ICSE Class 8

Chemistry

Full Marks: 80

Fill in the blanks: (8)

1. The collisions between the particles in a liquid are responsible for the formation of ___________

2. There is some space between the molecules, called ____________

3. A ____________ almost as heavy as proton, having no electric charge.

4. The core of an atom is called its ____________

5. Chemical compound is always electrically ___________

6. A group of atoms having negative or positive charge is called ______________

7. he reaction between sodium carbonate solution and copper sulphate solution is

a _____________ reaction.

8. The reaction between an acid and a base is called _____________ reaction.

State True and False: (8)

1. In a chemical change, the sum of the masses of the reactants is not same as that of the products.

2. The intermolecular space is the smallest in the liquid state,

3. An electron is about 1840 times heavier than a proton.

4. Chadwick discovered the electron.

5. When magnesium is placed in contact with oxygen, it forms magnesium hydroxide.

6. Chemical formula of aluminum sulphate is Al3(SO4)2.

7. Red lead oxide on heating strongly forms lead dioxide and oxygen.

8. The reaction between magnesium and oxygen is an endothermic reaction.

Choose the correct option: (8)

1. Which of the following state of matter is highly compressible?

a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
d. None of these

2. The various state of matter can be interchanged into one another by altering the conditions of:

a. Pressure
b. Temperature
c. Volume
d. Both (a) and (b)

3. The electrons in the outermost orbit of an atom are held very weakly by the nucleus and are called:
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a. Lose electrons
b. Weak electrons
c. Valence electrons
d. None of these

4. Which one of the following proposed atomic theories of matter?

a. John Dalton
b. J.J. Thomson
c. Rutherford
d. Niels Bohr

5. Symbol represents the short form of a/an

a. Molecule
b. Element
c. Compound
d. Radical

6. A substance which does not take part in a chemical reaction, but change the rate of chemical reaction,
is called:

a. Reactant
b. Active element
c. Excited element
d. Catalyst

7. Which reaction represents chemical combination?

a. 2NaHCO3 → Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2

b. CuSO4 + Fe → FeSO4 + Cu
c. AgNO3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO3
d. CaO + H2O → Ca (OH)2

8. The chemical reaction which proceeds with release of heat energy is known as

a. Endothermic
b. Exothermic
c. Either (a) or (b)
d. None of these

Name the following: (8)

1. Ethanol boiling point is?

2. How is kinetic energy related to temperature.

3. The name of electrons in the outermost orbit.

4. An almost weightless particle in an atom which is negatively charged.

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5. The number of hydrogen atoms which combine directly of indirectly with one atom of an element, so
as to form a compound.

6. Mass of reactants = Mass of products.

7. The chemical reaction between silver nitrate solution and sodium chloride solution.

8. Decomposition of copper carbonate on heating to form copper oxide and carbon dioxide.

Answer the following questions: (24)

1. Why solids melt on heating?

2. Why the Conditions of Change of State Differ from Substance to Substance?

3. State Law of Conservation of Mass.

4. Define interconversion of states of matter.

5. State any four observations made by Rutherford, in bombarding gold foil with alpha particles.

6. State the mass number, the atomic number, number of neutrons and electronic configuration of the
following atoms. Also, draw atomic diagrams for each of them.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

7. What is variable valency? Name two elements having variable valency and state their valencies.

8. The atomic number and the mass number of sodium are 11 and 23 respectively. What information is
conveyed by this statement?

9. Write the chemical formulae of the following compounds:

(a) Aluminum phosphate

(b) Potassium chlorate

(c) Potassium nitrate

(d) Magnesium sulphate

10. Balance the following equations:

(a) KNO3 → KNO2 + O2

(b) Mg + O2 → MgO

(c) KCIO3 → KCI + O2

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11. On being strongly heated, potassium chlorate (KCIO,) gives potassium chloride and oxygen. Write a
balanced chemical equation for the reaction.

12. (a) Define catalyst.

(b) Describe use of catalyst in a chemical reaction with suitable example.

13. Define the term chemical combination reaction. Support your answer by two examples and write
fully balanced chemical equations.

14. Define the term chemical decomposition reaction. Support your answer by two examples and write
fully balanced chemical equations.

15. Define the term chemical displacement reaction. Support your answer by two examples and write
fully balanced chemical equations.

16. (a) Define exothermic reaction with example.

(b) Define endothermic reaction with example.

Long answer type questions: (24)

1. Explain briefly the Conservation of mass in the reaction between sodium sulphate and barium
chloride.

2. State the main postulates of kinetic theory of matter.

3. (a) What are the two main parts of which an atom is made of?

(b) Where is the nucleus of an atom situated?

(c) What are orbits or shells of an atom?

4. State how electrons are distributed in an atom. Explain in brief the rules which govern their
distribution.

5. Write the equation:

(a) Hydrogen reacts with chlorine

(b) When ignited, a mixture of hydrogen and Oxygen (in the volume ratio 2:1)
(c) Solid potassium chlorate, when heated at 200-300C in the presence of manganese dioxide as catalyst.
(d) A burning piece of magnesium continues to burn in a jar of carbon dioxide

6. Writing the skeleton:

(a) Hydrogen reacts with Oxygen to form water

(b) Hydrogen reacts with chlorine to hydrogen chloride
(c) Ammonia dissolves in water to form ammonium hydroxide.
(d) Carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form carbonic acid.

7. By giving examples explain the terms

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(a) Amphoteric oxide

(b) Neutral oxide

(c) Acidic oxide

(d) Basic oxide

8. Define the term chemical double displacement reaction. Support your answer by giving one example
of neutralization reaction and one example of precipitation reaction.