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CHAPTER 10: GASES

Exercise 1: Gases in the Air and Properties of Gases 20

Section A: Choose the best answer and write the letter next to it in the answer box.

1. Which of the following statements is not true about air?

A Air is a mixture because it contains different gases mixed together

B Nitrogen has the largest percentage in air
C Water vapour is variable from place to place and time to time
D More than 10 % of air is carbon dioxide

2. Which of the following is an unreactive gas found in the air?

A Nitrogen C Carbon dioxide

B Water vapour D Oxygen

3. Which of the following gases supports combustion?

A Nitrogen C Carbon dioxide

B Water vapour D Oxygen

4. Kamarul carried out three tests shown in the figure below to determine the identity of gas Q.

1 2 3

Test

Observatio
n

Glowing splint Limewater stays No ‘pop’ sound

relights colourless is heard

What is gas Q?

A Carbon dioxide
B Oxygen
C Hydrogen
D Water vapour

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5. Which of the following is an inert gas?

A Nitrogen C Carbon dioxide

B Neon D Oxygen

6. Which of the following lists the correct uses for nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide?

Nitrogen Oxygen Carbon dioxide

In fire extinguishers To fill packets of food
A To fill party balloons
to put out fires as preservatives
In light bulbs to prevent To help people breathe To fill packets of food
B
burning of filament underwater as preservatives
To fill packets of food To help people breathe In fire extinguishers
C
as preservatives underwater to put out fires
In fire extinguishers In light bulbs to prevent
D To fill party balloons
to put out fires burning of filament

7. The pie-chart in the figure below shows the percentages of four gases found in the air.

Which of the following are the correct tests to identify gases P, Q and R?

Gas P Gas Q Gas R

Relights a glowing Blue cobalt chloride A white precipitate
A
splint paper turns pink forms with limewater
Produces a ‘pop’ sound Relights a glowing A white precipitate
B
with a burning splint splint forms with limewater
A white precipitate Produces a ‘pop’ sound Blue cobalt chloride
C
forms with limewater with a burning splint paper turns pink
Relights a glowing Blue cobalt chloride Produces a ‘pop’ sound
D
splint paper turns pink with a burning splint

8. Why is neon used in advertising signs?

A Neon is an unreactive gas

B Neon can also fill party balloons
C Neon makes up 21 % of air
D Neon is able to produce bright and colourful lights

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 Section B: Answer all the questions in this section.
9. Complete the following passage by using the helping words provided.
You may use each word once, more than once or none at all.
compound hydrogen fertilisers nitrogen fire extinguishers

supports mixture water vapour does not support helium

Air is a ____________________ of gases. 78 % of the air is made up of

____________________. This gas can be used to make

______________________________ and explosives. Oxygen is the second most abundant

gas in the air, and it _________________________ combustion. Other gases present in the

air are carbon dioxide, noble gases and _________________________.

[Total: 5]

10. Write TRUE or FALSE in the boxes provided for each of the statements below.

(a) Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the air.

(b) Water vapour turns cobalt chloride paper from blue to pink.

(c) Noble gases support combustion.

(d) Hydrogen gas can be tested by using a glowing splint.

(e) A white precipitate forms when carbon dioxide is bubbled into

limewater.

(f) Water vapour is colourless, but has a smell.

(g) Helium gas can be tested by using burning splint.

[Total: 7]

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