LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION ­ MARCH 2017

CHEMISTRY
PAPER ­ IV
(ALTERNATIVE TO PRACTICAL)

9 (Cambridge) ..........

Duration : 1 hour

Total Marks = 60

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST : Candidates answer on the question paper.

Answer all questions.
The number of marks given in brackets[ ] at
the end of each question or part question.
You should use names, not symbols, when
describing all reacting chemicals and products
formed.
A calculator is allowed to be used.

Candidate's name : ........................................................... Admission no : ..........................

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(1)

(a) Name the apparatus shown above.

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(1 mark)
(b) What is the volume of gas in the apparatus ?
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(1 mark)
[Total = 2 marks]
(2) A student did some tests with dilute sulphuric acid.
(a) A piece of litmus paper was added to the acid. What colour was the litmus paper in
the acid ?
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(1 mark)
(b) A piece of magnesium was added to the acid. Bubbles of gas were seen.
(i) Name the gas.
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(ii) Give a test for the gas.
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(iii) Give one other observation.
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(3 marks)
(c) A white powder, which was a magnesium compound, was added to the acid and
bubbles of gas were seen.
(i) Name the magnesium compound used.
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(ii) Name the gas produced.
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(iii) Give a test for the gas.
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(3 marks)
(d) Concentrated sulphuric acid is a dehydrating agent. (removing water) When added to
copper(II) sulphate crystals a colour change was seen. What was this colour change ?
The colour changed from ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(1 mark)
[Total = 8 marks]
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(3) The diagram below shows the results of an experiment to identify the components in mixtures
X and Y.

Solvent front

Start line

single substances mixtures

(a) What is the name given to this type of experiment ?

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(1 mark)
(b) Draw a line on the diagram to show the solvent level at the beginning of the experiment.
(1 mark)
(c) A pencil was used to draw the start line. Why was a pen not used for this purpose ?
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(2 marks)
(d) Use the diagram to deduce which of the substances R, S, T, and U were present in
(i) mixture X, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
(e) Using a ruler to measure the distances travelled by substance T and the solvent front,
calculate the Rf value of T.
distance travelled by T ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
distance travelled by solvent front ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

R f value of T = ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
[Total = 8 marks]
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• For questions 4 to 7 inclusive, place a tick ( ✓ ) in the box against the best answer.
(4) Hydrochloric acid has which of the following properties ?
(a) It liberates ammonia from ammonium salts.
(b) It reacts with any base to give a salt.
(c) It reacts with any metal to give hydrogen.
(d) It turns litmus paper blue.
[Total = 1 mark]
(5) A student is asked to make copper(II) sulphate. Which of the following methods should he use ?
(a) Add dilute sulphuric acid to copper.
(b) Add copper to aqueous zinc sulphate.
(c) Add dilute sulphuric acid to copper(II) oxide.
(d) Add copper(II) carbonate to aqueous sodium sulphate.
[Total = 1 mark]
(6) A student prepared some salts by adding two substances together. Which of the following produced
a salt that could be collected by filtration ?
(a) aqueous barium nitrate and sulphuric acid
(b) aqueous sodium hydroxide and nitric acid
(c) calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid
(d) aqueous magnesium chloride and aqueous potassium nitrate
[Total = 1 mark]

(7) In an experiment to find the formula of the oxide formed of the element M, 5.5g of M was
burnt in oxygen. The mass of the oxide was 8.7g. [Ar , M , 55 , O , 16]
What is the formula of the metal oxide ?
(a) MO (b) M2O
(c) MO2 (d) MO3
[Total = 1 mark]
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(8) A fertiliser contains three compounds:
* ammonium sulphate, (NH4) 2SO4,
* iron(II) sulphate, FeSO4,
* sand, SiO2.
(a) Calculate the percentage by mass of nitrogen in ammonium sulphate.

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(2 marks)

(b) Aqueous iron(II) ions and aqueous iron(III) ions can be distinguished by reaction with
aqueous sodium hydroxide. Describe what you would observe as a result of each reaction.

(i) Observation with aqueous iron(II) ions ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

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(ii) Observation with aqueous iron(III) ions ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
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(2 marks)
[Total = 4 marks]

(9) A student was given a test­tube containing a small piece of sodium in oil.
(a) Why was the sodium in oil ?
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(1 mark)
The piece of sodium was transferred from the test­tube to a beaker half­filled with water.
The reaction produced a gas.
(b) Name this gas and give a test to confirm the presence of this gas.
gas ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
test and observation
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(2 marks)
(c) Give two observations that were made when the sodium reacted with the water.
(i) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(ii) ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(2 marks)
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(d) Name the solution that remained in the beaker when the reaction had finished.
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(1 mark)
(e) A piece of litmus paper was placed in this solution. What was the colour of the litmus in
this solution ?
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(1 mark)
(f) Write an equation giving the state symbols for the reaction between potassium and water.
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(1 mark)
[Total = 8 marks]

(10) A student found the solubility, in water, of potassium nitrate, using the apparatus shown.

thermometer

solution

crystals of the salt

heat

10.0g of water was put into a boiling tube. To this, 3.0g of potassium nitrate were added. The
tube and contents were heated until the solid dissolved. The tube was allowed to cool. At the
first sign of solid appearing, the temperature was taken. The experiment was repeated using
5.0, 7.0 and 9.0g of potassium nitrate.

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(a) The thermometer stems below show the temperatures at which the solid appeared. Use
these values to complete the table.

Mass of potassium nitrate 3.0 5.0 7.0 9.0

in 10.0g of water / g
Temperature at which
solid appeared / 0C
(2 marks)

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The graph shows the results obtained in a similar experiment to find the solubility of sodium
nitrate.
(b) Plot the results for potassium nitrate on the same axes and join the points with a smooth
curve.

mass in grams
of salt in
10g of water

sodium nitrate

temperature/0C
(2 marks)
Use the graphs to answer the following questions.
(c) (i) At what temperature were the dissolved masses equal ?
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(ii) What was the mass of the dissolved salts at this temperature ?
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(2 marks)
(d) What mass of potassium nitrate will crystallise when the saturated solution at 800C is
cooled to 300C ?
Mass of potassium nitrate dissolved at 800C = ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­g
Mass of potassium nitrate dissolved at 300C = ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­g
Mass of potassium nitrate that crystallises
on cooling from 800C to 300C = ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­g
(2 marks)
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(e) The solubility of a salt is defined as the maximum mass which will dissolve in 100g of
water at a given temperature. Calculate the solubility of potassium nitrate at 500C.

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(1 mark)
[Total = 9 marks]

(11) MCO3 is a metal carbonate.

A student did an experiment to find
 the relative molecular mass of MCO3
 the relative atomic mass of M.
A sample of MCO3 was added to a previously weighed container which was then reweighed.
Mass of container + MCO3 = 9.01g
Mass of container = 7.98g
(a) Calculate the mass of MCO3 used in the experiment.
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(1 mark)
The sample was placed in a volumetric flask to which 50.0cm3 of hydrochloric acid (an excess)
were added. A gas was evolved.

(b) (i) Name the gas.

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(ii) Give a test for the gas.
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(1 mark)

When no more gas was evolved, the solution was made up to 250 cm3 with distilled water.
This was solution R.

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A 25.0cm3 sample of R was transferred to a titration flask and a few drops of methyl orange
indicator were added.
Then sodium hydroxide was run into R from a burette until an end point was reached.
(c) What was the colour change of the methyl orange ?
The colour changed from ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
(1 mark)
(d) Three such titrations were done. Parts of the burette with liquid levels before and after
each titration are shown below.

Use the above diagrams to complete the following results table.

titration number first second third
final burette reading / cm3
initial burette reading / cm3
volume of sodium
hydroxide required/cm3
best titration results (✓)

Summary
Tick the best titration results. Using these results, the average volume of sodium hydroxide was
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ cm3.
(4 marks)
[Total = 7 marks]

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(13) The following table shows the tests a student did on substance T and the conclusions made
from the observations. Complete the table by describing these observations and suggest the
test and observations which lead to the conclusion from test 4.
test observation conclusion
1 T was dissolved in water and T contains a
the solution divided into three transition metal.
parts for tests 2, 3 and 4.
2 (a) To the first part, aqueous T may contain Cu2+
sodium hydroxide was ions.
added until a change was
seen.
(b) An excess of aqueous
sodium hydroxide was
added to the mixture
from (a).
3 (a) To the second part, The pressnce of Cu2+
aqueous ammonia ions is confirmed.
was added until a
change was seen.
(b) An excess of
aqueous ammonia
was added to the
mixture from (a).

4 T contains Cl– ions.

Conclusion : the formula of compound T is ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

[Total = 10 marks]

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