GRADE 9 CHEMISTRY – SA 2 TOTAL MARKS: /60

Q1. MCQ (10 M)

1. Part of a cooling curve for water is shown.

What is occurring between points X and Y?

A Steam is condensing into water.
B The temperature of the water is decreasing.
C Ice is melting.
D Particles are losing heat to the surroundings.
2. A representation of an atom is shown.

What is the nucleon number of this atom?

A6 B7 C 12 D 13
3. The percentage abundances of three isotopes in a sample of neon are shown.

What is the relative atomic mass, Ar, of this sample of neon?

A 10.19 B 20.19 C 21.00 D 30.19
4. Potassium reacts with iodine to form potassium iodide. Which statement about potassium iodide is
correct?
A Each potassium atom shares a pair of electrons with an iodine atom.
B In potassium iodide, the particles of potassium have more protons than electrons.
C Potassium iodide has a high melting point because it is a covalent compound.
D Potassium iodide has a low melting point because it is an ionic compound.
5. Dilute aqueous potassium chloride is electrolysed using platinum electrodes. Which row identifies
the product at each electrode?

6. The initial and final temperatures of four different reactions are measured. Which reaction is the least
exothermic?

7. Methane burns in oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.

CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g)  CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l)
The bond energies are shown.

What is the energy change for this reaction?

A –818 kJ /mol B –102 kJ /mol C +102 kJ / mol D +818 kJ / mol
8. Hydrochloric acid is added to excess calcium carbonate in two separate experiments. Two different
concentrations of hydrochloric acid are used but the temperature is the same in both experiments.
The graph of the results shows the volume of carbon dioxide gas given off over time.
 Which row is correct?

9. In a blast furnace, iron(III) oxide is converted to iron and carbon monoxide is converted to carbon
dioxide.
Fe₂O₃ + 3CO  2Fe + 3CO₂
What happens to each of these reactants?
A Both iron(III) oxide and carbon monoxide are oxidised.
B Both iron(III) oxide and carbon monoxide are reduced.
C Iron(III) oxide is oxidised and carbon monoxide is reduced.
D Iron(III) oxide is reduced and carbon monoxide is oxidised.
10. Which row describes what happens to Fe²⁺ ions when they are oxidised?

11. In which reaction does an acid react with a base?

A Dilute sulfuric acid is added to a piece of magnesium ribbon producing hydrogen.
B Dilute sulfuric acid is added to aqueous barium chloride producing a white precipitate of barium
sulfate.
C Aqueous sodium hydroxide is added to aqueous copper(II) sulfate producing a blue precipitate of
copper(II) hydroxide.
D Aqueous sodium hydroxide is added to solid ammonium sulfate producing gaseous ammonia.
12. Which method is used to produce insoluble salts?
A addition of excess insoluble base to an acid
B addition of excess metal to an acid
C precipitation using two aqueous solutions
D titration using an acid and an alkali
13. The noble gases are in Group VIII of the Periodic Table. Some properties of the first four noble
gases are shown.
 Which row identifies the trends in boiling point and in density as Group VIII is descended?

14. The list gives the order of some metals and hydrogen in the reactivity series. Metal X is also
included.
most reactive K
Mg
Zn
H
X
Cu
Which row shows the properties of metal X?

15. Which coating prevents iron from rusting even when the coating is damaged?
A grease B paint C plastic D zinc
16. Why is limestone added to the blast furnace?
A It neutralises the molten slag produced.
B It reacts with impurities to form slag.
C It releases carbon dioxide which reduces the iron(III) oxide.
D It removes acidic gases such as carbon dioxide.
17. An acid–base titration is described.
● 25.0 cm3 of dilute aqueous alkali is put into a conical flask.
● Indicator is added to the flask.
● Dilute acid is added to the aqueous alkali until the indicator changes colour.
● The volume of acid used is then recorded.
Which use of apparatus is correct?
A The 25.0 cm3 of aqueous alkali is measured using a volumetric pipette.
B The 25.0 cm3 of aqueous alkali is measured using the lines on the conical flask.
C The volume of acid is measured using a measuring cylinder.
D The volume of acid is measured using a volumetric pipette.
18. Anhydrous cobalt(II) chloride is blue and turns pink when water is added. How is this reaction
reversed?
A adding dilute acid
B filtering
C heating
D cooling
19. Substance Q is investigated using chromatography. The chromatogram is shown. The diagram is not
drawn to scale.

What is the Rf value of Q?

A 0.60 B 0.64 C 0.69 D 0.72
20. The results of some tests on an aqueous solution of substance X are listed.
1 A cream precipitate is produced when adding aqueous silver nitrate.
2 Adding aqueous sodium hydroxide produces a green precipitate which dissolves in excess alkali.
3 Adding aqueous ammonia produces a green precipitate which is insoluble in excess ammonia.
What is substance X?
A chromium(III) bromide
B chromium(III) chloride
C iron(II) bromide
D iron(II) chloride
Q2 STRUCTURED (30 M)
1. Table 1.1 gives the electronic configurations of some atoms and ions, A to G.

Answer the following questions about A to G. Each letter may be used once, more than once or
not at all. State which of the atoms or ions, A to G, could be:
(a) a noble gas atom
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(b) an atom of an element in Group VI
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(c) an atom with an atomic number of 14
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(e) a halogen atom
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(f) an atom of an element which is a good conductor of electricity
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(g) a stable ion of a Group V element
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(h) an atom that forms an ion with a 2– charge.
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2. (b) The source of iron in the blast furnace is Fe₂O₃. Fe₂O₃ is found in iron ore.
(i) Name the main ore of iron which contains Fe₂O₃.
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(ii) The iron in Fe₂O₃ is reduced by reaction with carbon monoxide.
The unbalanced symbol equation is shown. Complete the equation.
Fe₂O₃ + .....CO → .....CO₂ + .....Fe [1]
(iii) State the change in oxidation number of iron in the reaction in (ii). from
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(iv) Explain how the change of oxidation number shows that iron has been reduced.
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(v) Steel can be coated with zinc to prevent rusting. This provides both a barrier method and
sacrificial protection. Explain how zinc provides sacrificial protection.
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3. The student carries out an electrolysis experiment on molten lead(II) chloride using the apparatus
shown in Fig. 4.1. Chlorine gas forms at the anode and escapes from the apparatus.

(i) Explain why lead(II) chloride needs to be molten before it will conduct electricity.
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(ii) Write the ionic half-equation for the reaction occurring at the anode.
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(iii) State the test for chlorine gas.
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(iv) Describe what is observed at the cathode
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4. Chemical reactions can involve transfer of thermal energy.
(a) State the term used for the transfer of thermal energy during a reaction.
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(b) Tetrachloromethane gas, CCl₄(g), reacts with steam as shown.
CCl₄(g) + 2H₂O(g) CO₂(g) + 4HCl(g)
The reaction is reversible. The forward reaction is exothermic.
(i) State what happens, if anything, to the rate of the forward reaction if the concentration of
CCl₄ is increased. Explain your answer in terms of collision theory.
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(ii) State what happens to the position of equilibrium, if anything, when the pressure is
increased. Explain your answer.
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5. In an experiment, 0.454g of nickel(II) sulfate crystals, NiSO₄•xH₂O, is used.
The mass of anhydrous nickel(II) sulfate, NiSO₄, remaining is 0.310g.
[Mr : NiSO₄-155; H2O-18] Determine the value of x in NiSO₄•xH₂O.
Use the following steps.
 ● Calculate the number of moles of NiSO4 remaining.

moles of NiSO4 = ..............................

● Calculate the mass of H2O given off.

mass of H2O = .............................. g

● Calculate the number of moles of H2O given off.

moles of H2O = ..............................

● Calculate the value of x.

x = ........................................................ [4]
6. Boron and aluminium are Group III elements.
(a) Boron has only two naturally occurring isotopes, ¹⁰B and ¹¹B.
Complete Table 2.1 to show the numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom of
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(b) The relative atomic mass of boron to one decimal place is 10.8.
(i) Determine the relative abundance of ¹⁰B present in boron. Give your answer as a
percentage.

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(iii) Use the relative atomic mass of boron to calculate the number of atoms in 0.540g of
boron. Give your answer in standard form.

number of atoms = ............................. [2]

Q3. ATP [15 M]
1. A student uses chromatography to analyse samples of three different dyes. The apparatus the
student uses is shown in Fig. 1.1.

(a) A spot of each dye is placed on the paper and some ethanol is poured into the beaker.
Draw on Fig. 1.1:
● three spots (●) to show where the three dyes are placed on the paper at the start of the
experiment
● a line to show the level of ethanol in the beaker at the start of the experiment. [2]
(b) During the experiment the ethanol moves up the paper. State when the student should
remove the chromatography paper from the ethanol in the beaker.
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(c) Fig. 1.2 shows the result of the chromatography experiment.

State what conclusions can be made from this result.

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2. Some seashells contain a mixture of the insoluble compounds calcium carbonate and silicon
(IV) oxide only. Calcium carbonate reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to form the soluble
salt calcium chloride. Silicon (IV) oxide does not react with or dissolve in dilute hydrochloric
acid. A student wants to find the percentage of silicon (IV) oxide in a seashell. The first four
steps of the method the student uses are shown. step 1 The student grinds the seashell to form
a powder. step 2 The student finds the mass of the powdered seashell. step 3 The student adds
the powdered seashell to an excess of dilute hydrochloric acid and heats while stirring with a
glass rod as shown in Fig. 1.1. step 4 The student filters the mixture as shown in Fig. 1.2.

(a) Explain why it is important that the dilute hydrochloric acid is in excess in step 3.
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(b) Name the items of apparatus labelled A and B in Fig. 1.2.
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(c) The residue obtained in step 4 is not pure. Identify one substance, other than water, that is
in the residue and prevents it from being pure.
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3. The solubility of solid sodium sulfate in water changes as the temperature of the water
changes. Plan an experiment to find out how the solubility of sodium sulfate in water changes
with temperature. You are provided with sodium sulfate, distilled water and common
laboratory apparatus.
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