GENERAL

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

GRADE 9

NATURAL SCIENCES

TERM 2 2024

Baseline Assessment
Name:_____________________________________________________

School: ___________________________________________________

Marks: 30

Time : 40 minutes

This question paper consists of 6 pages

Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write neatly and legibly.

QUESTION 1

Choose the correct answer by encycling the letter of the correct answer.
1.1 Matter is defined as …
A. anything than has mass and can occupy space
B. anything that is visible
C. anything that is invisible
D. anything that can be compressed (2)

1.2 An element is made up of …

A. electrons only
B. atoms of the same type
C. protons
D. different types of atoms (2)

1.3 A molecule is …
A. two or more atoms separated by a chemical reaction.
B. two or more atoms displaced during a chemical reaction.
C. two or more atoms that are bonded together during a chemical reaction.
D. two or more different elements that are bonded together. (2)

1.4 When a substance expands…

A. the sizes of the particles also expand.
B. the sizes of the particles contract
C. the substance gets smaller
D. only the spaces between the particles expand. (2)

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Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

1.5 The modern periodic table is organized by … atomic numbers.

A. decreasing then increasing

B. increasing

C. increasing then decreasing

D. decreasing (2)

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QUESTION 2: THE PERIODIC TABLE AND ATOMS

Periodic Table of the Elements

1 Fill in the blanks with the atomic symbols of the first 2
H 20 elements. And then write the element names in He
1.08 the blanks below. Key: Helium
3 4 Element name 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be Atomic number B C N F Ne
Lithium Beryllium symbol Boron Carbon Nitrogen Fluorine Neon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Al Si P S Cl Ar
Aluminium Sililicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon

19 20 scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron Cobalt nickel 28 copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K
Potasium Ni
Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co 58.6934 Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
44.95591 47.867 50.9415 51.9961 54.93805 55.845 58.9332 63.546 65.409 69.723 72.64 74.9216 78.96 79.904 83.798
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 Rh 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
53 I 54
102.9055 126.9045
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te Xe
85.4678 87.62 88.90585 91.225 92.90638 95.94 [98] 101.07 106.42 107.8682 112.411 114.818 118.710 121.760 127.60 131.293

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Use the chart to answer questions 2.1 to 2.5.
2.1 What is the name and symbol of element number 8? (2)
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2.2 What is the name of element number 11? (2)
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2.3 What is the name and symbol of element number 12? (2)
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2.4 What are the two elements in period 1 of the Periodic Table of Elements? (2)
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2.5 What is the importance of element number 17 in the water industry? (2)
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2.6 Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.

2.6.1 Which gas is produced during the decomposition of the compound? (1)
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2.6.2 In what state is Mercury (II) oxide (HgO)? (1)
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2.6.3 What are the products in the equation: 2 HgO (s) 2 Hg (l) + O2 (g) (2)
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QUESTION 3: ELEMENTS AND MIXTURES

Use the diagram to answer some of the questions that follow:

3.1 How many elements exist as diatomic molecules? (1)

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3.2 In what group are most of the diatomic elements found? (1)
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Name of Diagram Chemical Elements in the

substance formula compound
Water H2O 3.5.1 (2)

2 (Carbon 3.5.2 3.5.3 (2)

dioxide

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TOTAL: 30 Marks

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