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    Q1.

    Cassiterite is an ore of the metal tin.

    (a) What is an ore?

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    (2)

    (b) Some metals are obtained by removing oxygen from the metal oxide.

    What name do we give to this chemical reaction?

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    (1)

    (c) Explain why gold is found mainly as the metal itself in the Earth.

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    (1)
    (Total 4 marks)

    Q2.
    Iron is extracted from iron ore by heating the ore with coke in a blast furnace.

    Iron ore contains iron oxide (Fe O ).


    2 3

    Coke contains carbon (C).

    (a) (i) Explain why carbon can be used to produce iron from iron oxide.

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    (2)

    (ii) Name this type of reaction.

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    (1)

    (iii) Balance the equation for the reaction of iron oxide with carbon.

    _____ Fe O2 3 + _____ C → _____ Fe + _____ CO 2

    (2)
    (Total 5 marks)

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    Q3.
    Part of a reactivity series is:

    (a) Carbon is used in blast furnaces to obtain iron and zinc from their oxides, but electrolysis
    has to be used to obtain aluminium from its oxide.

    Draw an arrow on the reactivity series above to show where carbon fits into the
    series.
    (1)

    (b) Predict the method of extraction used to obtain calcium from its ore and explain your
    answer.

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    ___________________________________________________________________

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    (2)

    (c) The formula for zinc oxide is ZnO. Write a balanced equation for the extraction of
    zinc in the blast furnace.

    ___________________________________________________________________
    (2)
    (Total 5 marks)

    Page 2 of 4
    Mark schemes

    Q1.
    (a) ideas that it is a

    • compound of metal/metal oxide/combined (NOT mixed) cpd/


    named cpd O2-/S2-/CO32- etc

    • found naturally/in rocks/in Earth’s Crust


    for 1 mark each
    2

    (b) reduction (accept smelting/refining but not electrolysis)


    for 1 mark
    1
    (c) unreactive / near bottom of reactivity series
    for 1 mark
    1
    [4]

    Q2.
    (a) (i) carbon is more reactive than iron / higher in reactivity series
    accept carbon displaces / replaces iron
    ‘it’ = carbon
    1

    therefore can reduce (iron oxide) / reduction reaction occurs


    accept therefore removes oxygen from iron (oxide)
    ignore carbon displaces oxygen
    ignore carbon reacts with oxygen
    do not accept iron reacts with carbon
    1
    (ii) reduction
    accept redox / smelting
    1

    (iii) left hand side correct: 2Fe2O3 + 3C


    1

    right hand side correct: 4Fe + 3CO2


    accept as correct if all numbers multiplied by same number
    eg
    4Fe2O3 + 6C → 8Fe + 6CO2
    1
    [5]

    Page 3 of 4
    Q3.
    (a) An arrow indicating a position between aluminium and zinc.
    1

    (b) electrolysis
    1

    because calcium is more reactive (than aluminium or carbon)


    accept it is more reactive
    or very reactive
    1

    OR

    in a blast furnace
    1

    because calcium is less reactive (than carbon or lower)


    1

    (c) any equation from


    1 mark for correct formulae
    1 mark for balancing

    2ZnO + C → 2Zn + CO2

    ZnO + CO → Zn + CO2

    ZnO + C → Zn + CO
    1
    [5]

    Page 4 of 4

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