Form 4 Chemistry Test

Objective question.
1. Which of the following statement is true about chemistry?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Chemistry is study of matter

Chemistry is a study of natural forces and energy
Chemistry is a study of living things
Chemsitry is a study of rocks

2. Which of the following are chemicals?

I sodium chloride
II acetic acid
III rubber
IV air
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and II only
I, II and IV only
III and IV only
I,II,III and IV only

3. The followong statement is about a profession

He helps to improve the quality and storage of food
with the use of various additives and presevatives.
What is the profession mentioned by the above statement?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Geologist
Farmer
Chemist
Doctor

4.
As the temperature of the water rises, so does the amount of
sodium chloride that can be dissolved.

The above statement is a hypothesis. What is the responding variable of the hypothesis?
A. Volume of water
B. Temperature of the water
C. Size of the sodium chloride crystals

D. The amount of sodium chlride dissolve

5. Which of the following attitudes should be adopted by a chemist when making an
observation?
I Patience
II Objectives
III Prejudice
IV Open-minded
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and II only
III and IV only
I,II and IV only
II,III and IV only

6. What is the first step in scientific method?

A. Collecting data
B. Making inference
C. Making observation
D. Making hypothesis
7. The table below shows some common chemicals used in daily life
M
N
O

Table salt
Vinegar
Table sugar

Which set of chemicals are foud in M, N and O respectively?

A Sodium chloride
Ethanoic acid
B Sodium chloride
Sucrose
C Ethanoic acid
Sucrose
D Sucrose chloride
Sodium

Sucrose
Ethanoic
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride

8. Which one of the following sequence of steps is correct in writing and experiment
report?
P: Starting the aim of the experiment
Q: Listing the apparatus and materials used
R: Describe the procedures of the experiment
S: Tabulating the data
T: Making a conclusion
A.
B.
C.
D.

P,Q,R,S,T
P,Q,T,S,R
P,R,Q,T,S
P,R,Q,S,T

Question 9, 10 and 11 are based in situation P

Situation P: When a students adds 20cm3 water to 10g of salt in a test
tube, it dissolves faster than when he adds only 10cm3 water to 10g of salt.
9. What inference can be made from situation P?
A. The volume of water is increase to ensure that the salt dissolves complete
B. The mass of salt which dissolves in waterdepends on the amount of water that is
added
C. The greater the amount of water used, the greater the mass of salt that dissolved in
it
D. The solibility rate of the given mass of salt depends on the amount of water
that is added to it
10. Based on the inference made, identify the problem
A.
B.
C.
D.

The volume of water affects the solubility rate if the salt

How does the volume of water affect the solubility of the salt
Why does the volume of water affect the solubility rate of the salt
The mkrte the water that is added, the higher is rhe solubility rate

11. In the above experiment, the variable that is kept constant is

A.
B.
C.
D.

mass of solute
solubility rate
tempereture
volume of water

12. Which of the following substances has the most ordered arrangement at room
temperature abd pressure?
A.
B.
C.
D.

sodium chloride
oxygen
water
mercury

13. Which of the following would occur when ammonium chloride is heated at room
temperature and pressure?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Condensation
Melting point
Sublimation
Evaporation

14. The potassiumatom has the proton number 19 and the nucleon number of 39. Based
on the data given, the potassium atom has
A.
B.
C.
D.

19 electrons and 20 neutrons

20 electrons and 19 neutrons
19 electrons and 39 neutrons
39 electrons and 19 neutrons

15. The table shows the statements regarding the changes in state of matter
Set Change of state Process
Change of energy
I
Gas to liquid
Condensation Energy librated
II
Solid to gas
Evaporation
Energy absorbed
III
Liquid to gas
Boiling
Energy absorbed
IV
Gas to solid
Sublimation
Energy librated
Which of the above statements are correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and III only

II and IV only
I,II and III
I,III and IV

16. A certain substances, Q, exist as liquid at 100 C. What can its melting point and
boiling point possibly is?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Melting point
4 C
80 C
135 C
-30 C

Boiling point
100 C
130 C
175 C
40 C

17. Figure 1 show a graph obtained in an experiment conducted by a student

Temperature (C)
90
80
t1

t2
Figure 1

Which of the following statements is true about the substances?

A. It is a solid at 85 C
B. It melts at 90 C

C. It condenses at 80 C
D. It exist as solid and liquid between t1 and t2
18. Which of the following peocess will descrease the kinetic energy of the particles of a
substance?
A.
B.
C.
D.

I and III only

III and IV only
II and IV only
I, III and IV

19. Which of the following scientist has give the latest accepted structure of the atom?
Scientist
Structure of the atom
A. Niels Bohr
Electrons move in circular orbit around the nucleus along
a fixed shell.
B. John Dalton
The atom is spherical in shape and is made up positive cheges
with negatives charged electrons moving around them.
C. Ernerst Rutherford Every matter consist of small particles known as atoms.
D. J.J. Thomson
The alpha particle is the positive charged particle.
20. Which of the following substances will become gas when heated without becoming a
liquid?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Ice
Iron
Iodine
Sodium Chloride

21. Which one of the following particles is not present in a hydrogen atom?
A.
B.
C.
D.

proton
electron
neutron
nucleus

22. The proton number of an atom is the

A.
B.
C.
D.

Number of neutron in its nucleus

Number if protons in its nucleus
Number of electrons in its nucleus
Total of protons and neutrons.

23. If the nucleon number of argon is 39 and the nucleon number of patssium is also 39, it
follows that an argon atom and a potassium atom
A. Belongs to the same element

B. Has the same number of protons

C. Has different number of neutrons
D. Has the same number of electrons
24. Figure 2 shows a gas jar containing bromine gas being inverted over another gas jar
containing air.
What can be observed if the cardboards separating them
are removed after a few minutes?
Bromine gas

Gas jar

A. Both gas jars appear colourless

B. Both gas jars contain the gas with a bright
brown colour
C. The upper gas jar contains a brown ga, while the
lower gas jar is colourless.
D. The upper gas jar is colourless while the lower gas
jar contains a brown colour gas.

Air

Figure 2

25. The atom of element S has 11 protons and 12 neutrons. Which f the following is the
correct symol for S?
A.
B.
C.
D.

12

S
S
S
S

11
11
12
23
11
23
12

Practical Question
Instruction: Answer all the question given.
1. A student makes a hypothesis that all salts will dissolve in water. The students then
dissolved some samples of salt in watre. Table 1 shows the results obtained by the
student.
Salt
Observation
Sodium chloride
The salt dissolved producing a clear colourless solution
Calcium sulphate
A little of the salt dissolved producing a clear colourless solution
Copper (II) sulphate The salt dissolved producing a clear blue solution
Zinc carbonate
The salt was insoluble in water
(a) State the apparatus and the material used in the experiment.
Apparatus: measuring cylinder, glass rod, beaker, weighing balance

(2 marks)

Materials: all types of salt above, water

(2 marks)

(b) State all the variables involved.

Fixed: volume and the temperature of water, mass of salt

(1 mark)

Manipulated: type of salt

(1 mark)

Responding: solubility of the salt dissolve in water

(1 mark)

(c) Suggest one method you can be sure that a salt is not soluble in water.
The salt is added into water and stirred throughly them filter and dry on a filter
paper. If the mass of the salt does not change, it shows none of the salt had dissolve
in water
(3 marks)
(d) What is the conclusion that can be made from the experiment?
Not all the salt dissolve in water

(1 mark)

(e) Can the hypothesis of the student be accepted or rejected?

Rejected

(1 mark)

2. Figure 1 (a) shows the st-up of apparatus to determine the freezing point of ethanamide
(acetamide). In this experiment, liquid ethamide is cooled from a temperature of 96 C in
a conical flask. The temperature of liquid ethanamide is recorded at fixed intervals of
time. Figure 1 (b) shows the graph of temperature against time during the cooling of
ethanamide.

Based on the information, answer the following questions.

(a) Why is the cooling of ethanamide dine in a conical flask?
To enable constant cooling at a slow rate for ethamide

(1 mark)

(b) Based on the graph, what is the freezing point of ethanamide?

81oC

(1 mark)

(c) Why does the temperature at B-C on the graph remain constant even though cooling
continues?
Freezing occur during freezing bonds are formed and energy is released

(1 mark)

(d) In what state of matter, does etanamide exists after 5 minutes of cooling?
Solid

(1 mark)

(e) On order to determine the melting point of ethanamide, solid ethanamide is heated in
a water bath. In this experiment, the solid ethanamide is also recorded at regular intervals
of time until all solid ethanamide melted.
a. Why is a water bath suitable to use for heating the solid ethanamide? Give
two reasons.
-to provide constant heat / to avoid supercooling
- ethamide is flammable. Direct heating will cause ethamide to burn
(2 mark)

b. Why is stirring of solid ethanamide required throughout the whole

experiment?
So that heat is spread evenly through ethamide
(1 mark)
c. Sketch the graph of temperature against time for the heating of solid
etanamide. Mark the melting point of ethanamide on the graph.

(3 marks)
d. Name another substance, whose melting point can be determined using the
same method.
Napthlene

(1 mark)

e. Subtances Y has a melting point of 115 C. Is water bath suitable for the
heating of Y to determine its melting point? Explain.
No, the melting point of y (115oC) is higher than the boiling point
of water 100oC. So that water bath cannot be used
(2 mark)