Theoretical and percent yield
Grade 10 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

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A lab mixes 16.8 g of baking soda (84.01 g/mol) with vinegar and collects 7.7 g of CO₂ (44.01 g/mol), 1 : 1. What is the percent yield, to 0.1%, Esme?
A lab mixes 8.4 g of baking soda (84.01 g/mol) with vinegar and collects 3.96 g of CO₂ (44.01 g/mol), 1 : 1. What is the percent yield, to 0.1%, Jun?
A lab mixes 33.6 g of baking soda (84.01 g/mol) with vinegar and collects 14.96 g of CO₂ (44.01 g/mol), 1 : 1. What is the percent yield, to 0.1%, Kira?
Zee says a 120% yield means the class did better than perfect. Which reply fits, Luz?
- Disagree: over 100% points to a wet or impure product
- Agree: a higher yield is a better yield
- Agree: careful work can beat the theoretical yield
Noah says yields fall short because reactions destroy some mass. Which reply fits, Milo?
- Agree: each reaction destroys a little mass
- Agree: the missing grams turn into nothing
- Disagree: product is lost or never forms; mass stays the same
A plant takes in 264.06 g of CO₂ (6 mol). Photosynthesis makes 1 mol of glucose (180.18 g) per 6 mol of CO₂. What is the theoretical yield of glucose, Pia?
- 180.18 g, from 1 mol of glucose
- 264.06 g, the same mass as the CO₂
- 1081.08 g, from 6 mol of glucose
That plant stores 162.16 g of glucose against the 180.18 g expected. What is the percent yield, Ren?
- 15%, from 162.16 ÷ 1081.08 × 100
- 90%, from 162.16 ÷ 180.18 × 100
- 111.1%, from 180.18 ÷ 162.16 × 100
Group A makes 4.18 g of an expected 4.40 g; Group B makes 8.36 g of an expected 8.80 g. Which has the higher percent yield, Zee?
- Group A, since its sample was smaller
- Group B, since it made more grams
- Neither: both are 95%
Group A gets 90% and Group B 70% from the same reaction. Which lost more of its product, Ari?
- Neither, since both are under 100%
- Group A, since its number is bigger
- Group B, with 30% missing
Group A reports 98% from damp crystals; Group B reports 91% from dry ones. Which result is more trustworthy, Bo?
- Group A's, since its yield is higher
- Group B's, since its crystals are dry
- Neither, since both are under 100%