Matter and Energy

An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry ยท 118 exercises

Q. 3.3

3.3. Classify each of the following as a pure substance or a mixture:

a. baking soda NaHCO3

b. a blueberry muffin

c. ice H2O

d. zinc (Zn)

e. trimix (oxygen, nitrogen, and helium) in a scuba tank

10 step solution

Q. 3.2

Classify each of the following pure substances as an element or a compound:

a. helium gas (He)

b. sulfur (S)

c. sugar C12H22O11

d. mercury (Hg) in a  thermometer

e. lye (NaOH)

10 step solution

Q. 3.4

Classify each of the following as a pure substance or a mixture:

a. a soft drink

b. propane C3H8

c. a cheese sandwich

d. an iron (Fe) nail

e. salt substitute (KCI)

10 step solution

Q. 3.5

A dietitian includes one of the following mixtures in the lunch menu. Classily each as homogeneous or heterogeneous.

a. vegetable soup

b. tea

c. fruit salad

d. teat with ice and lemon slices

8 step solution

Q. 3.6

A dietitian includes one of the following mixtures in the lunch menu. Classily each as homogeneous or heterogeneous.

a. nonfat milk

b. chocolate-chip ice cream

c. peanut butter sandwich

d. cranberry juice

8 step solution

Q. 3.1

Classify each of the following pure substances as an element or a compound:

a. silicon (Si) chip

b. hydrogen peroxide H2O2

c. oxygen gas O2

d. rust  Fe2O3

e. methane CH4 in natural gas

5 step solution

Q. 3.1

3.1 Classify each of the following pure substances as an element or a compound:

a. a silicon (Si) chip

b. hydrogen peroxide H2O2

c. oxygen gas O2

d. rust Fe2O3

e. methane CH4

10 step solution

Q. 3.7

Indicate whether each of the following describes at gas, a liquid, or a solid:

a. The breathing mixture in a scuba tank has no definite volume or shape.

b. The neon atoms in a Fighting display do not interact with each other.

c. The particles in an ice cube are held in a rigid structure.

6 step solution

Q. 3.8

Indicate whether each of the following describes a gas, a liquid, or a solid:

a. Lemonade has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.

b. The particles in a tank of oxygen are very far apart.

c. Helium occupies the entire volume of a balloon.

6 step solution

Q. 3.9

Describe each of the following as a physical or chemical property:

a. Chromium is a steel-gray solid.

b. Hydrogen reacts readily with oxygen.

c. A patient has a temperature of 40.2°C.

d. Milk will sour when left in a warm room.

e. Butane gas in an igniter burns in oxygen.

10 step solution

Q. 3.10

Describe each of the following as a physical or chemical property

a. Neon is a colorless gas at room temperature.

b. Apple slices tum brown when they are exposed to air.

c. Phosphorus will ignite when exposed to air.

d. At room temperature, mercury is a liquid.

e. Propane gas is compressed to a liquid for placement in a small cylinder.

10 step solution

Q.3.11

What type of change, physical or chemical, takes place in each of the following?

a. Water vapour condenses to form rain.

b. Cesium metal reacts explosively with water.

c. Gold melts at 1064 degrees

d. A puzzle is cut into 1000 pieces.

e. Cheese is grated.

2 step solution

Q.3.12

What type of change, physical or chemical, takes place in each of the following?

a. Pie dough is rolled into thin pieces for a crust.

b. A silver pin tarnishes in the air.

c. A tree is cut into boards at a saw mill.

d. Food is digested.

e. A chocolate bar melts.

2 step solution

Q.3.13

Describe each property of the element fluorine as physical or chemical.

a. is highly reactive

b. is a gas at room temperature

c. has a pale, yellow colour

d. will explode in the presence of hydrogen

e. has a melting point of -220oC

2 step solution

Q.3.14

Describe each property of the element zirconium as physical or chemical.

a. melts at 1852 degrees

b. is resistant to corrosion

c. has a greyish-white color

d. ignites spontaneously in the air when finely divided

e. is a shiny metal

2 step solution

Q, 3.15

Your friend who is visiting from Canada just took her temperature. When she reads  99.8°F, she becomes concerned that she is quite ill. How would you explain this temperature to your friend'?

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Q.3.15

Your friend who is visiting from Canada just took her temperature. When she reads 99.8F, she becomes concerned that she is quite ill. How would you explain this temperature to your friend?

2 step solution

Q. 3.16

You have a friend who is using a recipe for flan from a Mexican cookbook. You notice that he set your oven temperature at 175°F. What would you advise him to do?

3 step solution

Q. 3.17

Calculate the unknown temperature in each of the following:

a. 37.0C=_______ °F

b. 67.3F=_______ °C

c. -27C=_______ °K

d. 62C=_______ °K

e. 114F=_______ °C


10 step solution

Q. 3.18

Calculate the unknown temperature in each of the following:

a.  25°C=________°F

b. 155C=______°F

c.  -25F=______°C

d.  224K=_______°C

e.  145C=______K

10 step solution

Q. 3.19

a. A patient with hyperthermia has a temperature of 106F What does this read on a Celsius thermometer?

b. Because high fevers can cause convulsion's in children, the doctor needs to be called if the child's temperature goes over 40.0C. Should the doctor be called if a child has a temperature of 103F??

4 step solution

Q. 3.20

a. Water is healed to 145F. What is the temperature of the hot water in degrees Celsius?

b. During extreme Hypothermia, a child's temperature dropped to 20C. What was his temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

4 step solution

Q.3.25

Convert each of the following energy units:

a. 3500 cal to kcal

b. 415 J to cal

c. 28 cal to J

d. 4.5 KJ to cal

2 step solution

Q.3.26

Convert each of the following energy units:

a. 8.1 kcal to cal

b. 325 J to KJ

c. 2550 cal to KJ

d. 2.5 kcal to J

8 step solution

Q.3.27

The energy needed to keep a 75 -watt light bulb burning for 1hr is 270 kJ. Calculate the energy required to keep the light bulb burning for 3h in each of the following energy units:

a. joules

b. kilocalories

4 step solution

Q.3.26

Convert each of the following energy units:

a. 8.1kcal to cal 

b. 325J to KJ

c. 2550cal to KJ

d. 2.5kcal to J

2 step solution

Q. 3.28

A person uses 750 kcal on a long walk. Calculate the energy used for the walk in each of the following energy units:

a joules

b kilojoules

4 step solution

Q. 3.21

Discuss the changes in the potential and kinetic energy of a roller-coaster ride as the roller-coaster car climbs to the top and goes down the other side.

2 step solution

Q. 3.22

Discuss the changes in the potential and kinetic energy of a ski jumper taking the elevator to the top of the jump and going down the ramp.

2 step solution

Q. 3.23

Indicate whether each of the following statements describes potential or kinetic energy?

a. water at the lop of a waterfall

b. kicking a ball

c. the energy in a lamp of coal

d. a skier at the top of a hill

8 step solution

Q. 3.24

 Indicate whether each of the following statements describes potential or kinetic energy:

a. the energy in your food

b. a tightly wound spring

c. a car specking down the freeway

d. an earthquake

8 step solution

Q. 3.29

Calculate the kilocalories for each of the following:

a one stalk of celery that produces125 KJwhen burned in a calorimeter

b a waffle that produces870 KJ when burned in a calorimeter

4 step solution

Q. 3.30

Calculate the kilocalories for each of the following:

a one cup of popcorn that produces131kJ when burned in a calorimeter

b a sample of butter that produces 23.4kJwhen burned in a calorimeter

4 step solution

Q. 3.31

Using the energy values for foods (see Table), determine each of the following (round off the answer for each food type to the tens place):

(a) the total kilojoules for one cup of orange juice that contains 26 g of carbohydrate, no fat, and 2 gof protein

(b) the grams of carbohydrate in one apple if the apple has no fat and no protein and provides 72 kcalof energy

(c) the kilocalories in one tablespoon of vegetable oil, which contains 14 gof fat and no carbohydrate or protein

(d )the grams of fat in one avocado that has 405 kcal, 13 g of carbohydrate, and 5 g of protein


9 step solution

Q. 3.35

A patient receives 3.2 Lof intravenous (IV) glucose solution. If 100 mL of the solution contains  of glucose (carbohy. drate), how many kilocalories did the patient obtain from the glucose solution?

3 step solution

Q. 3.36

A high-protein diet contains 70.0 g of carbohydrate, 5.0 g of fat, and 150 g of protein. How much energy, in kilocalories and kilojoules, does this diet provide? (Round off the answer for each food type to the tens place.)

3 step solution

Q. 3.34

For lunch, Charles consumed 3oz of skinless chicken, 3oz of broccoli, 1medium apple, and1 cup of nonfat milk (see Table 3.8). How many kilocalories did Charles obtain from the lunch?

2 step solution

Q. 3.33

For dinner, Charles had one cup of clam chowder, which contains16 g of carbohydrate, 12 g of fat, and 9 g of protein. How much energy, in kilocalories and kilojoules, is in the clam chowder? (Round off the answer for each food type to the tens place.)

4 step solution

Q. 3.32

Using the energy values for foods (see Table 3.7), determine each of the following (round off the answer for each food type to the tens place):

a the total kilojoules in two tablespoons of crunchy peanut butter that contains 6 g of carbohydrate, 16 g of fat, and 7 g of protein

bthe grams of protein in one cup of soup that has 110 kcal with 9 g of carbohydrate and 6 g of fat

cthe kilocalories in one can of cola if it has 40.0 gof carbohydrates and no fat or protein

d the total kilocalories for a diet that consists of 68 g of carbohydrate, 9 g of fat, and 150 g of protein

8 step solution

Q. 3.37


If the same amount of heat is supplied to samples of10.0 g each of aluminum, iron, and copper all at15.0 °C. which sample would reach the highest temperature (see Table 3.11)?



2 step solution

Q. 3.38

Substances A and B are the same mass and at the same initial temperature. When they are boated, the final terafeature of A is 55oC higher than the temperature of B. What does this  iell  you about the specific heats of A and B ?

2 step solution

Q.3.39

Use the heat equation to calculate the energy for each of the following (see Table 3.11 ):

a. calories to heat 8.5g of water from 15C to 36C

b. joules lost when 25g of water cools from 86C to 61C

c. kilocalories to heat 150g of water from 15C to 77C

d. kilojoules to heat  175 g of copper from 28C to 188C

5 step solution

Q. 3.40



Use the heat equation to calculate the energy for each of the following (see Table 3.11 ):

a. calories lost when 85 g a of waler cools from 45°Cto 25°C

h. joules to heat75 g of water from 222°Cto 66°C

C. kilocalories to heat 5.0 kg of water from 22C to 28C

d. kilojoules to heat 224 gof gold from18°C to 185°C


8 step solution

Q. 3.41


Use the heat eyuatson to calculate the energy, in joules and calories, for each of the following (see Table 3.11):

a. to beat25.0 g of water from 12.5°C to 25.7°C

b. to beat38.0 g of copper from 122°C to 246C

c. lost when15.0 g of ethanol, C2H8O, cools from 60.5C to -42.00°C

d. lost when125 g of iron cools from 118Cto 55°C



15 step solution

Q. 3.49

Calculate the heat change at 100°C for each of the following and indicate whether heat was absorbed/released:

a. calories to vaporize 10.0 g of water

b. joules to vaporize 5.00 g of water

c. kilocalories to condense 8.0 kg of steam

d. kilojoules to condense 175 g of steam

8 step solution

Q. 3.43

Identify each of the following changes of stane as melting. freezing, sublimation, or deposition:

a. The solid structure of a substance breaks down as liquid forms.

b. Coffee is freeze-dried.

c. Water on the street turns to ice during a cold wintry night.

d. Ice crystals form on a package of frozen corm.

5 step solution

Q. 3.44

ldenify each of the following changes of state as testing. fracking, sublimation, se deposition:

a. Dry ice in an ice cream cart disappears,

h. Snowy an the ground turns to liquid water.

c. Heat is removed from125z of liquids water at0C.

d. Frost (ice) forms of the walls of a freezer unit of a refrigerator.

5 step solution

Q. 3.45

Calculate the heat change at 0×C for each of the following. and indicate whether heat was hashed/released:

a. calories to melt 65 gof ice

b. joules to melt 17.0 g of ice

c. kilocalories to freeze225 g of water

d. kilojoules to freeze50.0 g of water

8 step solution

Q. 3.46

Calculate the heat change at 0°. for each of the following. and indicate whether heat was absorbed/released:

a. calories to freeze35 g of water

h. joules to freeze275 g of water

c. kilocalories to melt140 g of ice

d. kilojoules to melt5.00 g of ice

5 step solution

Q. 3.42


Use the heat equation to calculate the energy, in joules and calories, for each of the following (see Table 3.11):

a. to heat 5.25 g of water from 5.5°Cto 64.8C6

b. lost when 75.0 gof water cools from86.4°Cto 2.1°C

c. to heat 10.0 g of silver from112°C to 275°C

d. lost when18.0 g of gold cools from224°C to 118°C




14 step solution

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