SECTION A

1. Which of the following is the origin of the word chemistry?

A. Chemistry
C. Al -Kimiya
B. Chemist
D. Cheamy
2. Which of the following is not related to chemical reaction?
A. A ball rolling down a steep track
B. Burning dry leaves
C. Dissolving a magnesium tape in dilute acid.
D. Neutralizing an acid with an alkali
3. Which of the following chemical substance is dangerous towards
human?
A. Concentrated sodium chloride
C. Chlorine gas
B. Glucose solution
D. Carbon dioxide gas
4. Which of the following chemical substances can only be found in
chemical laboratory?
A. Concentrated nitric acid
C. Pesticide
B. Uranium
D. Coal
5. Which of the following careers needs the knowledge in chemistry?
A. Accountant
C. Stewardess
B. Pharmacist
D. Construction workers
6. What is the chemical substance that is usually used in manufacturing of car accumulators?
A. Nitric Acid
C. Sulphuric Acid
B. Phosphoric Acid D. Hydrochloric acid
7. Which of the following consist of compounds only?
A. Hydrochloric acid, nitrogen gas, water
B. Carbon dioxide, oxygen gas, hydrochloric acid.
C. Water, oxygen gas, nitrogen gas.
D. Water, carbon dioxide, hydrochloric acid
8. Which of the following is an element?
A. Hydrochloric acid
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Sea water
D. Aluminum
9. Which of the following is a compound?
A. Chlorine
C. Oxygen
B. Water
D. Mercury
10. What is a hypothesis?
A. A law of science
B. A fair statement about the outcome of an experiment
C. A condition that affects the results of an experiment
D. A general statement which relates the manipulated variable and responding variable
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11. Chemical substance X is an element that conducts electricity and exists as a liquid at
room temperature. What is substance X?
A. Bromine
C. Mercury
B. Carbon
D. Magnesium
12. Why are scientific attitudes and noble values important when we carry out scientific
investigations?
A. To make life easier
B. To guide us in conducting an experiment
C. To prevents accidents from occurring during scientific
investigations.
D. To determine the right and wrong methods use in the laboratory.
13. When the solid substance X is heated, substance X changes into gas instantaneously.
Which of the following is substance X?
A. Dry ice
C. Petrol
B. Mercury
D. Sodium chloride
14. Which of the following processes causes the force of attraction between molecules
become stronger?
A. Evaporation
C. Boiling
B. Melting
D. Condensation
15. What is the number of neutrons in the isotope of radium 88226Ra?
A. 88
C. 226
B. 138
D. 314
16. Which of the following is the use of carbon-14?
A. To detect leakage in the underground pipe.
B. To detect blood clot at the artery.
C. To determine the age of fossil and artifacts.
D. To generate electricity.
17. Which of the following is true for both chlorine-35 and chlorine-37
A. Same physical properties
B. Same chemical properties.
C. Same number of neutrons
D. Different proton number
19. Atom L has a proton number of 9. Which of the following proton numbers has the same
valence electrons as atom L?
A. 7
C. 17
B. 11
D. 19
20. The electron arrangement of atom X is 2.8.8.2. Which of the following is not true about
atom X?
A. Atom X has a proton number of 20
B. Atom X has 2 valence electrons
C. Atom X has 18 electrons
D. Atom X has 20 neutrons.
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SECTION B
1. An experiment is conducted to investigate the effect of concentration on the rate of
reaction. 50 cm3 of sulphuric acid of various concentrations are reacted with magnesium
ribbon. The volume of hydrogen gas released is recorded over period of time as shown in
table 1.
Concentration of sulphuric
acid (mol d m-3)

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

Volume of hydrogen gas

released (cm3)

0.70

1.30

1.95

2.60

3.20

3.80

4.45

(a) State a problem statement for the above experiment.

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
(2 mark)
(b) Identify all the variable in this experiment.
(i) Manipulated variable: ______________________________________________
(ii) Responding variable: _______________________________________________
(iii) Controlled variable: ________________________________________________
(3 marks)
(c) State one suitable hypothesis for this experiment.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
(2 marks)
(d) Sketch a graph of concentration of sulphuric acid against volume of hydrogen gas
released for the experiment.

(3 mark)
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2. Table below shows four substance and their chemical formula

Substance
Chlorine
Sodium
Magnesium oxide
Naphtalene

Chemical Formula
Cl2
Na
MgO
C10H8

Use the information above to answer the following questions.

(a) Name one substance that exist as atom
___________________________________________________________(1 mark)
(b) Between chlorine, sodium and naphthalene, which substance has the lowest melting point
__________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
(c) Name the physical state of magnesium oxide at room temperture.
___________________________________________________________ (1mark)
(d) State the substance that can conduct electricity in solid state
___________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
(e) Draw the arrangement of particle of the substance stated in 1(d)

(2 mark)
(f) (i) The melting point of naphthalene is 79 oC. Draw the setup of the apparatus to
determine the melting point of naphthalene in the laboratory.

(2 mark)
(ii) Why is naphthalene not heated directly in the experiment to determine its melting
point?

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ (2 mark)

3. Figure 1 shows the graph of temperature against time for the heating of solid naphthalene.

(a) State the physical state(s) of naphthalene at the region

(i) XY : _____________________________________________________(1 mark)
(ii) YZ : _____________________________________________________(1 mark)
(b)

T2 is the temperature for the melting point of naphthalene. Explain why there is no
change in temperature from X to Y.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ (2 marks)

(c)

Describe the change in the movement and attractive forces of naphthalene particles
during heating between Y and Z.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ (4 marks)

(d)

If naphthalene is heated until above its boiling point, draw the arrangement of its
particles in the space below.

(2 mark)
4. Table 2 shows the proton and nucleon number of six elements G, K, L, M and N.

Element

Proton
number

10

11

20

Nucleon
number

12

14

20

23

39

(a) State the number of neutrons of

(i) J : ____________________

(ii) M : ______________________
(2 marks)

(b) Write the electron arrangement of

(i) G : ____________________

(ii) N : ______________________
(2 marks)

(c) State the number of valence electrons of

(i) K : ___________________

(ii) L : ______________________
(2 marks)

(d) Which elements are a pair of isotopes?

____________________________________________________________(1 mark)
(e) What is meant by isotopes?
_______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________(2 marks)
(f) State one use of element K
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_____________________________________________________________(1 mark)

5. Describe an experiment to determine the melting point of naphthalene. Your description

should include the following (10 mark)
(a) Aim of the experiment
(b) Hyphotesis
(c) Variables
(d) Materials and apparatus used
(e) Procedure
(f) Tabulation of data