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CHEMISTRY 0620/12
Paper 1 Multiple Choice (Core) February/March 2017
45 minutes
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Soft clean eraser
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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.
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 Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
Electronic calculators may be used.
The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level1/Level 2 Certificate.
IB17 03_0620_12/3RP
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The stopper is removed and after a few minutes all the students in the room can smell the
ammonia.
A Brownian motion
B diffusion
C dissolving
D distillation
paper
pencil line
solvent
A in the solvent
B just above the pencil line
C just below the pencil line
D on the pencil line
27 50
40
28 30
Which row shows the correct readings for the burette and the measuring cylinder?
measuring
burette
cylinder
A 27.8 42
B 27.8 44
C 28.2 42
D 28.2 44
muddy water
fine sand
gravel
small pebbles
clean water
A crystallisation
B distillation
C filtration
D solvent extraction
5 The aluminium ion, Al 3+, has the same electronic structure as an atom of which noble gas?
A argon
B helium
C krypton
D neon
What is M?
A ammonia, NH3
B hydrogen chloride, HCl
C methane, CH4
D water, H2O
X Y Z
A Ca MgO NaOH
B Ca NaOH MgO
C MgO Ca NaOH
D MgO NaOH Ca
O CH3
H 3C C N
N C
C H
C C
N
O N
CH3
caffeine
The substances are concentrated aqueous sodium chloride, concentrated hydrochloric acid,
molten lead(II) bromide and molten sodium oxide.
A A colourless gas is formed at the anode when molten sodium oxide is electrolysed.
B A green gas is formed at the cathode when concentrated hydrochloric acid is electrolysed.
10 Ammonium chloride is added to 100 cm3 of water. The temperature changes from 25 °C to 20 °C.
A endothermic
B exothermic
C freezing
D neutralisation
reactants
energy
products
2 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O
3 C + O2 → CO2
A none of them
B 1 and 2 only
C 2 and 3 only
D all of them
12 The diagram shows the apparatus used to measure the rate of a chemical reaction.
reactants
52.73g
balance
For which reaction can the rate be measured using this apparatus?
A 2Na + Cl 2 → 2NaCl
B 4FeO + O2 → 2Fe2O3
15 The equation for the effect of heat on hydrated sodium carbonate is as shown.
A P, Q and R only
B P, Q and S only
C Q, R and S only
D P, Q, R and S
C 4Na + O2 → 2Na2O
Which two tests provide evidence that the solution is copper(II) sulfate?
A barium sulfate
B copper(II) sulfate
C potassium sulfate
D sodium sulfate
A metallic character
B number of electron shells
C number of outer shell electrons
D tendency to form positive ions
22 Which compound is made from elements which are all in the same period?
B C
D
copper(II) oxide
and carbon
steam
copper
heat
experiment 1 experiment 2
experiment 1 experiment 2
A no reaction no reaction
B no reaction reaction
C reaction no reaction
D reaction reaction
A copper
B iron
C magnesium
D zinc
27 Steel is made by adding ....... 1 ....... to molten iron to remove ....... 2 ....... from the iron.
1 2 3
water
hydrated
copper(II) sulfate
A blue to pink
B blue to white
C no change
D white to blue
X Y
CH4 CO2 CaCO3
X Y
A combustion combustion
B combustion thermal decomposition
C thermal decomposition combustion
D thermal decomposition thermal decomposition
30 An experiment to find the percentage of oxygen in 150 cm3 of polluted air is shown.
water
After this time, the volume of gas in the measuring cylinder is 122 cm3.
What is the percentage of oxygen, to the nearest whole number, in the polluted air?
What is substance X?
A ammonium sulfate
B barium chloride
C calcium hydroxide
D silver nitrate
A ✓ ✓ ✓
B ✓ ✓ ✗
C ✓ ✗ ✓
D ✗ ✓ ✓
experiment 1 The student heated a sample of limestone very strongly. A white powder formed.
experiment 2 The white powder from experiment 1 was cooled. The student then added a small
quantity of cold water to the powder. Large quantities of steam were produced.
35 Which substance has a main constituent that contains only one carbon atom per molecule?
A bitumen
B gasoline
C natural gas
D petroleum
gasoline 18 21 21 23
kerosene 11 15 13 15
diesel oil 18 21 20 24
fuel oil 53 43 46 38
A Arabian Heavy
B Arabian Light
C Iranian Heavy
D North Sea
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4
A addition fermentation
B addition fractional distillation
C distillation fermentation
D distillation fractional distillation
39 Which type of hydrocarbon reacts rapidly with aqueous bromine and what is the colour change of
the aqueous bromine?
H H H H H H
C C C C C C
H H H H H H
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H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
16
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
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caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 116
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Fl Lv
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium flerovium livermorium
– – – – – – – – – – – – –
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –
The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).