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Name:
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Teacher:
JWO
Date:
Weighting:
15%
Total Marks:
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Instructions
Exam Structure
Part A (15 MARKS)
/ 15
Attempt Questions 1 15
Allow about 25 minutes for this
Part
Mark your answers on the answer
sheet provided.
Part B (50 MARKS)
/ 55
Attempt Questions 16 25
Allow about 1 hour and 35 minutes
for this Part
Mark your answers in the space
provided.
Total Marks:
70
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Students are reminded that this is a Year 12 Examination only and cannot
in any way
Part A 15 marks
Attempt Questions 1-15
Allow about 30 minutes for this part
Use the multiple-choice answer sheet.
Select the alternative A,B,C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval
completely.
Sample:
2+4=
(A) 2
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 9
If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the
new answer.
A
If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer,
then indicate the correct answer by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as
follows.
A
C
correct
Part A
Total marks (15)
Attempt Questions 1-15
Allow about 25 minutes for this part
Use the multiple choice answer sheet provided
Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question and indicate your choice
with a cross (X) in the appropriate space on the grid below
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1. Why does cellulose have the potential to be a raw material for building petrochemicals?
(A) It is a renewable carbon-chain polymer.
(B) It has a flat, rigid structure and it is insoluble in many solvents making it useful
for disposable items.
(C) It is a condensation polymer composed of alternating upright and inverted /3glucose monomers.
(D) It can be decomposed by bacteria directly into ethylene, a building block of many
addition polymers.
3. Which of the following lists contains substances which are in order of increasing boiling
points?
(A) ethanol, ethene, ethane
(B) methanol, ethane, propanol
(C) propanol, ethanol, methanol
(D) methane, methanol, methanoic acid
5. A student reacted sodium carbonate with excess hydrochloric acid. The balanced
equation is shown below.
Na2CO3 + 2HCl 2NaCl + H2O + CO2
The student collects 1.52 L of gas from the reaction at 25oC and 100 kPa.
What was the mass of sodium carbonate that reacted?
(A) 6.50 g
(B) 7.10 g
(C) 13.0 g
(D) 15.6 g
6. Which of the following correctly identifies the amphiprotic species with both its
conjugate acid and its conjugate base?
Conjugate acid
Amphiprotic species
Conjugate base
(A)
HCO3-
H2CO3
CO32-
(B)
NH4+
NH3
NH2-
(C)
OH-
H2O
H3O+
(D)
H2SO4
SO42-
HSO4-
8. The accepted value for the molar heat of combustion of ethanol is 1364 kJ/mol.
A 1.08 g sample of ethanol is burnt to heat a 300 mL sample of water. 75% of the heat
released is absorbed by the water.
What would be the expected change of temperature of the water?
(A) 0.9oC
(B) 6.4 oC
(C) 19.1 oC
(D) 25.5 oC
low pH colour
pH range
high pH colour
bromothymol blue
Yellow
6.0-7.6
blue
Colourless
8.3-10
pink
phenolphthalein
Step 2
Step 3
colourless
pink
yellow
colourless
pink
green
pink
colourless
yellow
pink
colourless
blue
13. The table below lists some physical and chemical properties of four different carbon
compounds.
Compound
Solubility in Water
-89
unreactive
insoluble
-104
reactive
insoluble
78
unreactive
soluble
138
unreactive
slightly soluble
(A
)
C2H6
C2H4
C2H5OH
C5H11OH
(B)
C2H4
C2H6
C5H11OH
C2H5OH
(C)
C5H11OH
C2H5OH
C2H4
C2H6
(D
)
C5H11OH
C2H4
C2H5OH
C2H6
Dashed curve
(A
)
weak base
+ strong acid
(B)
strong base +
weak acid
(C)
weak base +
weak acid
(D
)
strong base +
weak acid
15. Salt solutions can be acidic, neutral or basic. Which of the following salt solution is
acidic?
(A) sodium ethanoate
(B) potassium nitrate
(C) sodium hydrogen carbonate
Part B
Attempt questions 16 25
Allow about 1 hour and 35 minutes for this part
Answer the questions in the spaces provided.
Show all relevant working in questions involving calculations.
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Marks
Question 16 (4 marks)
(a)
Briefly describe two chemical processes encountered in this course that use a
catalyst.
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(b)
Identify the features of the catalysts that make them useful for the process.
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Question 17
(a)
Mark
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(b)
Identify potential uses of this biopolymer and explain how its properties make it
suitable for these applications.
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Identify the common name and IUPAC name for this acid and explain why
acids such as these are used as food additives.
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ethylene + Y
2
+ butanoic acid
Z + water
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(b)
(c)
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Assess the significance of the reaction conditions in reaction (1) in the above
diagram.
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Marks
Question 20
(8 marks)
(b)
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Question 20 (continued)
(c)
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(d)
Identify how you would expect the student's value to compare with the
experimental value for ethanol.
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(e)
Identify how you would expect the student's value to compare with the literature
value (eg in the SI Data Book) for 1-pentanol. Explain your answer.
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Marks
Hydrochloric acid is a strong, monoprotic acid. It is formed when hydrogen chloride gas
dissolves in water.
(a) Contrast the term strong with the term concentrated when referring to acids.
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(b) Distinguish between the terms strong and concentrated using diagrams.
(c) Hydrogen chloride gas is bubbled through water, which results in 1.26 g of the gas
dissolving.
Calculate the pH of this solution if the volume of the solution produced is 2.42 L
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Rough
23.5
23.1
23.00
22.90
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(b) Calculate the concentration of the vinegar.
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Marks
Question 24 (6 marks)
Sodium hydrogencarbonate, NaHCO3, is a common laboratory chemical which readily
dissolves in water. The sodium hydrogencarbonate may then react with water to form a
basic solution.
(a) Identify the Lowry-Bronsted definition of an acid and a base.
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(b) Demonstrate that sodium hydrogencarbonate is acting as a base in this reaction
according to the Lowry-Bronsted theory.
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(c) Justify the success of the Lowry-Bronsted theory of acids and bases over earlier
ideas. Refer to the above reaction in your answer.
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