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5 Safia is stung by a bee. For

Teacher’s
Use

(a) Bee stings are acidic.

Calamine lotion will neutralise a bee sting.

(i) Suggest the pH value of a bee sting.

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(ii) Suggest the pH value of calamine lotion.

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(b) Acids and alkalis can be identified using indicators.

Plan how you can use an indicator to identify acids and alkalis.

Include

• the name of the indicator

• the result with acid

• the result with alkali.

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2 Mia has a new scooter. For

Teacher’s
Use

frame

tyre

(a) Draw a line from the part of the scooter to the material used to make it.

part of scooter material

clay

frame foam

tyre rubber

steel

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(b) Some scooters have a frame made of aluminium.

Write down two properties of aluminium that make it useful for making the frame.

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9 Universal Indicator can be used to estimate the pH value of a solution.

(a) Which is the best description for a solution with a pH of 5?

Tick () the correct box.

neutral

strongly acidic

strongly alkaline

weakly acidic

weakly alkaline
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(b) What is the pH of a neutral solution?

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14 Some substances are metals and other substances are non-metals.

Metals often have high melting and boiling points, but non-metals often have low melting
and boiling points.

Write down two other differences between metals and non-metals.

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3 Pierre and Blessy test five substances, A, B, C, D and E, with three different indicators.

They use these indicators:

• blue litmus
• methyl orange
• thymolphthalein.

Pierre and Blessy use this information about the different indicators to sort the substances into
acidic, neutral or alkaline.

indicator acidic neutral alkaline

blue litmus red blue blue
methyl orange red yellow yellow
thymolphthalein colourless colourless blue

Here are their results.

substance
indicator
A B C D E
blue litmus blue red blue blue red
methyl orange yellow red yellow yellow red
thymolphthalein blue colourless blue colourless colourless

Sort the substances A, B, C, D and E into three groups: acidic, neutral and alkaline.

Put the letter of each substance into the correct circle.

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4 Hazard symbols warn about the dangers of a substance.

Draw a line to match each hazard symbol to its correct description.

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5 Metals are electrical conductors.

State three other physical properties of most metals.

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10 Angelique has bottles of four different solutions, W, X, Y and Z.

The bottles have lost their names.

She tests each solution with Universal Indicator.

Here are her results.

solution colour when Universal Indicator added

W green

X yellow

Y purple

Z red

(a) Draw a line to match the correct solution to its name.

solution name

sodium hydroxide
W (strongly alkaline)

distilled water
X
(neutral)

citric acid
Y
(weakly acidic)

hydrochloric acid
Z
(strongly acidic)

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(b) Which hazard label is put onto a bottle containing a corrosive liquid?

Tick () the correct box.

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11 Ahmed finds this information about six substances.

substance property

A high boiling point

B low melting point

C gas at room temperature

D shiny

E magnetic

F ductile

(a) Use these properties to sort the six substances into metals and non-metals.

One has been done for you.

metal non-metal

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(b) Ahmed investigates the electrical conductivity of three metals, X, Y and Z.

Here is his equipment.

metal

Here are his results.

metal brightness of lamp

X dim

Y bright

Z bright

Ahmed concludes that metals Y and Z are better electrical conductors than metal X.

Suggest an improvement to Ahmed’s experiment to find out which is the better electrical
conductor, Y or Z.

Explain your suggestion.

improvement

explanation

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