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TEACHER

Merewether High School

Preliminary Chemistry
Final Exam
General Instructions

Reading time - 5 minutes

Working time 2 hours
Write using black or blue pen
Board-approved calculators may be
used
Marks will be awarded for setting out
your work. You must show full
working
The data sheet and multiple choice
answer sheet at the end of this paper
may be removed for ease of use.

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Marks A

Marks B

TOTAL

Total Marks 70 marks

Part A: Total Marks (20)
Allow about 35 minutes for this part
Part B: Total Marks (50)
Allow about 1 hour, 25 minutes for this part

This paper must handed

to your teacher at the end of the allocated time

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PART A - Multiple-choice questions. Show the best answer by colouring in the appropriate circle
on the answer sheet provided.
A
B
C
D

Correct an error by filling the correct answer and clearly crossing the error
A
B
C
D

Part A Multiple choice questions

(20 marks)

Attempt all questions.

Allow about 35 minutes for this section.
Select the most correct answer.
Use the coloured multiple choice answer sheet.
1. Which of the following groups contain only compounds?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Lead, silver, mercury, gold

Aluminium oxide, copper sulfate, water, carbon dioxide
Oxygen, ozone, water, silver chloride
Chlorine, nitrogen, neon, carbon

2. Which of the following is the correct formula for ammonium carbonate?

A.
B.
C.
D.

(NH4 )2CO3
NH4 CO3
(NH3 )2CO3
N 2 C3

3. Which of the following substances are bonded by sharing electrons?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Copper chloride
Calcium oxide
Argon
Sulfur dioxide

4. Bauxite is an aluminium ore. It is purified to aluminium oxide and then electrolysed to form
pure aluminium. Which of the following properties of bauxite allows this process to occur.
A. It has a very high melting point
B. It is ionic

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C. It is covalent
D. Aluminium conducts electricity

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power
A

Acidified water
The above apparatus can be used to electrolyse water into its elements. Which of the
following would be a correct statement concerning this process.
A.
B.
C.
D.

The same result can be gained from boiling the water at 2000C under pressure.
This process will only separate the molecules from each other
The hydrogen-oxygen bonds are broken in this process
Each electrode will produce both oxygen and hydrogen

6.
aN2 + bH2

cNH3

After the above reaction has been balanced, which of the following contains the correct ratios
for the products and reactants?

A.
B.
C.
D.
7.

1
Na

1
2
1
2

3
3
2
6

2
1
3
2

2
Mg

3
Al

4
Si

These four elements occur in a row along the periodic table of the elements. Which of the
following would be a correct statement concerning their properties?
A.
B.
C.
D.

They are all good conductors of electricity.

Their melting points decrease to the right.
Their chemical reactivity increases to the right
Their first ionisation energy increases to the right

8. A solid that is insoluble in water, melts at temperatures greater than 800C, and is a poor
conductor of electricity when molten would best be classified as

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A
B
C
D

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hydrogen bonded
network covalent
ionic
metallic

9. One of the following displays the correct properties of an isotope of potassium.

A.
B.
C.
D.

protons

electrons

neutrons

39
19
19
20

39
19
19
20

19
20
39
19

10. A sample of a hydrocarbon is burnt with only a small amount of oxygen. One of the by
products is 54 g of pure carbon-12. What is the number of carbon atoms in this mass of
carbon?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2.7 x 1023 atoms

4.5 atoms
2.7 x 1024 atoms
5.4 x 102 atoms

11.
2Al + 3O2

Al2O3

When aluminium oxidises, it forms aluminium oxide. If 192 g of oxygen gas was involved in
the reaction, what mass of aluminium would be oxidised?
A.
B.
C.
D.

215.8 g
431.7 g
107.9 g
96.0 g

12. The Specific Heat Capacity of water has a moderating effect in the temperature of
environments. Which of the following would be expected to have the least temperature
variation on a daily basis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
13.

A rocky outcrop in the Simpson Desert, central Australia

In the water along the coast near Sydney
On top of a headland on the coast near Sydney
In the middle of the wheat growing belt, around Dubbo, central NSW

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A pure substance is added to water and dissolved. Which statement is consistent with the
above diagrams?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The substance is not pure

The substance is molecular covalent and does not react with the water
The substance is ionic
The substance is metallic

14. A 200 g sample of sodium hydroxide is dissolved in 500 mL of pure water. Determine the
concentration of the solution.
A.
B.
C.
D.

10.0 mol/L
7.5 mol/L
5.0 mol/L
2.5 mol/L

15. Determine the volume of water that would be needed to be added to 100 mL of 0.4 mol/L
HCl to dilute it to 0.14 mol/L
A.
B.
C.
D.

220 mL
132 mL
286 mL
186 mL

16. When a solution of sodium chloride and a solution of silver nitrate are added, a precipitate
can be found in the bottom after a short time. Which of the following is most likely to be this
precipitate?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Sodium nitrate
Silver chloride
Silver nitrate
Hydrated silver oxide

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17. There is a standard set in Australia for the maximum allowable amounts of heavy metals in
our municipal water supply. These are rated in parts per million (ppm). Which of the following
metals would have the smallest ppm rating?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mercury
Aluminium
Zinc
Iron

18. If 20 g of a soluble substance is added to 100 g of water at 250C, the temperature rises to
320C. Determine the amount of energy in kilojoules absorbed by the 100 g of water.
A.
B.
C.
D.

20 x 4.2 x 7 kJ
100 x 4.2 x 25 kJ
120 x 4.2 x 32 kJ
100 x 4.2 x 7 kJ

19. Which is the strongest attractive force that exists between hydrogen fluoride molecules?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ionic bonds
dispersion forces
dipole-dipole forces
hydrogen bonds

20. Which series of metals is in order from most to least reactive?

A.
B.
C.
D.

zinc, magnesium, lead, sodium

lead, zinc, magnesium, sodium
sodium, zinc, magnesium, lead
sodium, magnesium, zinc, lead

End of Part A

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Part B (marks 50)

Attempt Questions 21-29
Allow about 1 hour and 25 minutes for this part
Answer all questions in this booklet
Show all relevant working in questions involving calculations

Question 21 (6 marks)
(a) Describe the atomic structure of the following substances including a description of the
bonding type within them:
(i) sodium chloride
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(ii) copper
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(iii) water
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(b) Write half equations showing the ionisation of the following elements:
(i)

(ii)

Al

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Question 22 (5 marks)
(a)

Ages of human development

Stone age
Copper age
Bronze age
Iron age

up to 3000 BC
3000 to 2300 BC
2300 to 700 BC
700 BC to 1 AD

Our history over the centuries has been often linked to the usage of key metals as seen
above. Discuss the impact of technological development on this trend.
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(b) Define alloy.

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(c) For a named alloy relate its use to its properties.

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Question 23 (5 marks)
(a) Explain Gay-Lussacs law of combining volumes with reference to the reaction
of hydrogen with chlorine.
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(b) 39.1 g of potassium reacts with excess oxygen to produce 47.1 g of potassium
oxide. Calculate the empirical formula of the oxide. Show all working.
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Question 24 (6 marks)
(a) Explain with use of a diagram how the force of surface tension is caused in water.

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(b)
100

H2O

Temp. 0 C

H2Te
H2Se

-100

H2S
Boiling points of some hydrogen compounds

Discuss the trends in this graph and outline a reason that water is different.

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Question 25 (7 marks)
(a) Sucrose is a covalent molecular compound that dissolves in water to produce a solution
that does not conduct electricity. Hydrogen chloride is also a covalent molecular
compound that dissolves in water to produce a solution that does conduct electricity.
Explain why this occurs.
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(b) Two clear solutions were combined to form a new solution that resulted in a precipitate
forming. The precipitate was filtered and identified as silver sulfate with a mass of 70 g.
(i) Write the formula for silver sulfate and determine the number of moles in 70g.
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(ii) Name two compounds that could have been used to produce the silver sulfate precipitate.
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Question 26 (5 marks)
(a)

If an aquarium tank holds 70 litres of water calculate how much heat energy would be
required to heat the tank from 18.2C to 26.5C. Note the density of water is known to be
1g/mL.
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(b)

In practice it is found that the amount of heat is 20% greater than the calculated amount.
Identify reasons for this difference.
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Question 27 (6 marks)
The diagrams below show the crystalline forms of calcium fluoride and carbon dioxide.

fluorite (CaF2)
Key:
(a)

Ca,

F)

carbon dioxide (CO2)

(

C,

O)

Compare, in detail, the bonding of these two compounds in their solid state.
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(b)

Contrast TWO physical properties of these compounds and relate these to the types of
bonding present in them.
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Question 28 (5 marks)
A student added solid lead nitrate to 200 mL of water in order to make a saturated solution.
(a)

Write an ionic equation to show the dissolving of lead nitrate in water.

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The student then took exactly 20mL of the saturated solution. An excess of sodium sulphide
solution was added, to precipitate all the lead as lead sulphide. The resulting mixture was filtered
and the mass of solid lead sulfide was found to be 8.61g.
(b)

Write an ionic equation to show the precipitation of lead sulphide.

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(c)

Calculate the molarity of lead nitrate in mol L-1 in the original saturated
solution.
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Question 29 (5 marks)
In your course you carried out a gravimetric analysis of a hydrated salt (magnesium
sulfate.heptahydrate) to determine its percentage composition.
Justify with examples changes that could be made to the procedure, as done by your class, to
improve the reliability and validity (accuracy) of your results
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