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Margarets Secondary School Mid - Year Examinations 2012

CHEMISTRY 5072/01
Secondary Four Express 2 May 2012
Paper 1 Multiple Choice Duration: 1 Hour Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

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Write in soft pencil. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Write your name, index number on the Answer Sheet in the spaces provided unless this has been done for you. There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.

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Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer. Any rough working should be done in this booklet. A copy of the Data Sheet is printed on page 14. A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 15.

This question paper consists of 15 printed pages.

In a volumetric experiment, hydrochloric acid is added to 25.0 cm 3 of aqueous sodium hydroxide. Which piece of apparatus could be used to determine the end-point of the reaction? A B C D stop-watch thermometer measuring cylinder electronic balance

A mixture of two liquids, trichloromethane and water, is separated using a separating funnel. What could be concluded from this observation? A B C D Trichloromethane has a boiling point lower than 100 oC. Trichloromethane has a lower density than water. Trichloromethane and water do not mix. Trichloromethane is a volatile liquid.

A mixture of two liquids is separated using the set-up shown below.

thermometer water out

condenser a mixture of two liquids anti-bumping granules water in receiver

How many errors are there in this set-up? A B C D 0 1 2 3 2

The chromatogram below shows the dyes contained in four different food colourings (W, X, Y and Z) and two harmful dyes (P and Q).

Which food colourings are harmful? A B C D W and X X and Y Y and Z X and Z

Which of the following mixtures can be separated by adding water, stirring and filtering? A B C D sodium carbonate and zinc nitrate magnesium and copper lead (II) sulfate and barium chloride calcium chloride and iron (II) sulfate

Which of the following methods could be used to obtain the elements in the compound magnesium chloride? A B C D filtration distillation sublimation electrolysis

A beaker containing gas Y is inverted over a porous pot containing gas X as shown in the diagram below.

The liquid level in the U-tube did not fall. Which of the following pairs of gases could be X and Y? X A B C D CO NO CO2 O2 Y NO2 C2H6 NH3 H2

The diagram below shows the arrangement of particles in the same substance at different temperatures. at 10OC at 60 oC

Which of the following could be the melting and boiling points of the substance? melting point/oC A B C D -50 -10 0 20 boiling point/oC -10 0 50 80

Neon occurs naturally as two isotopes, of neon is 20.2. What is the relative abundance of A B C D 20% 40% 60% 90% Ne?

Ne and

Ne. The relative atomic mass

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Which of the following pairs of particles have the same number of electrons? A B C D Na+ and He F- and Ar P3- and ClK+ and O2-

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Astatine is below iodine in the Periodic Table. Which of the following statements correctly describe astatine? 1. It is a diatomic molecule. 2. It is coloured. 3. When astatine is added to aqueous potassium iodide, iodine is formed.

A B C D

1 and 3 only 1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

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When chlorine gas is bubbled into aqueous sodium bromide, a brown solution is obtained. Which of the following best explains this observation? A B C D A coloured solution of sodium chloride is formed. The chlorine oxidises bromide ion to bromine. The bromide is reduced. A compound, BrCl, is formed.

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Which of the following elements could be sodium? melting point/oC A B C D 98 113 1083 1535 electrical conductivity at room conditions good poor good good density/gcm-3 0.97 2.07 8.92 7.86

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An element X with proton number 20 reacts with an element Y with proton number 17. Which of the following describes the compound formed? A B C D a covalent compound of formula XY2 a covalent compound of formula X2Y an ionic compound of formula XY2 an ionic compound of formula X2Y

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Element X is a gas at room conditions. It reacts with magnesium to form a white solid with the chemical formula Mg3X2. Which of the following could be the electron structure of X? A B C D 2.3 2.5 2.8.3 2.8.5

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Which of the following substances could be hydrogen chloride? substance A B C D melting point low low high high boiling point low low high high electrical conductivity in liquid state in aqueous state none none none none good good none good

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Which of the following substances contains manganese in its highest oxidation state? A B C D Mn MnO MnO2 KMnO4

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What is the chemical formula of uranium (VI) oxide? A B C D U6O UO3 U2O3 UO6

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Which of the following is the most appropriate method for making copper (II) sulfate? A B C D adding copper to aqueous zinc sulfate adding copper (II) carbonate to aqueous potassium chloride adding copper to dilute sulfuric acid adding copper (II) oxide to dilute sulfuric acid

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Which of the following solutions, when mixed, would produce a precipitate? A B C D aqueous copper (II) chloride and aqueous sodium hydroxide aqueous sodium hydroxide and ethanoic acid aqueous sodium nitrate and aqueous magnesium chloride aqueous chlorine and aqueous iron (II) chloride

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Which of the following compounds in an insoluble base? A B C D potassium oxide zinc hydroxide sodium hydroxide calcium sulfate

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When hydrochloric acid reacts with substance X, only a colourless solution is formed. Which could be substance X? A B C D iron (II) hydroxide zinc carbonate lead (II) nitrate magnesium hydroxide

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Solution S is gently heated with some aqueous sodium hydroxide. No precipitate or gas is formed. When a piece of aluminium foil is added to the hot solution, a moist red litmus paper turns blue. Which of the following could be in solution S? A B C D ammonium chloride ammonium nitrate aluminium chloride potassium nitrate

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A sample of air forms a white precipitate in limewater and turns acidified potassium dichromate (VI) green. Which pairs of gases could be in the air sample? A B C D carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide sulfur dioxide ad chlorine carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide carbon monoxide and sulfur trioxide

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Which of the following statements correctly describes one mole of water and one mole of ammonia at room temperature and pressure? A B C D They have the same volume. They have the same number of atoms. They have the same number of molecules. They have the same molar mass.

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If 10 g of neon contain X atoms, how many atoms would there be in 7 g of carbon monoxide? A B C D 0.25X 0.5X X 1.5X

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Methane reacts with steam according to the equation below. CH4(g) + H2O(g) CO(g) + 3H2(g)

What would be the total volume of products formed, at room temperature and pressure, when 100 cm3 of methane reacts with excess steam? A B C D 100 cm3 300 cm3 400 cm3 500 cm3

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A solution contains a mixture of zinc chloride and zinc nitrate in water. The concentration of zinc ions and chloride ions are 0.80 mol/dm 3 and 0.30 mol/dm3 respectively. What is the concentration of the nitrate ions? A B C D 0.50 mol/dm3 0.65 mol/dm3 1.00 mol/dm3 1.30 mol/dm3

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Which of the following compounds may be reduced by heating with carbon? A B C D magnesium oxide zinc oxide calcium carbonate sodium oxide

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In the extraction of iron, four substances are added into the blast furnace. Three of these substances are coke, iron ore and hot air. What is the fourth substance? A B C D carbon monoxide calcium carbonate silicon dioxide calcium silicate

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In the graph, curve X shows the results of the reaction between 2 g of zinc granules in excess hydrochloric acid at 30 oC.

Which changes will produce curve Y? A B C D using 2 g of zinc powder at 30 oC using 1 g of zinc granules at 25 oC using 1 g of zinc granules at 40 oC using 1 g of zinc granules at 30 oC

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Magnesium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid. Which solution would give the fastest initial rate of reaction? A B C D 40 g of HCl in 1 000 cm3 of water 20 g of HCl in 500 cm3 of water 10 g of HCl in 100 cm3 of water 4 g of HCl in 50 cm3 of water

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In which reaction is the pressure least likely to affect the rate of the reaction? A B C D 2CO 2SO2 N2 + 3NaOH + + O2 O2 3H2 + Al(NO3)3 2CO2 2SO3 2NH3 3NaNO3 + Al(OH)3

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The equations for three reactions are given below. reaction 1 reaction 2 reaction 3 H2 HCl 2H + O 2H H + Cl H2O

Which of the above reactions are endothermic? A B C D reactions 1 and 2 only reactions 1 and 3 only reactions 2 and 3 only reactions 1, 2 and 3

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The equation describes the reaction between methane and chlorine. CH4 + 4Cl2 CCl4 + 4HCl H = -460 kJ

Some bonds and bond energies are given below. bond bond energy (kJ/mol) CH 412 Cl Cl 242 H Cl 431

What is the bond energy of C Cl bond? A B C D 108 kJ/mol 338 kJ/mol 432 kJ/mol 1352 kJ/mol

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Which of the following processes is exothermic? A B C D dissolving of ammonium chloride in water photosynthesis in plants to produce starch melting of ice combustion of hydrogen to form water

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Which of the following conducts electricity by the movement of ions? A B C D copper sulfur sodium chloride graphite

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Which ions are present in aqueous iron (II) chloride? A B C D Fe and Cl2 Fe2+ , Cl- and H2 Fe2+, Cl-, H+ and OHFe2+, H+, Cl2-, and O2-

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The diagram shows the set-up of the electrolysis of aqueous copper (II) sulfate using carbon electrodes.

carbon electrodes

aqueous copper (II) sulfate

Which of the following will occur? A B C D Copper is plated on the cathode. Copper is plated on the anode. Oxygen gas is produced at the cathode. Hydrogen is produced at the anode. 12

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Sodium metal is obtained industrially from the electrolysis of molten sodium chloride. The other product obtained is chlorine gas. What volume of chlorine gas, measured at room temperature and pressure, would be obtained if 230 g of sodium metal is formed in the electrolysis? 60 dm3 120 dm3 240 dm3 480 dm3

A B C D

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DATA SHEET Colours of some common metal hydroxides

aluminium hydroxide calcium hydroxide copper (II) hydroxide iron (II) hydroxide iron (III) hydroxide lead (II) hydroxide zinc hydroxide

white white light blue green red-brown white white

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