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What is formed if a mixture of powdered iron and sulphur is heated in a test tube?

  1. An element

  2. A mixture

  3. A compound

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A mixture is made when you combine matter in a way where the components can be separated again. A compound results from a chemical reaction between components, forming a new substance. For example, you can combine iron filings with sulfur to form a mixture. All it takes is a magnet to separate the iron from the sulfur. On the other hand, if you heat the iron and sulfur, you form iron sulfide, which is a compound.
$Fe+S \rightarrow FeS$

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Who defined element as basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions?

  1. Wilhelm Weins

  2. William J. Crooke

  3. Antonie L. Lavoisier

  4. Carl Bosch
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Antonie L. Lavoisier defined element as basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions

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Which one of the following is a compound?

  1. The black residue left when sugar is charred

  2. Nitrogen gas

  3. Air

  4. Carbon dioxide
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Among these only carbon dioxide is a compound.

Compound is a substance formed from two or more elements chemically bonded in a definite proportion.
Example- Carbon dioxide, water, glucose, etc.
In the given options,
A- the black residue that is left after charring sugar is carbon. Carbon is an element in pure state.
B- Nitrogen gas is a molecule as it is composed of only one element ie., Nitrogen so this can't be termed as a compound.
C- Air is a homogeneous mixture of different gases.

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Gases mix at the molecular level. In an experiment, oxygen molecules were added to hydrogen molecules. This on burning became a substance that had both oxygen and hydrogen. What is this product?

  1. Mixture

  2. Compound

  3. Both a mixture as well as a compound

  4. Solution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The product is water. It is formed after a chemical change (burning) and the properties of water is different from hydrogen and oxygen.

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Which of the following do not show the properties of the constituents?

  1. Water

  2. Air

  3. Sugar solution

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Water is a compound having hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the ratio of 2:1 and properties of water as chemical compound is different from the hydrogen and oxygen elements.

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Two elements M and X have electronic configurations 2, 8, 3 and 2, 8, 6 respectively. Identify the correct formula of the compound formed.

  1. MX$ _2$
  2. M$ _2$X
  3. M$ _2$X$ _3$
  4. $M _3$X$ _2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Given that the electronic configuration of X = 2,8,3 and Y = 2,8,6. Thus the valencies they posses to attain noble gas configuration are; X = +3 and Y = -2. Therefore the formula of the compound formed can be written as; $M _{2}X _{3}$.