January 2023

Year 11 Mock Examination

Chemistry
First Name: Surname:

Form*: 11A 11C 11F 11G 11H 11N 11P 11R 11S 11T

Teacher*: FLB AEdB RJI KJO HW MRG AEdB LVAR HMP DD2

* Circle the correct box to show the name of your Form, and your Chemistry teacher’s initials.

Time allowed for this paper: 90 minutes

Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen (but pencil for diagrams and graphs).
• Fill in all the boxes (including your name) at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
• Do all rough work in this booklet. Cross out any work you do not want to be marked.

Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• You must answer all 10 questions.
• Calculators are permitted.
• In calculations you should show all of your working. Final answers should be given to an
appropriate number of significant figures, with any relevant units.
• A copy of the Periodic Table is included at the front of the booklet.

Advice
• Read each question before you start to answer it.
• Keep an eye on the time.
• Write your answers neatly and in good English.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

FOR MARKERS’ USE ONLY

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Grand Total

Mark

Maximum /6 / 12 /9 /7 /6 / 15 /9 / 10 / 12 /4

Total Q1-7: _____ / 64 Q8-10: _____ / 26 / 90 %

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Q1.
(a) The diagram represents an atom of an element.

Use numbers from the box to complete the table.

You may use each number once, more than once or not at all.

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(b) In terms of sub-atomic particles, state a similarity and a difference for isotopes of the same element.
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(Total for question = 6 marks)

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Q2. The diagram shows the positions of some elements in part of the Periodic Table.

(a)(i) Give the symbol of a metal from the diagram.

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(ii) Give the symbol of an element from the diagram that forms an acidic oxide.
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(b) Give a similarity in the electron configurations of Al and In.

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(c) Explain which element in the diagram is unreactive.

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(d) A teacher adds a small piece of sodium to a glass trough containing water and universal indicator.
The universal indicator changes colour.

The equation for the reaction is

2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) → 2NaOH(aq) + H2(g)
(i) Explain the final colour of the universal indicator.
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(ii) The teacher repeats the experiment with potassium instead of sodium.

Give one similarity and one difference observed with potassium.

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(iii) The reaction with sodium produces 0.036g of hydrogen gas.

One mole of hydrogen gas contains 6.0 × 1023 molecules.

Calculate the number of molecules of hydrogen gas produced in the reaction with sodium.

Give your answer to two significant figures.

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number of molecules of hydrogen gas = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 12 marks)

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Q3. Silicon hydride (SiH4) and silicon dioxide (SiO2) both contain covalent bonds but they have different
structures.
(a) Describe the forces of attraction in a covalent bond.
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(b) Complete the diagram to show the outer shell electrons in a molecule of silicon hydride (SiH4).
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(c) The diagram represents part of the structure of silicon dioxide (SiO2).

(i) State how the diagram shows that the atom labelled A is oxygen, not silicon.
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 (ii) Silicon hydride has a simple molecular structure.

Silicon dioxide has the same type of structure as diamond.

Explain why silicon dioxide has a much higher melting point than silicon hydride.

Refer to structure and bonding in your answer.

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(d) Silicon hydride reacts with oxygen to form silicon dioxide and water.
Write a chemical equation for the reaction between silicon hydride and oxygen.
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(Total for question = 9 marks)

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Q4. This question is about soluble and insoluble compounds.
A precipitate is an insoluble compound formed when solutions of soluble compounds react after mixing.

(a) Different solutions are mixed in separate test tubes.

Tube 1 copper(II) sulfate solution and calcium chloride solution
Tube 2 magnesium nitrate solution and potassium sulfate solution
Tube 3 sodium carbonate solution and copper(II) sulfate solution

In which of the tubes will a precipitate form?

(1)
A 1 and 2 only
B 2 and 3 only
C 1 and 3 only
D 1, 2 and 3

(b) A student mixes solutions, containing equal amounts in moles, of silver nitrate and sodium chloride.
The equation for the reaction between silver nitrate solution and sodium chloride solution is

AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq)

(i) State the colour of the precipitate of silver chloride.

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 (ii) The student wants to obtain pure, dry crystals of sodium nitrate.

Crystals of sodium nitrate decompose at temperatures above 300 °C.

Describe a method the student could use to obtain pure, dry crystals of sodium nitrate.
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(Total for question = 7 marks)

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Q5. A student uses paper chromatography to identify the dyes in five different inks, V, W, X, Y and Z.
The chromatogram shows the results of the student's experiment.

(a) (i) State why ink V did not move from the start line.
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(ii) Explain which two inks contain a dye that is likely to be the most soluble in the solvent.
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(b) Calculate the Rf value for the dye in ink W.

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Rf value = ...........................................................

(Total for question = 6 marks)

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Q6. A student uses this apparatus to investigate the reaction between magnesium and dilute
hydrochloric acid.

(a) The word equation for the reaction is

magnesium + hydrochloric acid → magnesium chloride + hydrogen

(i) Complete the chemical equation for this reaction.

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Mg + 2HCl → .............................................................. + ..............................................................

(ii) Give the test for hydrogen.

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(iii) The student uses 0.090 g of magnesium and 0.025 mol of hydrochloric acid.
Show by calculation that the hydrochloric acid is in excess.
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(b) The student measures the volume of hydrogen collected at regular intervals until the reaction stops.
The table shows the student's results.

(i) Plot the student's results.

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(ii) Draw a curve of best fit.
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(iii) Determine the volume of hydrogen collected in the first 10 seconds.

Show on the graph how you obtained your answer.
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volume of hydrogen = ........................................................... cm3

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 (iv) Explain why the rate of reaction is greatest at the start of the reaction.
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(c) The student repeats the experiment at a temperature 5 °C higher than the original temperature.
All other conditions are kept the same.

(i) On the grid, draw the curve you would expect the student to obtain.
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(ii) Explain, in terms of particle collision theory, how increasing the temperature affects the rate of
reaction.
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(Total for question = 15 marks)

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Q7. This question is about exothermic reactions.
(a) A student uses this apparatus to measure the temperature increase when an excess of zinc
powder is added to copper(II) sulfate solution.

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The word equation for the reaction is

zinc + copper(II) sulfate → zinc sulfate + copper
(i) Give a reason why the student uses a polystyrene cup inside a glass beaker.
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(ii) State why zinc reacts with copper(II) sulfate solution.
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(iii) The temperature at the start of the reaction is 19.7 °C.

The temperature at the end of the reaction is 48.3 °C.

Calculate the heat energy change, in joules, for the reaction.

[for the mixture, c = 4.2 J/g/°C]

(2)

heat energy change = ........................................................... J

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(b) (i) The reaction between zinc and silver nitrate solution is exothermic.
A mass of 0.65 g of zinc is added to excess silver nitrate solution.

The heat energy change is 800 J.

Calculate the molar enthalpy change, ΔH, in kJ/mol.

Include a sign in your answer.

(3)

ΔH = ........................................................... kJ/mol

(ii) This is the ionic equation for the reaction between zinc and silver nitrate solution.
Zn(s) + 2Ag+(aq) → Zn2+(aq) + 2Ag(s)
Explain, in terms of electrons, why this is a redox reaction.
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(Total for question = 9 marks)

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Q8.
(a) The diagram represents the structure of copper metal.

Explain three properties of copper that make it a suitable metal to use in electrical wiring.
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(b) The diagram shows the electrolysis of copper(II) sulfate solution, using graphite electrodes.

Copper forms at the negative electrode and oxygen forms at the positive electrode.

(i) Give the formula of the copper ion and the formula of the sulfate ion in copper(II) sulfate.
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(iii) Give an ionic half-equation for the formation of oxygen at the positive electrode.
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(iv) Suggest why the copper(II) sulfate solution contains some OH– ions.
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(Total for question = 10 marks)

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Q9. This question is about alcohols, carboxylic acids and esters.

(a) Ethanol can be manufactured by the fermentation of a solution of glucose.

(i) Write a word equation for this reaction.
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(ii) State the substance that needs to be added for the reaction to occur.
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(iii) State two conditions needed for this reaction.
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(b) In the presence of an acid catalyst, ethanoic acid is heated with butanol to form an ester.
(i) Which of these is the formula of the ester?
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A CH3COOC3H7
B CH3COOC4H9
C C2H5COOC4H9
D C3H7COOC2H5

(ii) State how you would know that an ester has formed.
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(iii) Give one use of an ester.
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(c) Aspirin is a compound used to reduce pain.
Aspirin contains a carboxylic acid functional group and an ester functional group.

(i) State what is meant by the term functional group.

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(ii) This is the structural formula of aspirin.

Draw a circle around the carboxylic acid functional group.

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(iii) Aspirin has this percentage composition by mass.
C = 60.00% H = 4.44% O = 35.56 %
Show by calculation that the empirical formula of aspirin is C9H8O4
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(Total for question = 12 marks)

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Q10. Titanium is an important metal in industry.
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) can be converted into titanium metal in two stages.

Stage 1 titanium dioxide is converted into titanium(IV) chloride (TiCl4)

Stage 2 titanium(IV) chloride is converted into titanium

(a) This is the equation for the reaction in stage 1.

TiO2 + 2Cl2 + C → TiCl4 + CO2

Calculate the volume, in dm3, of chlorine gas at rtp needed to react completely with 20 tonnes of
titanium dioxide.

Give your answer in standard form.

[1 tonne = 106 g Mr of TiO2 = 80]

[molar volume of chlorine gas at rtp = 24 dm3]
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volume of chlorine gas = ........................................................... dm3

(Total for question = 4 marks)

END OF QUESTIONS

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