Angels International College

Middle Years Programme

Chemistry-MYP VI

Name: Ali Nyall

Section: Armstrong
Date: 2-11-21
Unit: Mole concept and stoichiometric calculations
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Criterion A: Knowing and understanding

Unit title: Moles and stoichiometric calculations
Statement of inquiry: The scientifically constructed systems for balancing chemical equations
require the numbers and types of atoms to be conserved.

The questions in this test will be used to give you a criterion A level, it is divided into two sections.
Section A: two questions that will assess how you explain your scientific knowledge.

Section B: two questions that will assess your application of scientific knowledge and how you
use it to solve problems.
Note: Each question is designed to be hierarchical, this means that as you answer each question
you will find it will get progressively more difficult. You should attempt all of the questions.

Questions Level
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8
Section A 1

Section B 2
Section A: Strand one
Question One
This question is about Moles. Level 1-2
(a) State the missing words from this paragraph, using only the words from this list. You should
only use a word once and you will not need to use all of the words.
molar mass Avogadro’s empirical relative formula mass
number (NA) formula mass
structure Molecular mole Smallest Structure
formula
ratio atom molecule Formula unit rate

A relative formula mass is defined as the amount of substance containing the same number of
discrete entities (atoms, molecules, ions, etc.) as the number of atoms in a sample of pure 12C
weighing exactly 12 g. The Molecular formula of an element (or compound) is the mass in grams
of 1 mole of that substance, a property expressed in units of grams per mole (g/mol). The number
of entities composing a mole has been experimentally determined to be 6.02×1023, a fundamental
constant named Avogadro’s number (NA) or the Avogadro constant in honor of Italian scientist
Amedeo Avogadro. The __________________________ is the volume occupied by one mole of
any gas, at room temperature and pressure.
A/An empirical formula tells us the relative ratios of different atoms in a compound. The Formula
Mass of a substance made up of molecules is the sum of the relative atomic masses of the atoms
in the numbers shown in the formula.

(b) Outline the differences between molecular formula and empirical formula. Level 3-4
The main difference between the molecular formula and the empirical formula of a compound is
that the molecular formula shows the number atoms of in each element of a compound, however
the empirical formula is the simplest way of representing the molecular formula where the
molecular formula is even further simplified to its full extent.

c) Outline one positive and one negative impact of burning hydrocarbons for obtaining energy
rather than using solar energy
One of the positive impact of burning hydrocarbons for obtaining energy is that energy can easily
be generated and burning them is also very cheap thus at a very low price energy can be
generated, however a negative impact of this on the environment is that when they are burnt
gasses and emissions are produced that contribute to the global warming.
c) Calculate the molecular mass of the following compounds. (Ar: Ca=40,C=12, S=32, O=16, Cu=64, P=31,

i- CaCO3 ii- Na2CO3 iii) H2SO4 iv) Ca3 (PO4)3 v) CuSO4.5H2O

i) CaCO3
40 + 12 + 16 x 3
52 + 48 = 100

ii) Na2CO3
23 x 2 + 12 + 16 x 3
46 + 12 + 48 = 106

iii) H2SO4
1 x 2 + 32 + 16 x 4
2 + 32 + 64 =98

iv) Ca3 (PO4)3

40 x 3 + (31 + 16 x 4) x 3
120 + 95 x 3
120 + 285 = 405

v) CuSO4.5H2O
64 + 32 +16 x 4 + 5(1 x 2 + 16)
96 + 64 + 5(18)
160 + 90 = 250

d) Nicotine is commonly found in tea and cigarettes. The molar mass of nicotine is 162.1 g/mol. It
contains 74% carbon, 8.7% hydrogen and 17.3% nitrogen. Determine nicotine’s empirical and
molecular formula.

Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen

74 8.7 17.3

74/12 8.7/1 17.3/14

6.167/4.325 8.7/4.325 4.325/4.325

1.42 x 2 2x2 1x2

 3 4 2
Empirical formula= C3H4N2
Molecular Formula= 2 (C3H4N2)
Molecular Formula = C6H8N4

Section B
Strand two
Question 2
In this question you must solve problems related to
moles.

a) 100 g of an unknown gas X occupies a volume of 600000cm3. Identify the gas X

Moles of Gas = 600/24 600000/1000 = 600dm 3

Moles of Gas = 25
Moles = Mass/Molar Mass
25 = 100/Molar Mass
Molar Mass = 100/25
Molar Mass = 4
The Gas is Helium ( He)

b) 20 g of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas is dissolved in 1200 cm3 water. Determine the
concentration of a solution.

Moles = 20/64 1200/1000 = 1.2 V(dm 3)

Moles = 0.315

0.315 = Concentration/ 1.2

Concentration = 1.2 x 0.315
Concentration = 0.378 mol/dm3

c) Calculate the mass of Iron in 946 tons Fe2O3.

56 x 2 + 16 x 3
112 + 48 = 160

112/160 x 946 = 662.2g

d) Determine the percentage composition by mass of nitrogen in Ammonium phosphate

(NH4)3PO4
 (NH4)3PO4
(14 + 4) x 3 + 31 + 16 x 4
54 +31 + 64 = 149

42/149 x 100 = 28.18%