MINISTRY OF GENERAL

NABOYE SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 11 CHEMISTRY END OF TERM 2 TEST-2021
DURATION: 1HR Marks: 30

SECTION A
There are twenty (10) questions in this section. Answer all the questions. For each
question, there are four possible answers, A, B, C and D. Circle the correct answer of
your choice
1. Which of the following is not a change of state?
A. Condensation
B. Filtration
C. Sublimation
D. Vaporization

2. Which of the following apparatus is used for measuring out an exact volume of a liquid?

3. Which property of a gas affects the rate at which it spreads throughout a laboratory?
A. Position in the reactivity series
B. Molecular mass
C. Atomic mass
D. Solubility in water
4. A chromatogram obtained from the chromatography of four substances is shown. Which
substance has an Rf value of 0.6?

Solvent front

10.5 cm

5.5 cm 5.8 cm 6.3 cm

5.2 cm
Baseline
A B C D

5. The nucleus of an atom is mainly made up of……..

A. Protons and Nucleon.
B. Nucleon and Electrons.
C. Neutrons and Protons.
D. Shells and Electrons.
27 Al3+
6. The nuclide of aluminium ion is written as . Determine the numbers of neutrons
13
and electrons in the nuclide of the ion

Neutrons Electrons

A. 27 13
B. 14 13
C. 14 10
D. 27 10
7. Which statement below best describes the term ‘Bonding’
A. The combining power of an element.
B. The total number of electrons in the outermost shell of an electron.
C. The chemical combination of two or more atoms.
D. The physical combination of atoms.
8. Calcium nitrate has the ions Ca2+ and NO−¿ 3. State the Valency of nitrate.
A. 2.
B. 1.
C. 3.
D. 2+.
9. The figure below was set up to study Brownian motion in air.

What causes Brownian motion?

A Random collisions between air molecules and smoke particles.

B Random collisions between air molecules and the walls of the smoke cell.

C Heat from the light source.

D Convection currents in the smoke cell.

12 13 13 14
10. The symbols for four elements are given as; W , X , Y , Z . Which of the
6 7 6 7
following terms best describes X and W?
A. Allotropes
B. Alloys
C. Isomers
D. Isotopes
 Section B

Answer all questions in the spaces provided

B1 (a) One of the laboratory rules reads as follows:

DO NOT EAT ANYTHING IN THE LABORATORY

(i) Explain why this rule is important

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(ii) State one other laboratory safety rule.
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(b) Important skills which a chemist needs to have include correct measurement of
quantities and choosing correct pieces of apparatus/equipment for carrying out some
experimental procedures. State the name of a piece of apparatus which can be used to

(i) Measure accurately a volume of

0.6cm3……………………………………………………………………………...[1]

(ii) Measure the mass of a cooking oil sample.

……………………………………………………………………………………..[1]

(iii) Hold 50cm3 of solution during a chemical reaction.

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[Total: 5]
B2 A sample was added to aqueous copper (II) sulphate solution forming a brown mixture.
The mixture was filtered using the experimental set up shown below.

(a) State the

(i) Name of the residue
……………………………………………………………………………...[1]
(ii) Name of the filtrate
……………………………………………………………………………...[1]
(iii) Colour of the filtrate ……...
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(b) The copper (II) sulphate solution is a mixture of two compounds.
(i) Name the two compounds present in the copper (II) sulphate solution.
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(ii) Describe in outline how the two compounds in the copper (II) sulphate solution
can be separated.
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[Total: 8]
B3 The diagrams show the nuclei of 5 different atoms.

(a) Which atom has

(i) An atomic number of 4?
………………………………………………………………………………..,,,[1]
(ii) Mass number of 7?
………………………………………………………………………………….[1]
(b) Using the letter M and Q, write the chemical formula of the compound formed if the
atoms that contain nuclei M and Q reacted.
……………………………………………………………. …………………………..[1]
(c) (i) What type of bond is formed for the reaction in (b) above?
..……………………………………. …………………………………………………[1]
(ii) Draw the structure of the compound formed in (c) (i)above

[2]
(d) Which two letters represent nuclei of atoms which are Isotopes?
…………………………...…………………………………………………………..[1]
[Total: 7]