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Name: __________________
1. Briefly describe an experiment you carried out to separate a dissolved solid from its solution.
4 marks
Name the: solution: _______________ solute:______________ solvent: _________________
Aim:_______________________________________________________________________
Method: ____________________________________________________________________
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Diagram (labeled):
3. a) Explain the difference between boiling and electrolysis of water in terms of chemical and
physical change.
1 mark
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b) Describe the process of electrolysis as evidence that water is a compound.
2 marks
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4. Place the following elements in a table to show whether they belong to metals, non-metals
and semi-metals: selenium, zirconium, osmium, germanium, rubidium, xenon and
antinomy.
3 marks
Metallic, Ionic or
Covalent
3 marks
Solid, Liquid or
Gas
Sodium Fluoride
CH4
Sulpher Trioxide
CaCO3
Iron (III) hydroxide
Hg
6. Draw Lewis electron dot diagrams to show the bonding structure in:
3 marks
a) water, H2O
b) oxygen, O2
c) ethane, C2H6
7. Show the formation of ions in terms of gaining or losing electrons (use half equations) by
the following substances:
2 marks
a) Ca ________________________________________________
b) F
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8. The table below gives the melting points of the chlorides of seven consecutive elements A to G in
a period of the Periodic Table.
Element
Melting point of chloride (C)
A
801
B
712
C
193
D
-68
E
-91
F
-80
G
-101
(b) Use the results from any one of the three experiments to determine the molecular formula of
this oxide of nitrogen. Show your reasoning.
2 marks.
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11. Methane burns according to the following reaction:
CH 4 ( g )
2O 2 ( g )
CO 2 ( g )
2H 2 O (g )