C H E M I S T R Y A LT E R N AT I V E T O P R A C T I C A L PA P E R 6

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IGCSE Practice Paper

CHEMISTRY PAPER 6 Alternative to Practical 1 hour

Answer questions on the Question Paper.

Answer all questions.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 13.

The questions in this paper were taken from the following past papers:
Question 1 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 61, Q1, June 2011
Question 2 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 61, Q2, November 2011
Question 3 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 62, Q3, June 2012
Question 4 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 61, Q4, November 2012
Question 5 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 61, Q5, November 2011
Question 6 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 Paper 62, Q6, November 2012

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1 A student heated hydrated zinc sulfate crystals, ZnSO4?7H2O, using the

apparatus below to obtain a sample of water.

ice cubes
in water

a Complete the box to identify the piece of apparatus labelled. [1]

b Use labelled arrows to indicate:
i where the heat is applied,
ii where the sample of water would collect. [2]

c State the purpose of the ice cubes.

[1]

d Describe a physical test for pure water.

test

result [2]

[Total: 6]
2 A student prepared a sample of potassium nitrate by neutralising nitric
acid using potassium hydroxide solution.

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25.0 cm3 of nitric acid was poured into a conical flask. Potassium
hydroxide was added a little at a time from a burette as shown below.

potassium hydroxide
solution

nitric acid

After each addition of potassium hydroxide solution the pH was measured

with a pH meter and the values recorded in the table of results.

volume of potassium hydroxide

pH value
solution added / cm3
5.0 1.2
10.0 1.4
15.0 2.6
20.0 2.0
24.0 2.7
24.5 3.0
25.5 11.0
26.0 11.3
30.0 12.0
40.0 13.2

You are going to draw a graph to find the volume of potassium hydroxide
solution required to neutralise the 25.0 cm3 of nitric acid.

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a Plot the results on the grid below and draw a smooth line graph.

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12

10

pH

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
volume of potassium hydroxide
solution added / cm3

[3]
b Which point appears to be inaccurate?

[1]

c i Use your graph to find the pH of the solution when 35.0 cm3 of
potassium hydroxide was added.

[1]

ii Use your graph to find the pH of 25.0 cm3 of nitric acid.

Show clearly on the grid how you obtained your answer.

[2]

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d i What is the pH of the solution when all of the nitric acid has just
been neutralised?

[1]

ii What volume of potassium hydroxide was required to neutralise

25.0 cm3 of nitric acid?

[1]

e Describe how the student should modify the experiment to obtain pure
crystals of potassium nitrate.

[3]

[Total: 12]

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3 Electricity was passed through a solution of concentrated hydrochloric

acid as shown below.

concentrated
hydrochloric acid

Bubbles were observed at both electrodes.

a Give one other expected observation.

[1]

b Label the electrodes. [1]

c i Name the gas given off at the cathode (negative electrode).

[1]

ii Give a test for this gas.

test

result [2]

d Suggest why, at the beginning of the electrolysis, no gas was collected

at the anode (positive electrode).

[2]

[Total: 7]

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4 A student investigated the speed of reaction when iodine was produced by

the reaction of solution L with potassium iodide at different temperatures.
Five experiments were carried out.
Experiment 1
A burette was filled with the aqueous solution L to the 0.0 cm3 mark.
10.0 cm3 of solution L was added from the burette into a boiling tube and
the initial temperature of the solution was measured.
Using a measuring cylinder, 5 cm3 of aqueous potassium iodide and 3 cm3
of aqueous sodium thiosulfate were poured into a second boiling tube.
Starch solution was added to this boiling tube and the mixture shaken.
The mixture in the second boiling tube was added to the solution L,
shaken and the clock started. These chemicals reacted to form iodine
which reacted with the starch. When a blue colour appeared, the clock was
stopped and the time measured and recorded in the table. The final
temperature of the mixture was measured.
Experiment 2
Experiment 1 was repeated but solution L was heated to about 40 °C. The
temperature of the solution was measured before adding the mixture in
the second boiling tube.
When a blue colour appeared, the clock was stopped and the time
measured and recorded in the table. The final temperature of the mixture
was measured.
Experiment 3
Experiment 2 was repeated, heating solution L to about 50 °C.
Experiment 4
Experiment 2 was repeated, heating solution L to about 60 °C.
Experiment 5
Experiment 2 was repeated, heating solution L to about 70 °C.

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a Use the thermometer diagrams in the table to record the temperatures

and complete the table.

initial final average

thermometer thermometer
experiment temperature temperature temperature time / s
diagram diagram
/ °C / °C / °C

30 30

1 25 25 215

20 20

45 30

2 40 25 105

35 20

50 45

3 45 40 60

40 35

65 45

4 60 40 40

55 35

75 50
5 70 45 35

65 40

[5]

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b Plot the results on the grid below and draw a smooth line graph.

250

200

150
time / s

100

50

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
average temperature / °C

[5]
c From your graph, work out the time taken for the blue colour to
appear if solution L was heated to 80 °C. The final temperature of
the reaction mixture was 64 °C.
Show clearly on the grid how you obtained your answer.

[2]

d Suggest the purpose of the starch solution in the experiments.

[1]

e i In which experiment was the reaction speed fastest?

[1]

ii Explain, using ideas about particles, why this experiment was

the fastest.

[2]

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f Predict the effect on the time and speed of the reaction in Experiment 5
if it was repeated using a less concentrated solution of L.

test

result [2]

g Why was a burette used to measure solution L instead of a measuring

cylinder?

[1]

[Total: 19]

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5 Three different liquids P, Q and R were analysed.

P was an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid.
The tests on the liquids and some of the observations are in the following
table. Complete the observations in the table.

tests observations

a i Appearance of the liquids. P [1]

Q colourless, smell of vinegar

R colourless, no smell

ii The pH of the liquids was P [1]

tested using Universal Indicator
paper. Q pH5

R pH7

b A piece of magnesium ribbon was P

added to a little of each liquid.
The gas given off by liquid P was tested. [2]

Q slow effervescence

R no reaction

c To a little of liquid P, hydrochloric acid

and aqueous barium chloride were
added. [2]

d Liquid R was heated to boiling in a

test-tube. A thermometer was used to temperature = 100 °C
record the constant temperature of the
vapour produced.

e What conclusions can you draw about liquid Q?

[2]

f Identify liquid R.

[1]

[Total: 9]

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6 a Ethanoic acid can be prepared by heating ethanol with acidified

potassium manganate(VII).
Give a test to distinguish between ethanoic acid and ethanol.

test

result [2]

b Coal is a fossil fuel. When heated strongly, sulfur dioxide gas is one of
the products formed.
Sulfur dioxide changes the colour of acidified potassium
manganate(VII) from purple to colourless.
Plan an investigation to show which of the two different types of coal
produces the most sulfur dioxide when heated. You are provided with
one lump of each type of coal.

[6]

[Total: 8]

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 DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2

7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84

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
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131

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
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209

Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 * 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

226 227
Fr Ra Ac
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89

140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X X = atomic symbol Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b b = proton (atomic) number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).

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