Form 4 | Chemistry 4541

[Tryouts]
1.
Based on the problem statement given, complete the table below
with suitable variables.
Problem
Statement

Manipulated
variable

Variable
Responding
variable

Fixed variable

Does
temperature
affect the
solubility of the
substance in
water?
Is oxygen
required in the
rusting process?

Does acid react

with metal?

Is water needed
for germination
of seeds?

Does time used

for revision
affect the score
obtain by the
student?

Does the surface

area of a wet
fabric affect the
rate of
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evaporation?

2.
of

A student who was carrying out an experiment to prepare a solution

common salt in the laboratory:

When 5 g of common salt is added to 50 cm3 of warm water and

stirred, all the common salt dissolved. However, when 5 g of the
same common salt is added to 50 cm3 of cold water, some of it
remained insoluble.
a.

State the inference for this experiment based on the above

observation.

b.

State the hypothesis for this experiment based on the above

observation.

Experiment

Volume of water
(cm3)

1
2
3
4
5

50
50
50
50
50

Temperature of
water
(oC)
25
35
45
55
65
Table 1

Quatity of common
salt dissolved
(g)
20
30
40
50
60

Table 1 shows the result obtained from a series of experiments to study

the solubility of common salt in water at different temperature.
c.

State the variables involved in the experiments.

i.
Manipulated variable :
....
ii.

Responding variable

: ...

iii.

Fixed variable

: ...

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d.
salt

Bases on the result in Table 1, Draw a graph of quality of common

dissolved against water temperature in the graph paper.

e.

Draw a conclusion based on the graph obtained in (d)

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2.

Complete the following table:

Example
White precipitate is formend

Step in scientific method

The boiling point of water is 100 oC

The higher the temperature, the higher the
rate of reaction
3.
the
the

Diagram 1 show an experiment which is conducted to investigate

affect of size of zinc on rate of reaction. The time taken for each of
reaction is recorded.

a.

State the hypothesis that can be made.

b.

State two constant variables.

c.

What is the manipulated variable?

d.

Construct a table to record the result of this experiment.

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