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    KICUKIRO

    E.S.S.HBR/KIMISANGE

    MID-TERM CHEMISTRY EXAMINATION

    TERM:II

    MARKS: 100

    DURATION: 3HOURS

    CLASS: 4MCB

    SECTION A: ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS /55Marks

    -Periodic table is allowed

    1. With reference to CO2, C4H10, diamond and graphite explain how their sizes can affect their
    physical properties.
    2. Diamond is said to be the hardest natural substance known. Explain the origin of that
    hardness.
    3. Graphite is soft and can be used as a lubricant. Explain why.
    4. Graphite conducts electricity while diamond does not. Explain.
    5. Relate the physical properties of diamond and graphite to their uses
    6. Explain how the nature of the bonds (polar, non polar or ionic) affect the physical properties of
    the different compounds. Use specific examples.
    7. Hydrogen chloride and ammonia are very soluble in water and yet they are covalent compounds.
    Explain
    8. Draw the shapes of the molecules SF6 PCl5 and predict whether the molecule is overall polar, or
    non polar.
    9. Can you define the term electronegativity?
    10. How is electronegativity related to polarity of the compound? 3. How does the polarity of a given
    molecule affect its physical properties?
    11. Can you describe the general trends of electronegativity across and down the groups in the
    periodic table?

    12. What is the importance of hybridization of atomic orbitals?


    13. Using carbon atom describe the three types of hybridization it can undergo.
    14. Give some examples of molecules, that are sp, sp2, sp3 and sp3d hybridized.
    15. What criteria do you consider when predicting the type of hybridization What are hybrid
    orbitals? What are characteristics of hybrid orbitals?

    SECTION B: ATTEMPT ANY THREE QUESTIONS /45Marks

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    16. You are unlikely to be familiar with this compound yet. Its molecular formula is CH2O. You will
    have to play around to work out how it is joined up. Make sure that you make the maximum
    possible number of bonds.
    17. a) Write down the electronic structure of carbon in s and p notation.

    b) Before the carbon atoms bond to each other and to hydrogen atoms to make ethene, they undergo
    hybridization. What does this mean, and how are the electrons arranged once this has happened?
    c) We think of the next stage as the formation of sigma bonds between the two carbon atoms
    andthe carbons and hydrogens. What are sigma bonds, and how are they formed?
    d) Finally, we picture the formation of a pi bond between the two carbon atoms. How does thisform,
    and how is it different from a sigma bond?

    18. Predict whether the following bonds in compounds are polar, non polar or ionic.
    (i)BeCl2 (ii) BF3 (iii) CH4 (iv) PCl3 (v) H2S (vi) SnCl2 (vii) CO2 (viii) SO2 (ix) SO3 (x) SF6 (xi) PCl5
    (xii) Cl2
    19. Explain how the type of hybridization is related to the shape of the molecule
    20. Draw dots-and-crosses diagrams (showing outer electrons only) for the following:
    a) Oxygen, O2
    b) Carbon dioxide, CO2
    c) Methanal (formaldehyde).

    END!!!!!!!!!!

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