St Ives High School Chemistry General Instructions + Reading time ~ 5 minutes + Working time - 2% hours + Board-approved calculators may be used + Write using black or blue pen + Draw diagrams using pencil + A Data Sheet and Periodic Table are provided at the back of this paper + Write your student number and/or name at the top of every page 2002 Higher School Certificate Trial Examination ‘Total marks ~ 85 This section has two parts, Part A and Part B Part A Total marks (15) + Attempt Questions 1-15 + Allow about 30 minutes for this part Part B Total marks (70) + Attempt Questions 16-31 + Allow about 2 hours for this part ‘This paper MUST NOT be removed from the examination roomSTUDENT NUMBER/NAME: .. A zinc rod is placed in four different solutions, as shown in the diagrams below. zine rod zine rod zine rod silver nitrate magnesium nitrate copper nitrate barium nitrate solution solution solution solution Beaker 1 Beaker 2 Beaker 3 Beaker 4 ‘You would notice a displacement reaction in beakers (A) Land2 (B) Land 3 (C) Land (D) 2and3 Bromine water can be used to distinguish between: (A) ethane and propane (B) propane and propene (C) ethene and propene (D) ethane and ethanol Which of the following metals could reduce iron(ID) ions in aqueous solution? (A) zine B) tin (C) copper (D) silver Consider the reaction described by the equation below: CxHOH > GH + 1:0 This reaction is an example of: (A) polymerisation (B) hydration (©) dehydration (D) additionSTUDENT NUMBER/NAME: 5. The table below gives some properties of radioactive isotopes ‘Name Radiation emitted Half Life ‘Americium-241 o 432 years ‘Carbon-14 B 5.7x108 years “Magnesium-27 B 9.5 minutes Sodium-24 By 15 hours The isotope that is most suitable for detecting leaks in water pipes would be. a) @) © ©) Americium-241 Carbon-14 Magnesium-27 Sodium-24 Questions 6 and 7 refer to the table below which shows the colour ranges of three acid-base indicators. Indicator Very acidic ‘Neutral ‘Very basic pH 0 [i [2 [3 [4 15 [6 [7 [8 [9 Top [22 [a3 [a ‘Bromothymol biue__| yellow 60 7.6— blue Methyl orange red Sai 45— yellow Phenolphthalein colourless 8.3 10.0— red 6. Asolution is yellow in bromothymol and methyl orange, and colourless in phenolphthalein. What is the pH range of the solution? (a) @) © @) 751085 6.010 7.5 45 106.0 8.5 t0 10.0 7. 0.1 mol L" citric acid (CgHgO7) solution is neutralised with a solution of 0.1 mol L sodium hydroxide (NaOH). ‘The best indicator for this titration would be: (a) @) © @) methyl orange phenolphthalein ‘a mixture of methyl orange and bromothymol blue. bromothymol blue Page 4