Just 5 questions on this quiz - 10 minutes target time

An IB Periodic Table is required.

Calculators are allowed as some of these questions contain more difficult calculations than those on IB multiple choice papers.

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1. Rubidium consists of two isotopes Rubidium-85 and Rubidium-87.
The relative atomic mass of Rubidium is 85.5 (to 1dp).
What is the percentage abundance of the Rubidium-85 isotope?
  • A.   50.0%
  • B.   60.0%
  • C.   75.0%
  • D.   80.0%

2. A sample of an element consisted of 3 isotopes and produced the mass spectrum shown below.

relative atomic mass graph

What is the relative atomic mass of this element?
  • A.   28.1
  • B.   28.3
  • C.   28.9
  • D.   30.4

3. A sample of an unknown element “Z” consists of 3 isotopes as shown below:

Isotope Percentage Abundance /%
64Z 89.43
65Z 7.15
66Z 3.42
 

What is the relative atomic mass of element “Z” to 2dp?

  • A.   64.11
  • B.   64.12
  • C.   64.13
  • D.   64.14
4. The relative atomic mass of Indium is 114.816. Indium consists of two isotopes, 113In and 115In. What is the percentage abundance of the isotope 113In?
  • A.   8.8%
  • B.   9.0%
  • C.   9.2%
  • D.   9.4%

5. What is the relative atomic mass of zirconium from the information shown on the mass spectrum below?

relative atomic mass graph
  • A.   90.9
  • B.   91.3
  • C.   91.7
  • D.   92.1