Exercise: Form 4 Chapter 8 Mr.

Cheng

Objective Questions 5. A student wants to identify cation that is present

in a salt solution. When sodium hydroxide
1. Which equations represent double decomposition
solution is added into the salt solution, brown
reactions that form a precipitate?
precipitate is formed. What is to be done next and
I. CuSO4 + Na2CO3  CuCO3 + Na2SO4
its observation to confirm the presence of the
II. CuSO4 + Mg(NO3)2  Cu(NO3)2 + MgSO4
cation?
III. AgNO3 + NaCl  AgCl + NaNO3
Method Observation
IV. ZnCl2 + Na2SO4  ZnSO4 + 2NaCl
Warm up the Gas released turns
a. I and II c. II and IV A
solution red litmus into blue
b. I and III d. III and IV Gas released turns
B Heat up the solution
2. The following equation shows the reaction to lime water chalky
Add potassium Red blood solution
obtain soluble sulphate salt. C
thiocyanate solution produced
H2SO4 + X  sulphate salt + H2O Add acidic
Purple solution is
What is substance X? D potassium
decolourised
manganate(VII)
a. Calcium oxide c. Barium hydroxide
b. Lead(II) oxide d. Potassium hydroxide
6. The reaction between barium chloride solution
3. Table shows the observation in three tests on
and lead (II) nitrate solution produces lead (II)
solution X.
chloride and barium nitrate. Which ionic equation
Test Observation
represents the reaction?
White precipitate
Add sodium a. Pb2+ + 2NO3-  Pb(NO3)2
which dissolves in
I hydroxide solution
excess sodium b. Pb2+ + 2Cl-  PbCl2
until in excess
hydroxide solution
c. Ba2+ + 2Cl-  BaCl2
White precipitate
Add ammonia d. Ba2+ + 2NO3-  Ba(NO3)2
which dissolves in
II solution until in
excess ammonia 7. Which substance conducts electric current in
excess
solution aqueous state?
Add 2 cm3 of dilute
a. Silver chloride c. Calcium sulphate
nitric acid and a few White precipitate
III b. Sodium chloride d. Barium sulphate
drops of silver formed
nitrate solution 8. Diagram 3 shows the apparatus set-up for the
preparation of a salt.
What is X?
a. Zinc chloride c. Aluminium chloride
b. Zinc sulphate d. Aluminium sulphate
4. Which substance forms yellow precipitate when
added to lead(II) nitrate solution?
Which salt is prepared through this method?
a. Sodium chloride c. Potassium iodide
a. Zinc sulphate c. Magnesium nitrate
b. Sodium carbonate d. Potassium sulphate
b. Sodium sulphate d. Aluminium nitrate
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9. 'Barium meal' is a barium sulphate salt which is

given to a patient that suffer stomach ache.
Which substances cannot be used to produce this
salt?
A Barium chloride and sodium sulphate
B Barium hydroxide and potassium sulphate
C Barium carbonate and sodium sulphate
D Barium nitrate and potassium sulphate
10. Table 1 shows the observation for two tests
on solution T.
Test Observation
White precipitate
Add sodium hydroxide formed and insoluble in
I
solution until excess excess sodium hydroxide
solution
White precipitate
Add ammonia solution
II formed and insoluble in
until excess
excess ammonia solution

Which ion is present in solution T?

a. Zn2+ c. Pb2+
b. Mg2+ d. Ca2+
11. Table 1 shows the observation for two reactants .
Reaction Reactant Observation
Blue solution
I CuO and T
produced
White precipitate
II AgNO3 and T
formed

What is T?
A Hydrochloric acid c. Carbonic acid
B Ethanoic acid d. Nitric acid

Paper 2

1. You are given salt Z which releases coloured gas P and oxygen gas when heated. The salt also dissolves in water
to form an aqueous solution of Z as shown in Diagram 6.
Exercise: Form 4 Chapter 8 Mr. Cheng

(i) State the observation when gas P is tested with moist litmus paper. [1m]
(ii) State the anion presents in the aqueous solution of Z. [1m]
(iii) As a chemistry student, explain how would you verify the anion mentioned in 6(b)(ii). [4m]
2. Industrial waste water containing heavy metal cations should be treated before being released into the river or
drainage system. A sample of the industrial waste water is taken and analysed for the presence of heavy metal
cations. Diagram 4 shows the flow chart of the chemical tests for two ions that are being identified in the
industrial waste water.

(a) Based on Test 1,

(i) name the yellow precipitate Q formed [1m]
(ii) what will happen if the precipitate is heated and cooled again? [2m]
(iii) write the ionic equation for the formation of precipitate Q [2m]
(b) Based on Test 2, identify R ion. [1m]
(c) The industrial waste water may contain Copper(II) ions. Describe briefly a chemical test to confirm the
presence of Cu2+ ions. [2m]
3. Diagram shows the reaction scheme of lead(II) carbonate.

a. Lead(II) carbonate reacts with nitric acid to produce salt X, gas Y and water. Gas Y turns lime water chalky.
i) Based on the diagram, identify salt X and gas Y.
Describe briefly chemical tests to verify the cation and anion in solution X. [7m]
ii) X can be converted back to lead(II) carbonate through reaction W.
Suggest a suitable chemical substance that can be used to convert X to lead(II) carbonate. State the
name of reaction W. [4m]
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b. Diagram shows the conversion of solid W to solution Y and solid Z. Analysis on solution Y is done to identify
its cation and anion.

Based on the diagram,

i) Identify substances J, V, W, X, Y, and Z [6m]
4. Table shows three substances used to prepare magnesium sulphate.
Sulphuric acid, H2SO4 Magnesium nitrate, Mg(NO3)2 Carbonate salt
By using the substances above, describe how to prepare magnesium sulphate salt in the laboratory. Include the
chemical equations involved in your description. [10m]