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CHEMISTRY 0620/12
Paper 1 Multiple Choice May/June 2014
45 Minutes
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Soft clean eraser
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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
Electronic calculators may be used.
The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level1/Level 2 Certificate.
IB14 06_0620_12/2RP
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1 Two gas jars each contain a different gas. The gas jars are connected and the cover slips are
removed.
cover slips
A chemical reaction
B condensation
C diffusion
D evaporation
thermometer
test-tube
25 cm3 liquid
spirit burner
ethanol
Which result shows that the liquid in the test-tube is pure water?
3 Which two methods can be used to separate a salt from its solution in water?
1 crystallisation
2 decanting
3 distillation
4 filtration
31
4 Which statements about a phosphorus atom, 15 P , are correct?
1 2
e e
e e
2p 3p key
2n 3n e = an electron
n = a neutron
e e
p = a proton
= nucleus
3 4
e e
e e
3p 3p
3n 4n
e e
e
Which two diagrams show atoms that are isotopes of each other?
‘lead’
When the percentage of graphite is increased, the pencil slides across the paper more easily.
X Y
What is the type of bonding in the compound and what is the formula of the compound?
A covalent X2Y
B covalent XY2
C ionic XY2
D ionic X2Y
H H
H H
C C
H C
H
C C
H H
C C
H H
H H
A 15 B 23 C 30 D 46
10 Electrical cables are made from either ……1……, because it is a very good conductor of
electricity, or from……2……, because it has a low density.
Overhead cables have a ……3…… core in order to give the cable strength.
1 2 3
11 What will be produced at the anode and at the cathode, if molten potassium chloride is
electrolysed?
A chlorine hydrogen
B chlorine potassium
C hydrogen chlorine
D potassium chlorine
A If the reaction is endothermic, the temperature decreases and energy is taken in.
B If the reaction is endothermic, the temperature increases and energy is given out.
C If the reaction is exothermic, the temperature decreases and energy is given out.
D If the reaction is exothermic, the temperature increases and energy is taken in.
A coal
B fuel oil
C natural gas
D radioactive isotopes
14 A student was investigating the reaction between marble chips and dilute hydrochloric acid.
gas syringe
bung
A C + O2 → CO2
D N2O4 → 2NO2
16 In separate experiments, a catalyst is added to a reaction mixture and the temperature of the
mixture is decreased.
What are the effects of these changes on the rate of the reaction?
catalyst temperature
added decreased
A faster faster
B faster slower
C slower faster
D slower slower
A cabbage 6-8
B potato 4-7
C strawberry 5-7
D wheat 6-7
forward reaction
CuSO4.5H2O CuSO4 + 5H2O
A
B
C
D
A metal acidic
B metal basic
C non-metal acidic
D non-metal basic
20 Copper carbonate reacts with dilute sulfuric acid to make copper sulfate.
Which row gives the correct order of steps for making copper sulfate crystals?
21 Element X is a non-metal.
23 A student carried out an experiment to find the order of reactivity of five metals.
They were tested with cold water, hot water and steam and the results recorded in a table.
A V W Y X Z
B W X Z V Y
C Z X V W Y
D Z X Y W V
A It conducts electricity.
B It glows when heated.
C It is less dense than air.
D It is not reactive.
25 An element melts at 1455 °C, has a density of 8.90 g / cm3 and forms a green chloride.
26 The diagrams show two items that may be found in the home. Each item contains zinc.
bucket door-knocker
A
B
C
D
A B
C D
28 Four reactions that take place in the blast furnace to produce iron are shown.
A C + O2 → CO2
B CO2 + C → 2CO
C
D
1 2 3
For which uses is it important for the water to have been treated?
31 A piece of uncoated iron and three pieces of iron with various coatings were left exposed to the
air.
33 Sulfur dioxide, SO2, nitrogen dioxide, NO2, and carbon monoxide, CO, are air pollutants.
A CO NO2, SO2
B NO2, CO SO2
C SO2, NO2 CO
D SO2 NO2, CO
A combustion of methane
B fermentation of sugar
C polymerisation of ethene
D respiration
A carbon monoxide
B methane
C nitrogen oxide
D sulfur dioxide
B
A H
H H H H H H O H H H
H C C C C C O H H C C C C C O H
H H H H H H H H H H
C D
H H H H H H H H O
H C C C C C H C C C C C
H H H H H H H H H O H
37 The table shows the composition of four different types of petroleum (crude oil).
gasoline 18 21 21 23
kerosene 11.5 13 13 15
diesel oil 18 20 20 24
fuel oil 52.5 46 46 38
A Arabian Heavy
B Arabian Light
C Iranian Heavy
D North Sea
cotton wool
soaked in X catalyst
heat
water
A acid
B alcohol
C alkane
D alkene
39 In which reaction could one of the products belong to the same homologous series as the organic
reactant?
A addition fermentation
B addition fractional distillation
C distillation fermentation
D distillation fractional distillation
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
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 Tin Antimony Tellurium Xenon
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Indium Iodine
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
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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