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LIMURU GIRLS’ SCHOOL

CHEMISTRY FORM 1
END OF TERM 1 YR 2020

1. What is Chemistry (1mk)

2. Give two importances of learning Chemistry. (2mks)

3. Name and draw two apparatus that can be used to measure volume accurately. (4mks)

4. Name the chemical techniques by which the following substance can be separated.
(1mk)

a). Paraffin from water (1mk)

b). Salt from Iodine (1mk)

c). chalk dust from water (1mk)

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d). Sulphur from a mixture A iron filings and powered sulphur. (1mk)

5. Draw a labeled diagram to show a luminous flame. (3mks)

6. Black ink is suspected to be impure i.e to have many constituents. It is found to have
four constituents i.e blue, yellow, red and purple, the rate of dissolving is in order given
from lowest to highest. Draw a paper chromatogram to show the results of separation
(3mks)

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7. Pure water can be obtained from sea water by using fractional distillation
a). Why are pieces of broken porcelain or gravels placed in sea water in the flask. (1mk)

b). Why is the thermometer used during fractional distillation? (1mk)

c). Suggest a reason why it is advisable to collect the distillate in a conical flask than a
wide beaker. (1mk)

e.) Why is the distilled water collected in a conical flask unlikely to contain any dissolved
salt. (1mk)

f). Explain briefly how you can show that there are no salts in the distillate (2mks).

g). State the name of the apparatus used in the condensation process during fractional
distillation (1mk)

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h). Name two industrial applications of fractional distillation (2mks)

8. Explain how you would obtain pure crystals of copper (II) sulphate from a mixture of
copper (II) sulphate and glass. (5mks)

9. Identify the flames in which the card boards shown below were placed.

Burnt
Region burnt region

___________________________ ___________________________(2mks)

Explain what happens to obtain the observation above. (1mk)

10. State two criteria for identifying a pure substance. (2mks)

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The graphs below show the changes observed on heating two solids. Which of the two is
a pure solid. (1mk)

A B

Time Time

Explain the observation in A & B (2mks)

11. Describe briefly how you would extract a pure sample of a blue dye from a mixture
of other dyes which together form black ink. (5mks)

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