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KAHUHIA GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

10TH ANNUAL MATHS AND SCIENCE CONTEST 2019.

CHEMISTRY FORM 3.

INSTRUCTION: ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED.

1. Explain how hotness of a Bunsen burner flame can be increased. (1mk)

2. Starting with Zinc Sulphate solution, describe how a sample of Zinc Oxide can be
obtained. (3mks)

3. The set up below was used to study a property of Carbon (II) Oxide.

a) State an observation made in the combustion tube at the end of the

experiment. (1mk)

b) Name the gas that burned at X and explain why it is necessary to burn it.

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 (2mks)

c) Write a chemical equation for the reaction taking place in;

i) Combustion tube. (1mk)

ii) In the Sodium hydroxide solution after a short while. (1mk)

iii) At X (1mk)

4. Draw a well labeled diagram of a set-up that can be used to prepare and collect a
dry Oxygen gas in the laboratory. (3mks)

5. A mixture contains Iron (III) Chloride, Sodium Chloride and Lead (II) Oxide.
Describe how you can separate solid Sodium Chloride from the mixture. (3mks)

6. The grid below shows part of a periodic table. The letters do not represent the
actual symbol of elements. Study it and answer the questions that follow;

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 V X
J T Q
M N Y

a) Identify the most electronegative element. (1mk)

b) State and explain the difference in melting point of Q and Y. (2mks)

c) Write the formula of the following;

i) Carbonate of J. (1mk)

ii) Oxide of T. (1mk)

d) Draw a dot (.) and (x) diagram to show the bonding in T and Oxygen. (2mks)

e) Identify the element with the lowest electron affinity. (1mk)

7. Generally comment on the solubility of the following compounds in water.

(3mks)

i) Sulphate salts.

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 ii) Carbonate salts.

iii) Metal Oxides.

8. The diagram below shows a sample of ammonium chloride being heated in a dry
boiling tube containing a plug of cotton and dump red litmus paper.

State and explain what would be observed on the wet red litmus paper. (3mks)

9. a) State Charles’ Law. (1mk)

b) Draw a graph of volume against temperature in 0C to demonstrate Charles’

Law. (2mks)

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 c) (i) A fixed mass of a gas occupied 1.5 x 103 cm3 at 2770C and 5 atmospheres. At
what temperature will the gas occupy 5x 102 cm3 at 7 atmospheres. (2mks)

(ii) Which property is kept constant in question 8c(i) above. (1mk)

10. a)Define the following terms; (2mks)

i) Empirical formula.

ii) Molecular formula.

11. Calculate the number of Sulphate ions in 0.2M Sodium Sulphate.

(“L”= 6.02 x 1023) (2mks)

b) 2.45g of a compound of CuSO4. X NH3 was heated to constant mass of 1.6g.

Find the value of X. ( Cu=64, S= 32, O=16, N=14, H=1) (3mks)

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 c) In an experiment 3.10grams of a compound of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
produced 4.4 grams of Carbon (IV) Oxide and 2.7 grams of water on complete
combustion. Determine the empirical formula of the compound.
(C=12, O=16, H=1.0) (3mks)

12. a) State Graham’s law of diffusion. (1mk)

b) 400cm3 of Nitrogen diffuses through a plug in 10 seconds. What time will take
300 cm3 of Sulphur (IV) Oxide to diffuse through the same plug under the
same conditions. (N=14, S=32, 0=16) (3mks)

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