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6. Giant ionic lattice structures' melting point are...?

  • Fairly low
  • Very low
  • Very high
  • Medium

7. Simple molecular structures' solubilities in water are...?

  • Variable
  • Medium
  • Very high
  • Fairly high

8. Adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction because...?

  • Catalysts increase the rate of the forwards and backwards reaction equally, so overall the rate of the reaction does not change
  • Catalysts provide an alternative route for the reaction with a lower activation enthalpy. Therefore, more colliding molecules will have greater than the activation enthalpy required for the reaction, increasing the frequency of successful collisions
  • Catalysts have no effect on the rate of a reaction
  • Catalysts actually decrease the rate of the reaction because they increase the number of steps in a reaction

9. What is the benefit of crop rotation?

  • Rotating the crops around ensures that they don't have enough time to settle down properly and so grow poor roots, making them easier to extract from the soil
  • Having a variety of crops means that if a disease of pest kills off one crop, the farmer always has some crops left to sell
  • Different minerals are taken from the soil by different plants, so there are always sufficient nutrients for each crop as the land has time to recover. Also, crops can be staggered throughout the year and there isn't time for pests to build up
  • Crops can be grown throughout the year, so the minerals in the soil are always being used

10. What is the definition of nitrogen fixation?

  • The conversion of nitrogen gas into soluble nitrogen compounds
  • The addition of NPK fertiliser to soil
  • The conversion of soluble nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas
  • The use of nitrogen compounds by plants for growth

11. What are the principles of green chemistry?

  • Minimise waste, only use energy from renewable sources, dispose of all hazardous waste safely
  • Minimise waste (high atom economy + percentage yield or recycling unreacted reactants), minimise the use of environmentally hazardous products such as heavy metal catalysts, maximise energy efficiency
  • Minimise the time taken for a reaction to occur, donate money towards environment initiatives to compensate for the large carbon footprint of an industrial process, only produce useful products
  • Use naturally occurring reactants and catalysts extracted from living organisms to reduce human impact on the environment

12. What is the name given to the pesticide which kills weeds?

  • Insecticide
  • Herbicide
  • All pesticides are called pesticides
  • Weedicide

13. What are the problems associated with persistent pesticides?

  • They take many years to degrade into harmless substances so are more dangerous if released into water supplies; continue to kill organisms after the crop has been harvested; more likely to bioaccumulate and kill top predators
  • They will last for longer in water supplies and so kill humans as well as pests
  • None - persistent pesticides last for longer so the crop is protected for longer, thus reducing costs
  • They take many years to degrade into harmless substances so may harm the crop as well as the pest

14. What is the shape and bond angle of a complex with six ligands around the central ion?

  • Octahedral, 90
  • Hexahedral, 60
  • Bipyramidal, 120 or 90
  • Pyramidal, 109

15. Which chemical species are produced by nitrifying bacteria in the soil?

  • NO3-, NO2- aqueous ions
  • NO2-, NH4+ aqueous ions
  • N2, N2O gasses
  • NO3-, NH4+ aqueous ions

16. What is the formula of the Nitrate (V) ion

  • NO3(2-)
  • NO5-
  • NO3-
  • NO2-

17. Where does the position of equilibrium lie if Kc < 1?

  • On the left
  • Kc cannot be less than 1
  • On the right
  • In the middle

18. What is a systematic fungicide?

  • A fungicide which spreads throughout the whole of the plant, including new growth
  • A fungicide which works gradually through a crop to remove fungi
  • A fungicide which targets only specific fungi
  • A fungicide which works only on the existing leaves of plants and doesn't protect new growth

19. What is the equation for the lightening fixation of nitrogen and oxygen gas to form nitrogen (II) oxide?

  • N2 + 3O2 = 2NO3-
  • N2 + O2 = 2NO
  • N2 + 2O2 = 2NO2
  • 2N2 + O2 = 2N2O

20. Giant covalent lattice structures' solubilities in water are...?

  • Very high (very soluble)
  • Very low (insoluble)
  • High
  • Medium