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KASEMPA BOYS’ BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 10 B CHEMISTRY TEST 1 TERM 1 2019

DURATION: 1 HOUR TOTAL MARKS: 35

There are five (5) questions in this test, attempt all the questions. Marks are indicated at the end of each
question.

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1. Everything in existence in the universe take up space has mass. In view of this statement,
(a) Describe in detail what is meant by chemistry. [3]
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(b) Knowing that chemistry is such an important and a wide field of study, it has been classified into
branches of fields. State the names given to different branches of chemistry described by the following
statements:
(i) The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of composition of substances qualitatively and
quantitatively.[1]
Name of the branch:
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(ii) The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of physical principles that underlie structure of
matter and chemical transformation. [1]
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(iii) The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of compounds of carbon. [1]
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(iv) The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of all elements except carbon but includes
simple compounds of carbon such carbon dioxide. [1]
Name of the branch:
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2. From the knowledge acquired in class and from your own experience, in which way would you justify
(support) the importance of chemistry to societies? [4]
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3. Based on what you have known about chemistry so far, how would you explain some of the challenges of
chemical industrial activities? [6]
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4. You have learnt about some of the rules that must be followed by the learners when they are working in a
laboratory. Explain by giving reasons supporting why laboratory rules must be followed by all the learners.
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5. Chemist scientists (people who specialises in the study particular fields of chemistry) have come up with one
important theory in science that explains how matter is. This theory is known as the kinetic theory of matter.
(a) In view of the above statement, what does the kinetic theory state? [2]
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(b) What are the three basic units of matter? [3]
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(c) Why the three particles that make up matter called the basic units of matter? [1]
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(d) The kinetic theory of matter classifies matter into three categories called states of matter. Name these
states of matter. [3]
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(e) What ideas are used by the kinetic theory of matter to classify matter in the three states you named in
question 5 (c) above? [3]
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* Wishing you the very best *

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