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Copy of The Mole Concept - Models (5/28/2026)

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The Mole Concept

What is a mole? (not the animal)

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Question 1
1.
How many trunks are found in one dozen elephants?
Write your answer as a number and a unit. (The unit should be “trunks.”) _______
Question 2
2.
How many legs are found in one dozen elephants?
Write a number and a unit. _______
Question 3
3.
How many trunks are found in one score of elephants?
Write a number and a unit. _______
Question 4
4.
How many legs are found in one myriad elephants?
Write a number and a unit. _______

Don't use commas - they can be confused for decimal points in science.
You will need a scientific calculator for many of the following questions.

Question 5
5.
How many trunks are found in one mole of elephants? _______

Tip - your conversion factor is Avogadro's number. Multiply it by the number of trunks are in one elephant.

For reporting scientific notations in your answer, use a carrot prior to the exponent to denote it (Example: 1.11 x 103 would be reported as 1.11 x 10^3).
Question 6
6.
How many carbon atoms are found in one dozen methane molecules? _______
Question 7
7.
How many hydrogen atoms are found in one myriad methane molecules? _______
Question 8
8.
How many elephants are there in one mole of elephants? _______
Question 9
9.
How many legs are found in one mole of elephants? _______
Question 10
10.
How many trunks are found in 12 moles of elephants? _______

Tip - Round to the nearest thousandth position in your answer.
Question 11
11.
How many carbon atoms are found in one mole of methane molecules? _______
Question 12
12.
How many hydrogen atoms are found in one mole of methane molecules? _______

Tip - Round to the nearest thousandth position in your answer.
Question 13
13.
How many methane molecules are there in one mole of methane? _______