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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
1 1
B - The components to be
separated must be soluble in the
solvent.
2 (volumetric) pipette 1
3(a) burette 1
3(b) any two from: 2
• starts off at high / alkaline pH
/ pH above 7;
• pH decreases / gets more
acidic / less alkaline / becomes
neutral;
• ends up at acidic pH / pH
below 7;
4(a) condenser 1
4(b) any characteristic of a mixture, 1
e.g. can be separated by
physical means / has variable
composition / properties are the
average of those of the
components
- Mark Scheme /
Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
4(c) geraniol floats on top of the 1
water
5 diffusion (through a membrane); 3
nitrogen diffuses faster;
because it has the smaller M r;
or
(turn into) liquid;
(fractional) distillation;
different boiling points;
or
burn a named substance to
make non-gaseous product;
oxygen reacts / nitrogen does
not react;
name of product of
combustion;
6 add a (dilute) acid 1
filter 1
copper does not react or 1
dissolve / zinc reacts or
dissolves or forms a salt
7 add sodium hydroxide 1
solution
filter 1
- Mark Scheme /
Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
zinc hydroxide (is amphoteric it) 1
will react or will dissolve /
magnesium hydroxide does not
react or does not dissolve
8 chromatography 1
use a locating agent / the two 1
acids move at different rates /
alanine travels faster / alanine
higher up paper / travels
further
9 (left box) flask / Erlenmeyer 1
(right box) (gas) syringe 1
10 A and C 1 both needed for the
mark
11 grind flowers / grind them / crush 1
/ blend / use a mortar and pestle
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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
extract with solvent / add solvent 1
/ add water
filter (the solution through glass 1
wool)
12(a) (C), B, E, D, A 2 one pair reversed = 1
mark
12(b) boiling point 1
13 filter funnel and filter paper 1
either funnel or filter paper 1
labelled
14 grind grape skins / blend skins / 1
crush skins
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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
(grape skins) in water / in 1
solvent / in named solvent
filter (off the solid / grape 1
skins)
15 melting point / boiling point 1
16 S 1
17 Si 1
18 Ar 1
19 it is a molecule / covalent 1
compound
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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
20 any five from: 5
- 11 electrons
- electrons – (negatively)
charged
- electrons outside nucleus in
shells
- nucleus contains protons and
neutrons
- protons – (positively) charged
- neutrons no charge
- 11 protons
- 12 neutrons
- electron arrangement 2,8,1 / 1
electron in outer shell
21 138 1
22(a) giant structure / lots of carbon 1
atoms joined to each other /
lattice of covalent bonds
strong (covalent) bonds 1
throughout
22(b) weak forces between layers 1
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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
layers can slide (over each 1
other)
23 cancer treatment / tracer / 1
test thyroid function
24 substance containing (two or 1
more) different atoms bonded /
substance containing (two or
more) different atoms combined
25(a) substance containing only one 1
type of atom / substance which
cannot be broken down further
by chemical means
25(b) O2 1
4 (HF) 1
26 magnesium / Mg 1
- Mark Scheme /
Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
27 • number of protons = 29; 2
• number of neutrons = 35;
• number of electrons =
27;
three correct = [2]; two correct =
[1]
28 any two from: 2
• treating cancer or
radiotherapy;
• biological tracer;
• thickness (of paper or foil);
• (checking for) leaks / cracks (in
pipes);
• (carbon) dating;
• (generating) energy /
electricity;
• smoke detectors;
• fill levels in packages;
• sterilising surgical
instruments;
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Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
29 have same proton number / 1
same element / same atomic
number
different number of neutrons / 1
nucleons / mass number
30 number of nucleons = 45; 1
number of charged particles = 1
42;
31 any three from: 3
• high melting point / boiling
point
• hard
• strong
• (colourless) crystalline
(solid)
• brittle / not malleable
• poor / non-conductor (of
electricity) / insulator
• insoluble (in water)
32 carbon dioxide has a simple 1
molecular structure
- Mark Scheme /
Question Answer Marks AO Element Notes Guidance
33 any three from: 3
• each oxygen is joined to two
silicons / atoms;
• each silicon is joined to four
oxygens / atoms;
• tetrahedral (around silicon) /
similar to diamond;
• linear around oxygen
34 - gas 4 1 mark each
- molecular
- solid
- ions
35 A 1
good electrical conductor 1
[Total: 75]
