Aug 2022

Design Practical
1. A student carried out the following experiment:
She added equal masses of glucose to three beakers containing equal volumes of
hot water. These beakers were cooled to three different temperatures. The mass of
sugar which crystallised in each beaker was then measured.
a) State the independent variable of the experiment. (1 mark)
b) State the dependent variable of the experiment. (1 mark)
c) Write the hypothesis for this experiment. ( 2 marks)

2. A student has designed an experiment to determine the relationship between the

mass of powdered zinc and the volume of hydrogen produced when it is added to a
solution of dilute HCl.

a) Write a suitable hypothesis for the experiment. (2 marks)

b) Identify the independent variable. ( 1mark)
c) Identify the dependent variable. ( 1mark)
d) Identify three factors that need to be controlled in this experiment. ( 1mark)
e) Describe one aspect of safety that would need to be considered in this
practical.(1mark)
f) The student used different lengths of zinc metal, and for each length carried out
three trials. Explain why this was done.(2 marks)
g) In the practical report, the student stated that by completing three trials of each
length of zinc metal the accuracy of the result increased. Comment on the
student’s statement.(2 marks)

3. An experiment was carried out to observe the reaction rate between nitric acid
and zinc at different temperatures.
The temperature of each flask and the volume of gas produced in one minute in
each flask were recorded. The raw data table below shows the results of the
experiment.

Flask Temperature (oC) Volume of hydrogen (mL)

1 24.1 5.00
2 37.5 11.2
3 45.7 21.4
4 61.2 46.4
5 69.8 82.8

a) Identify two factors that should be held constant in the five flasks. (2 marks)
b) Construct the derived data table with appropriate headings. (2 marks)
c) Using the raw data table, draw a graph with appropriate axis labelling. ( 2marks)
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d) State and explain the effect of one systematic error during this experiment.
Indicate one way the experimenter could eliminate the described systematic
error. (3 marks)