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Acidity or alkalinity is conveniently expressed by a scale of:

A.) Salts

B.) pH value

C.) Taste

D.) hP value

pH value

Which one of the following chemicals when contained in water in the form of salts, causes "hard water"?:

A.) Calcium

B.) Nitrate

C.) Iron

D.) Chlorine

Calcium

Water, when used in embalming solution, acts as a:

A.) Buffer

B.) Surfactant

C.) Desiccant

D.) Vehicle

Vehicle

A substance in embalming fluid which serves to retain moisture in the body is known as a/an:

A.) Desiccant

B.) Gel

C.) Humectant

D.) Powder

Humectant

Water of high mineral content, such as hard water, tends to:

A.) Promote blood clotting

B.) Correct discoloration

C.) Reduce rigor

D.) Swell the body

Promote blood clotting

Formaldehyde in terms of embalming is used as a:

A.) Vehicle

B.) Surfactant

C.) Buffer

D.) Preservative

Preservative

The chemicals used in embalming fluids to reduce surface tension & to aid in penetration of the body tissues is known as a/an:

A.) Buffer

B.) Surfactant

C.) Preservative

D.) Anticoagulant

Surfactant

The splitting apart of a compound by water is called:

A.) Hemolysis

B.) Liplysis

C.) Proteolysis

D.) Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis

The shrinking of a red blood cell in a hyper-tonic solution is called:

A.) Crenation

B.) Hemolysis

C.) Erythropoiesis

D.) Thrombocytopenia

Crenation

The chemical symbol for potassium is:

A.) Fe

B.) K

C.) Ni

D.) Au

K

The standard unit of volume in the metric system:

A.) Meter

B.) Mile

C.) Liter

D.) Celsius

Liter (L)

Isotopes differ on the basis of:

A.) Volume

B.) Atomic mass

C.) Atomic weight

D.) Electrons

Atomic mass

A solution created with water as the solvent is said to be:

A.) Aqueous solution

B.) True solution

C.) Concentrated solution

D.) Saturated solution

Aqueous solution

In a solution, the substance which exists in the greater amount is called the:

A.) Solute

B.) Concentration

C.) Saturation

D.) Solvent

Solvent

In a solution, the substance which exists in the lesser amount is called the:

A.) Solute

B.) Concentration

C.) Saturation

D.) Solvent

Solute

A solution containing a relatively small amount of solute is:

A.) Saturated

B.) Diluted

C.) Concentrated

D.) Dissolved

Dilute

A solution containing a relatively large amount of solute is:

A.) Saturated

B.) Diluted

C.) Concentrated

D.) Dissolved

Concentrated

A solution containing all of the solute it can hold:

A.) Concentrated

B.) Diluted

C.) Saturated

D.) Supersaturated

Saturated

The valence electrons affecting metallic & non-metallic compounds are located in the:

A.) Innermost orbital ring

B.) Middle orbital ring

C.) Outermost orbital ring

D.) Nucleus

Outermost orbital ring

The most abundant compound known to inorganic chemistry:

A.) Table salt

B.) Carbon dioxide

C.) Sucrose

D.) Water

Water

Which of the following is a halogen?

A.) Iron

B.) Iodine

C.) Helium

D.) Oxygen

Iodine

The study of compounds usually containing elements other than carbon; the study of compounds such as oxides, salts, acids, & bases:

A.) Inorganic chemistry

B.) Organic chemistry

C.) Nuclear chemistry

D.) Alchemy

Inorganic chemistry

Substances that are in their purest form:

A.) Elements

B.) Atoms

C.) Compounds

D.) Isotopes

Elements

The study of compounds produced by living organisms:

A.) Thermochemistry

B.) Thanatochemistry

C.) Biochemistry

D.) Physical chemistry

Biochemistry

The pH reading of normal blood would be:

A.) 1.2 to 1.3

B.) 3.5 to 3.6

C.) 8.8 to 8.9

D.) 7.3 to 7.4

7.3 to 7.4

The resistance which a substance offers to flow:

A.) Caloricity

B.) Viscosity

C.) Dolor

D.) Buffer

Viscosity

The movement of a diffusible component through a semipermeable membrane:

A.) Osmosis

B.) Diffusion

C.) Dialysis

D.) Meiosis

Osmosis

Having a greater osmotic pressure than others with which it is compared:

A.) Hypertonic

B.) Hypotonic

C.) Isotonic

D.) Isometric

Hypertonic

The phenomena resulting from the uneven attraction that exists between the molecules at the surface of a liquid:

A.) After image

B.) Osmosis

C.) Surface tension

D.) Ionization

Surface tension

A homogenous molecular mixture of two or more substances:

A.) Solute

B.) Solution

C.) Solvent

D.) Concentration

Solution

Found in greater amount in a solution:
A.) Solute

B.) Solvent

C.) Solution

D.) Saturation

Solvent

Contains a large amount of solute in relation to the solvent:

A.) Saturated

B.) Supersaturated

C.) Diluted

D.) Concentrated

Concentrated

Contains more solute than it can hold under ordinary conditions:

A.) Supersaturated

B.) Saturated

C.) Concentrated

D.) Diluted

Supersaturated

Found in lesser amount in a solution:

A.) Dilution

B.) Solvent

C.) Solute

D.) Concentration

Solute

Contains a small amount of solute in relation to the solvent:

A.) Solute

B.) Solvent

C.) Saturation

D.) Dilute

Dilute

a homogeneous mixture with consistent properties:

A.) Isotonic solution

B.) True solution

C.) Untrue solution

D.) Diluted solution

True solution

Small amount of solute:

A.) True solution

B.) Isotonic solution

C.) Concentrated solution

D.) Diluted solution

Diluted solution

Solvent has dissolved as much solute as is possible at that temperature & pressure:

A.) Saturated solution

B.) Supersaturated solution

C.) Concentrated solution

D.) Superconcentrated solution

Saturated solution:

This has a solvent of alcohol:

A.) Iodophor

B.) Glycerin

C.) Tincture

D.) Cresol

Tincture

This is a solid solution:

A.) Saline

B.) Tincture

C.) Iodophor

D.) Alloy

Alloy

A subatomic particle bearing a negative charge:

A.) Proton

B.) Electron

C.) Neutron

D.) Atom

Electron

A subatomic particle bearing a positive charge:

A.) Proton

B.) Electron

C.) Neutron

D.) Atom

Proton

A subatomic particle bearing no charge:

A.) Proton

B.) Electron

C.) Neutron

D.) Atom

Neutron:

Location of protons:

A.) Outermost orbital ring

B.) Innermost orbital ring

C.) Nucleus

D.) The Bronx

Nucleus:

Location of electrons:

A.) Nucleus

B.) Orbits

C.) Proteus

D.) Inferior to the pelvis

Orbits

An expression that represents the compound:

A.) Line

B.) Graph

C.) Diagram

D.) Formula

Formula

An abbreviated expression for an element:

A.) Symbol

B.) Element

C.) Atomic mass

D.) Atomic weight

Symbol

The smallest particle of an element capable of entering into a chemical reaction:

A.) My dignity

B.) Electrons

C.) Atom

D.) Particle

Atom

A polyatomic ion is termed:

A.) Axon

B.) Radical

C.) Isometric

D.) Anion

Radical

An expression that represents a chemical reaction:

A.) Expression

B.) Element

C.) Title

D.) Equation

Equation