Introduction to Chemistry Quiz

What is the main focus of Segment A in the Chemistry Matters series?

• Introduction to Chemistry

• Chemical Reactions

• Atomic Structure

• Nuclear Chemistry

What is the term for a tentative explanation or prediction that can be tested by further investigation?

• Model

• Observation

• Replication

• Hypothesis

What is the term for the curved surface at the top of the liquid in a tube?

• Manipulated Variable

• Meniscus

• Significant Figures

• Constant

Which variable is also known as the independent variable?

• Constant

• Qualitative Data

• Responding Variable

• Manipulated Variable

What type of data includes measurements that do not include numbers?

• Observation

• Replication

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

What is the term for data collected by different teams from samples gathered at the same location?

• Replication

• Observation

• Model

• Hypothesis

Which variable is also known as the dependent variable?

• Constant

• Qualitative Data

• Manipulated Variable

• Responding Variable

What term represents the precision of a measurement?

• Significant Figures

• Meniscus

• Model

• Observation

Which of the following is a physical, conceptual, or mathematical representation of a real phenomenon?

• Replication

• Model

• Hypothesis

• Observation

Which of the following is NOT a segment in Unit 1 of Chemistry Matters?

• Investigating the Problem

• Experimental Design

• Performing an Experiment

• Chemical Reactions