Answer all the questions given

1. Table 1 shows the physical properties of carboxylic acid

Carboxylic acid
Molecular formula
Melting point/C
Methanoic acid
CH2O2
8.4
Ethanoic acid
C2H4O2
16.6
A
C3H6O2
-20.8
Butanoic acid
B
-5.5

Boiling point/C
101
118
141
164

a) i)
Name the functional group for carboxylic acid
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ii)
Write the formula of the functional group named in (a)(i)
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iii)
Name the carboxylic acid A
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iv)
Write the molecular formula of the carboxylic acid B
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v)
What is the general formula for the homologous series of carboxylic acids?
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vi)

Give one reason why the melting and boiling points increase with the increase in
the molecular size of the carboxylic acid
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b) Ethanoic acid is safe for human consumption but not sulphuric acid. This is because
ethanoic acid is a weak acid
i)

Why ethanoic acid is categorized as a weak acid?

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ii)

What is the change in colour of a litmus paper when a drop of ethanoic acid is
added to it?
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iii)

Write a balanced equation for the reaction of ethanoic acid and sodium hydroxide
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2. The diagram shows a piece of zinc plate that is cleaned with sand paper and immersed
into a beaker containing 50 cm3 of 0.5 mol dm-3 copper(II) sulphate solution. After two
days, a brown deposit is formed on the surface of the zinc plate

a) i) Name the brown deposit formed

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ii) How does the colour of the solution in the beaker changes after two days of
experimentation?
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iii) Explain your answer in (a)(ii)
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b) i) Write the ionic equation for the reaction that takes place
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ii) Name the oxidizing agent in this reaction
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3. Diagram below shows two cells, X and Y

a) complete the Table by stating the type of reactions which occur at electrodes P, Q, Zinc
and Copper
Electrode
P
Q
Zinc
Copper

Type of reaction

b) Based on cell X,
i)
Write the formulae of all the ions in the electrolyte
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ii)

State how you would verify the gas released at electrode P

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iii)

Why hydrogen ions in the electrolyte is said to be reduced in the cell?

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c) Based on cell Y,
i)
What would you observe at the zinc electrode?
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ii)

Which substance acts as the oxidizing agent?

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iii)

Write the half equations to represent the reactions that occur at the zinc electrode
and copper electrode
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d) Give one difference between the two cells

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4. Diagram below shows the apparatus set up to investigate the reactions that take place in
test tubes X and Y

a) State what is meant by oxidizing agent in terms of electron transfer

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b) i) What is the change in the oxidation number of chlorine in both test tubes?
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ii) What is the function of chlorine in both test tubes?
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iii) What happens to chlorine in both test tubes?
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iv) Name one substance that can replace chlorine in this experiment
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c) i) Write the ionic equation to represent the reaction that occurs in test tube X
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ii) What type of reaction is undergone by iron(II) ions?
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iii) The pale green solution in test tube X turns brown. State how you would verify
the brown substance formed
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d) The solution produced in test tube Y is then shaken with some 1,1,1 trichloroethane
i)
What is the colour of the 1,1,1 trichloroethane layer?
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ii)
Write half equation to represent the formation of substance that is indicated by
its colour in (d)(i)
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4541/1
Chemistry
Julai
2011
1jam

4541/1

UJIAN PENILAIAN 3
TINGKATAN 5
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