electron with n= 5. A) 0.27 B) 2.7 C) 1.3 D) 0.13 Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Addition polymers are formed from A) diacids only. B) alkenes. C) dialcohols only. D) diacids and

The imaginary line encircling Earth at its surface, halfway between the north and south geographic poles, is called the A) meridian. B) equator. C) International Date Line. D) longitude. E) latitude. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which of the following is(are) believed to be material that never collected into a single planet? A) Asteroids B) Meteoroids C) Comets D) Interplanetary dust Answer:

Who discovered the electron in 1897? A) Dalton B) Bohr C) Rutherford D) Thomson Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D A measurement of 0.00254 g is the same as A) 0.254 mg. B) 25.4 mg. C) 254 mg. D) 2.54 mg. E) none of these. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The SI base units making up the newton are A) kg m/s. B) g m/s2. C) kg m/s2. D) kg2/s.

What is the preferred name for Mg3N2? A) Magnesium trinitride B) Magnesium nitride C) Dimagnesium trinitride D) Manganese nitrate Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The apparent path that the Sun traces annually along the celestial sphere is called the A) ecliptic. B) heliosphere. C) solstice circle. D) celestial prime meridian. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Jet planes avoid bad weather by flying above

A high tide is occurring at Charleston, South Carolina (24W, 43N). Which listed longitude is experiencing a low tide occurring? A) 156E B) 24E C) 66E D) 66W E) 156W Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The heliosphere is defined as the volume of space over which the ______________ extends. A) solar wind B) solar constant C) magnetic field D) gravitational field Answer:

A hydrometer is used to measure A) the time for an object to sink. B) water (hydro). C) the volume of a quantity of water. D) liquid density. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D How many protons are there in an atom of ? A) 92 B) 143 C) 235 D) None of these Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A A ray of light in

A sound with a frequency of 15 Hz is in the ______________ region of the sound spectrum. Answer: infrasonic Answer: infrasonic Answer: infrasonic When the equation H2O + NO2NO + HNO3is balanced, the sum of all the coefficients (both written and "understood") is ______________. Answer: 7 (coefficients in order are 1, 3, 1, 2) Answer: 7

An ionic compound composed of a cation other than H+and an anion other than OH-is called a(n) A) salt. B) precipitate. C) conjugate base. D) electrolyte. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A When a net force on a moving object increases, the object will A) maintain the same velocity. B) always show an increase in speed. C) exhibit a change in

As comets approach and move around the Sun, the coma and the tail ______________ in size. A) decrease B) increase C) remain the same D) none of the above Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B A volcano with a low, gently sloping profile is a A) composite volcano. B) stratovolcano. C) shield volcano. D) cinder cone. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Work is defined

Ion-dipole interactions are responsible for A) the dissolving of salt in water. B) ice being less dense than water. C) the ease of electrolysis of water. D) metallic bonding in steel. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Which of the following planets can be in opposition? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Earth D) Mars Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The force responsible for chemical bonding

The kinetic energy of a pendulum is least A) when its potential energy is least. B) at the top of its swing. C) at the bottom of its swing. D) when its total energy is greatest. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B "Weightlessness" occurs when an object A) has zero acceleration. B) is in free fall. C) is midway between Earth

According to Newton's second law, the force required to accelerate an object is equal to A) its acceleration divided by its mass. B) its mass times the acceleration. C) its mass divided by the velocity. D) its weight times the velocity. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The radius of Earth is about __________ mi. A) 6000 B) 8000 C)

An earthquake S wave travels through A) the inner core only. B) the mantle only. C) the outer core only. D) all of these. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Thermonuclear warheads, or hydrogen bombs, are powerful mainly because of the A) fission process. B) fusion process. C) absorption of neutrons by 238U. D) emission of protons by 238U. Answer:

A hurricane, in other parts of the world, is also known as A) a cyclone. B) a willy-willy. C) a typhoon. D) all of the above. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Which of the following radiations is absorbed in the greenhouse effect? A) Ultraviolet only B) Visible only C) Infrared only D) All of these Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Which of

According to the Schrdinger equation, the probability of finding a hydrogen atom's ground-state electron 0.053 nm from the proton is A) zero. B) high, but not 100%. C) low, but not zero. D) 100%. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Except for hydrogen and helium, atoms in chemical combination tend to have ______________ electrons in their outer shell. A)

If an object of mass 9 kg has a velocity of 7 m/s, what is its linear momentum? A) 63 kg-m/s B) 1.3 kg-m/s C) 0.78 kg-m/s D) 16 kg-m/s E) cannot be determined Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Which alcohol is used in rubbing alcohol? A) 2-Hydroxypropane B) Ethylene glycol C) Ethanol D) Methanol Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Air circulation around a

The variables m1and m2 that appear in the equation F = Gm1m2/r2 are A) the straight-line distance between the centers of each object. B) the rate at which each object is moving. C) the mass of each object. D) the diameter of each object. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The farthest point of the Sun from

______________ is the major moon of Neptune. A) Triton B) Titan C) Ganymede D) Europa E) Callisto Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The oldest evidence of life on Earth dates back to about how many years ago? A) 65 million B) 3.8 million C) 3.5 billion D) 570 million Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The closest star to the Sun is named _______________. A)

The three fusion reactions used by the Sun to generate energy are together known as the _______________. Answer: proton-proton chain Answer: proton-proton chain Answer: proton-proton chain What is the wavelength, in meters, of radio waves produced by a radio station with a frequency of 1400 kHz? (c= 3.00 x 108m/s) Answer: 2.1 x 102m Answer:

Complete the equation, and state what type of decay is occurring. _____________ Answer: alpha Answer: alpha Answer: alpha The recent modification of the standard Big Bang model is called the _______________ model. Answer: inflationary Answer: inflationary Answer: inflationary The ice point and the steam point of water are commonly called the ______________ point and the ______________ point,

A normal lapse rate of 3.5 F/1000 ft is equivalent to A) 3.5 C/m. B) 4 C/1000 ft. C) 3.5 C/km. D) 6.5 C/1000 m. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The physical characteristic that is used to distinguish intrusive igneous rocks from extrusive igneous rocks is _____________. A) silica content B) hardness C) color D) grain size Answer: D Answer: D Answer:

A high tide is occurring at Charleston, South Carolina (80W, 33N). What two longitudes are experiencing low tide? Answer: 10E and 170W Answer: 10E and 170W Answer: 10E and 170W The imaginary, huge, apparently moving sphere on which the stars appear to be mounted is called the _______________ sphere. Answer: celestial Answer: celestial Answer: celestial A

A Group 7A element would be most likely to form a covalent bond with elements of Group A) 2A. B) 1A. C) 8A. D) 6A. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The ______________ angle added to the altitude angle equals 90. A) inclination B) declination C) altitude D) zenith Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Pangaea is believed to have broken up about how many

Which of the following compounds would be expected to be hard and brittle and to have a high melting point? A) H2SO4 B) KBr C) H2C2O4 D) IF7 Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The Greenwich meridian is also known as the A) zero, or prime, meridian. B) reference circle. C) east"west coordinate parallel. D) hour meridian. Answer: A Answer: A Answer:

The most important force between a proton and a neutron is the ______________ force. A) strong nuclear B) quark C) electromagnetic D) gravitational Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The Gregorian calendar assumed that there were ______________ days in a year. A) 365 B) 365 C) 366 D) 365.2422 Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Which science deals with the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of

How much heat is required to melt 6.0 kg of ice at 0C to water at 0C? A) 480 kcal B) 0 kcal C) 3240 kcal D) 720 kcal Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Earth's radius is about A) 3600 km. B) 5800 km. C) 6400 km. D) 4400 km. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C How many atoms of oxygen are in

The Columbia Plateau in the northwestern United States is an example of a(n) A) flood basalt. B) batholith. C) monolith. D) sill. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Stellar paralaxproves that Earth is A) rotating. B) revolving. C) precessing. D) an oblate spheroid. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which of the following has notyet been proved practical? A) Fusion reactor B) Fusion bomb C) Fission bomb D) Fission

The abbreviation of the unit of resistance is Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D For a compound composed of ions, the smallest combination of ions that gives the formula of the compound is called a A) molecule. B) polyionic atom. C) polyatomic ion. D) formula unit. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D For the multiplication of 3.799 m divided by 4.9

If 900 Joules of heat is added to a system, while the system does 700 Joules, by how much does the internal energy increase? A) "1600 J B) "200 J C) 900 J D) 200 J E) 1600 J Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The linear momentum of a 40.0 kg object moving around a 90.0 m circle

One watt is equal to ______________ per second. A) one kilogram B) one newton C) one joule D) one meter Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The average adult radiates heat energy at the same rate as A) a 10-W light bulb. B) a 100-kW light bulb. C) a 100-W light bulb. D) none of these. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The image of a

The "surface" of a black hole is known as the _______________. A) core B) corona C) photosphere D) event horizon Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Which of the Jovian planets has the most moons? A) Jupiter B) Saturn C) Uranus D) Neptune Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The region of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths just less than those in the infrared region

Which one of the following is a physical change? A) Rusting of iron B) Fermenting of grape juice C) Souring of milk D) Sharpening a pencil Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Energy provided directly from Earth's interior is called A) groundwater energy. B) geothermal energy. C) artesian energy. D) thermionic energy. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The most information about our environment comes to

What are the standard time and date (time of day and day of month) in Kyoto, Japan (135E, 35N), when it is 11 A.M. EST on March 10 in Washington, D.C. (39N, 77W)? Answer: 1 A.M., March 11 Answer: 1 A.M., March 11 Answer: 1 A.M., March 11 A constant volume and mass

A balanced chemical equation will have the same ______________ on each side. A) number of moles B) number of molecules C) mass of each compound D) number of atoms of each element Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D A projectile's vertical velocity component A) changes most rapidly near the top of its trajectory. B) changes at a constant rate. C) changes

Earth's axis completes a precession every A) 25,800 years. B) 30 days. C) day. D) 365 days. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The lowest energy level of a hydrogen atom (n= 1) is called A) the ground state. B) the potential state. C) the ionization state. D) none of these. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Newton's third law of motion states that the force

A mass is accelerated when ______________ acts upon the mass. A) a balanced force B) any force C) no force D) an unbalanced force E) none of these Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D An object that is moving with an acceleration different from zero will always have a(n) ______________ velocity. A) changing B) increasing C) constant D) decreasing Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A A

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by the Sun is known as ______________ day. A) one sidereal B) an apparent solar C) a 24-hour D) a mean solar Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The word sciencecomes from the Latin word meaning A) "experiment." B) "investigate." C) "knowledge." D) "debate." Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C When the equation Al +

Land and sea breezes result from A) the Coriolis force. B) convection cycles. C) low-pressure areas. D) high-pressure areas. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which one of the following is true for deceleration? A) The acceleration is in the direction opposite the motion. B) The acceleration is zero. C) The acceleration is necessarily negative. D) The velocity remains constant. Answer: A Answer:

A scientist named ______________ discovered radioactivity in 1896. Answer: Henri Becquerel Answer: Henri Becquerel Answer: Henri Becquerel When a planet has the same meridian as a star, the planet is said to be in ______________. Answer: conjunction Answer: conjunction Answer: conjunction When energy is released in a chemical reaction, the reaction is called a(n) ______________ reaction. Answer: exothermic Answer:

The local solar time at 25W is 12:00 noon. What is the longitude of an observer who sees the full moon on her meridian at this time? A) 155E B) 65E C) 25E D) 25W E) None of the above Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A How good or bad (in terms of pollution) the air is, is

If a positively charged object is brought near a suspended, positively charged object, the suspended object will be A) repelled. B) charged more. C) discharged. D) attracted. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Who developed the quantum theory in 1900 and has a constant named for him? A) de Broglie B) Bohr C) Planck D) Einstein Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C A compound that contains water

How many constitutional isomers that are dibromopropanes exist? A) 5 B) 4 C) 7 D) 3 E) 6 Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The rate at which an object's velocity changes with time is called its A) instantaneous velocity. B) motion. C) speed. D) acceleration. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D What is the name of the surface along which rock formations move? A) Fault plane B) Transform

During the approach of a severe thunderstorm, workers on a project see lightning and then hear the resulting thunder 25 s later. Approximately how far away, in miles, is the storm? A) 5 mi B) 10 mi C) 6 mi D) 7 mi Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Complete and balance the following equations: a. HNO3+ Ba(OH)2 b.

The greater amount of substance in a solution is generally called the A) salt. B) solute. C) molar concentrate. D) solvent. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Which of the following is the shell electron configuration for sulfur? A) 2, 4, 10 B) 10, 6 C) 2, 8, 6 D) None of these Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The planet with the largest number

A ______________ is an ultra-hot collection of electrically charged particles. A) gas B) liquid C) plasma D) solid Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The energy differences in some of the rotational energy levels of the water molecule allow A) X-rays to be produced. B) cooking with microwaves. C) visible spectral lines to be formed. D) lasers to operate. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B What

A chocolate chip cookie is a good example of A) a compound. B) an element. C) a homogeneous mixture. D) a heterogeneous mixture. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Calculate the frequency in hertz of photons of light with energy of 9.90 x 10-19 J. A) 0.67 x 1014Hz B) 0.67 x 1015Hz C) 1.49 x 1015Hz D) 1.49

A large calorie (Cal) is the amount of heat needed to change the temperature of one ______________ of water by one Celsius degree. A) dekagram B) centigram C) gram D) kilogram Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D According to Planck's hypothesis, the energy of an oscillator is directly proportional to its A) amplitude. B) wavelength. C) momentum. D) frequency. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The

Which of the following classes of rock is most likely to contain fossils? A) Igneous B) Foliated C) Metamorphic D) Sedimentary Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The ______________ occurs on June 21. A) autumnal equinox B) winter solstice C) summer solstice D) vernal equinox Answer: CAnswer: A Answer: CAnswer: A Answer: C Answer: A When a cold front advances under a warm front, this results

Suppose 25 g of reactant A is mixed with 45 g of reactant B. After a chemical reaction takes place between A and B, which statement is correct? A) The total mass of products plus any unreacted reactants will be 70 g. B) The total mass of products plus any unreacted reactants