Unit 1 Summative Assessment Practice
Unit 1 Summative Assessment Practice
Show your work for each question in the space provided. Examples and equations may be included in
your responses where appropriate. For calculations, clearly show the method used and the steps involved
in arriving at your answers. You must show your work to receive credit for your answer. Pay attention to
significant figures.
1. A student needs to measure a sample of 0.0375 mol of potassium chlorate (KClO 3) for an
experiment. Calculate the mass, in grams, of KClO3 that should be measured.
2. Calculate the number of molecules of methylamine (CH3NH2) that are present in 0.86 g CH3NH2.
(c) Fill in the table below for the two naturally occurring isotopes of this element.
4. The element gallium (Ga) occurs naturally as a mixture of two stable isotopes. Information about
one of the two naturally-occurring isotopes of Ga is shown in the table above.
5. Calculate the percent composition by mass for each element in phenylhydrazine (C 6H8N2).
(a) Determine the mass of carbon (C) present in 17.25 g of the compound.
(b) Determine the mass of hydrogen (H) present in 17.25 g of the compound.
(c) Determine the mass of oxygen (O) present in 17.25 g of the compound.
9. A mixture has a mass of 13.50 g, and contains 5.25 g NaNO 3 and 8.25 g Na2CO3. Calculate the
percentage of Na by mass in this mixture.
10. Write the ground state electron configuration for each of the following.
Sr
Sr2+
Zn
Zn2+
13. Which element, S or Cl, has a smaller value for its atomic radius? Justify your answer in terms of
atomic structure and Coulomb’s law.
Ionization energy is defined as the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of
gaseous atoms (or ions) in their ground states. Removing the outermost electron from a neutral atom is
called the first ionization energy, and is represented by the following equation.
X(g) → X+(g) + e–
14. Which element, S or Se, has a greater value for its first ionization energy? Justify your answer in
terms of atomic structure and Coulomb’s law.
15. Arrange the following elements in order of increasing electronegativity.
16. The table above represents data for successive ionization energies for a certain element X.
(a) How many valence electrons does element X have? Justify your answer.
(b) Write the empirical formula of the compound that should be formed between element X and
oxygen (O). Justify your answer.
(c) A certain element that is located in period 2 of the periodic table has the same number of
valence electrons as element X. Write the symbol of this element.