Pakistan International School Jeddah – English Section

Y10 CHEMISTRY
MID TERM REVIEW PACK
2022-23
1.
melting point boiling point electrical conductivity electrical conductivity
substance / °C / °C as a solid as a liquid

A 839 1484 good good

B –188 –42 poor poor

C 776 1497 poor good

D –117 78 poor poor

E 1607 2227 poor poor

F –5 102 poor good

(a) Which substance could be a metal?

[1]

(b) State all the substances that are liquid at room temperature.

[1]

(c) Which substance could have a macromolecular structure similar to that of silicon (IV) oxide?

[1]

(d) Which substance could be propane?

[1]

(e) Which substance could be sodium chloride?

[1]

[Total: 5]

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2.

3
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b.

3. Magnesium, calcium and strontium are Group II elements.

a. Complete Table 3.1 to show the electronic configuration of a calcium atom.

Table 3.1

shell 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

number of electrons
[1]

b. Describe how the electronic configuration of a strontium atom is:

i. similar to the electronic configuration of a calcium atom

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 ii. different from the electronic configuration of a calcium atom.

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c. Calcium reacts with cold water to form two products:

• a colourless gas, P, which ‘pops’ with a lighted splint
• a weakly alkaline solution, Q, which turns milky when carbon dioxide is bubbled through it.

i. Name gas P.

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ii. Identify the ion responsible for making solution Q alkaline.

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iii. Suggest the pH of solution Q.

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iv. Write a symbol equation for the reaction of calcium with cold water.

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d. Magnesium reacts with chlorine to form magnesium chloride, MgCl 2.

i. One physical property typical of ionic compounds, such as MgCl 2, is that they are
soluble in water.

Give two other physical properties that are typical of ionic compounds.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
[2]

e. Aqueous silver nitrate is added to aqueous magnesium chloride.

A white precipitate forms.

Write an ionic equation for this reaction. Include state symbols.

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[Total: 15]

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4. Chromium is a transition element.

a. (i) State two differences in the physical properties of chromium and sodium.

[2]

(ii) State two differences in the chemical properties of chromium and sodium.

[2]

b. Chromium is used to electroplate steel objects. The diagram shows how this could be done.

+ –

lead anode object to

be plated
chromium(III)
sulfate(aq)

i. Give two reasons why steel objects are plated with chromium.

[2]

ii. The formula of the chromium(III) ion is Cr3+ and of the sulfate ion
4 is SO4
2–
.
Give theformula of chromium(III) sulfate.

[1]

iii. Write the ionic half-equation for the reaction at the negative electrode (cathode).

[2]

iv. A colourless gas, which relights a glowing splint, is formed at the positive
electrode (anode).
State the name of this gas.

[1]

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 iv. During electroplating, it is necessary to add more chromium(III) sulfate but
during copper plating using a copper anode, it is not necessary to add more
copper(II) sulfate.

Explain this difference.

[2]

[Total: 12]

5.

8
6a.

[Total: 7]

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7. Sulfuric acid has many uses.

a. Sulfuric acid is a strong acid.

i. Define the term acid.

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ii. Define the term strong acid.

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b. Dilute sulfuric acid is used to make salts known as sulfates.

A method consisting of three steps is used to make zinc sulfate from zinc carbonate.

step 1 Add an excess of zinc carbonate to 20 cm3 of 0.4 mol / dm3 dilute sulfuric acid untilthe
reaction is complete.

step 2 Filter the mixture.

step 3 Heat the filtrate until a saturated solution forms and then allow it to crystallise.

i. Suggest two observations which show that the reaction is complete in step 1.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
[2]

ii. State why it is important to add an excess of zinc carbonate in step 1.

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iii. Define the term saturated solution.

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iv. Name another zinc compound which can be used to make zinc sulfate
from dilutesulfuric acid using this method.

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v. Suggest why this method would not work to make barium sulfate from barium
carbonateand dilute sulfuric acid.

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c. In a titration, a student added 25.0 cm 3 of 0.200 mol / dm3 aqueous sodium hydroxide to a conical
flask. The student then added a few drops of methyl orange to the solution in the conical flask.

Dilute sulfuric acid is then added from a burette to the conical flask. The volume of dilute
sulfuric acid needed to neutralise the aqueous sodium hydroxide was 20.0 cm3. The

reaction is shown by the equation.

2NaOH + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2H2O

i. State the colour of methyl orange in aqueous sodium hydroxide.

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ii. Determine the concentration of the dilute sulfuric acid in g / dm3 using the following
steps.

1. Calculate the number of moles of aqueous sodium hydroxide added to

theconical flask.

.........................................................  mol

2. Calculate the number of moles of dilute sulfuric acid added from the
burette.

.........................................................  mol

3. Calculate the concentration of the dilute sulfuric acid in mol / dm3.

................................................  mol / dm3

4. Calculate the concentration of the dilute sulfuric acid in g / dm3.

....................................................  g / dm3
[4]

[Total: 14]

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8.

12
9.

[Total: 4]

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10a.

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b. Sulfur tetrafluoride, SF4, can be made by combining gaseous sulfur with fluorine.

................ kJ/mol [3]

[Total: 9]

15
11.

16
 [Total= 10]

17
12.

18
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14. Hydrogen gas reacts with iodine gas. The equation is shown.

H2(g) + I2(g) 2HI(g)

The reaction is reversible and can reach equilibrium.

(a) What is meant by the term equilibrium?

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(b) The graphs show how pressure affects the yield of hydrogen iodide, HI, at two different
temperatures.

(i) Explain why the yield at 500 C does not change as the pressure is increased.

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(ii) What can you conclude from the difference in the yield of hydrogen iodide at the two
temperatures shown? Explain your answer.

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(c) The graph shows how the concentration of hydrogen iodide, HI, changes after hydrogen gas
and iodine gas are mixed together in a sealed container.

concentration of
hydrogen iodide

time
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 (i) When is the rate of reaction fastest?

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(ii) The reaction was repeated at the same temperature and pressure but in the presence of
a catalyst.

Draw a graph on the same axes to show how the concentration of hydrogen iodide changes
with time in the presence of a catalyst. [2]

(d) A mixture of hydrogen gas and iodine gas is allowed to reach equilibrium.

(i) Increasing the pressure of a gas increases its concentration.

State and explain the effect of increasing the pressure on the rate of the forward reaction.

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(ii) State and explain the effect of increasing the temperature on the rate of the reverse
reaction.

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[Total: 13]

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15.

[Total: 9]

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 The Periodic Table of Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
1 2

H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10

Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon

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85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).