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EASE 4 CHEMISTRY GRADE 8

Instructions

1. Students must write their names and classes in the question booklet.
2. Students must solve the essay questions in the question booklet.
3. Students must submit the question booklet to the proctor.
4. Students may use available spaces of this booklet for scratch work.
5. Students are permitted to use non-programmable calculator.
6. Using cell phones, rulers etc. are not allowed during the exam.
7. If you have any questions, raise your hand and wait for the proctor to respond.
8. No parts of the test will be updated. Questions with any type of fault will be canceled.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of these is NOT a method for 3. Taqwim recorded the carbon dioxide gas volumes
measuring the rate of reaction? resulting from reaction of limestone with an acid.

A) measure the change in amount of reactant A time volume

B) measure the change in amount of reactant B (minute) (cm 3 )
C) measure the change in amount of product 0.0 0.0
D) measure the change in amount of catalyst 0.5 8.0
2. Dimas investigates the rate of reaction between 1.0 15
magnesium and dilute hydrochloric acid. He 1.5 21
measures how much gas is given off every 30 2.0 26
seconds. The graph shows his results. 2.5 30
3.0 33
3.5 36
4.0 38
4.5 39
5.0 40
5.5 40
6.0 40

At what time did the reaction stop?

A) 5.0 minutes
B) 4.5 minutes
C) 6.0 minutes
D) 5.5 minutes

How long does it take to collect 30 cm3 of the

gas?

A) 110 seconds
B) 90 seconds
C) 70 seconds
D) 50 seconds

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4. Look at the following graphs! 7. Zinc reacts with an excess of dilute sulphuric
acid. The graph shows how the volume of
hydrogen gas give off changed with time.

A B

C D
Why does the graph become horizontal at Z?

Which of the graphs represent the total mass A) all the sulphuric acid has reacted
of carbon dioxide produced during the B) all the zinc has reacted
reaction between calcium carbonate and C) hydrogen is being produced at a constant rate
hydrochloric acid? D) the reaction is beginning to slow down

A) A 8. The graph shows how the total volume of

B) B hydrogen produced changes when iron fillings
C) C reacted with excess dilute sulphuric acid.
D) D

5. Why do most reactions begin with a fast rate

and then get slower and slower?

A) They run out of energy.

B) The catalyst runs out.
C) The concentration of reactants decreases.
D) The temperature decreases.

6. Which of these will NOT speed up the rate of Which statement best describes the section PQ
reaction between a strip of magnesium and of the curve?
hydrochloric acid?
A) The acid is slowly used up which results in
A) coil up the magnesium strip the reaction slowing down.
B) cut up the magnesium strip B) The decreasing mass of the iron fillings
C) increase the concentration of the results in the reaction slowing down.
hydrochloric acid C) Water is produced in the reaction that dilutes
D) increase the temperature of the hydrochloric the acid which slows down the reaction.
acid D) Hydrogen gas produced slows down the
reaction.

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9. Which of the following factors which affect 13. Which factor affect the rate of reaction
rate of chemical reaction? between zinc and hydrochloric acid
represented by the word equation below?
1 surface area
2 temperature zinc + hydrochloric acid  zinc chloride +
3 catalyst hydrogen

A) 1, 2 and 3 1 volume of hydrochloric acid

B) 1 and 2 2 concentration of hydrochloric acid
C) 2 and 3 3 surface area of zinc
D) 1 only
A) 1, 2 and 3
10. When powdered calcium carbonate is added to a B) 1 and 2
solution of hydrochloric acid, it reacts completely C) 2 and 3
within seconds. D) 1 only

With the same mass of calcium carbonate chips 14. When marble chip dissolve in acid, the
are added to a similar amount of hydrochloric reaction can be speeded up by?
acid, the reaction takes several minutes to go to
completion. A) lowering the temperature
B) grinding the marble chips
Which of the following statement best C) using more dilute acid
describes the experiments? D) using a larger flask

A) There are more impurities in the calcium 15. Crushing a solid into powder will increase
carbonate chips. reaction rate because _____.
B) An acid will react faster with a chip.
C) The powder has a great surface area. A) the particles will collide with more energy
D) The calcium carbonate chips are less soluble B) the orientation of colliding particles will be
than the powder. improved
C) the activation energy barrier will be lowered
11. Why does cut up a solid reactant increase the D) the powdered form has more surface area
rate of reaction?
16. Aspirin can be taken by drinking a cup of water
A) It creates more solid. in which an aspirin tablet has been dissolved. It
B) It creates more energy. can take several minutes for an aspirin tablet to
C) It increases the surface area. dissolve. Several variables can be tested to see
D) It increases the concentration. whether they affect the rate of this process:

12. How could Budi make the reaction between 1 temperature

acid and marble chips faster? 2 surface area
3 pressure
A) use smaller marble chips
B) use a lower acid concentration For the dissolving process, the most significant
C) use a lower temperature variables affecting rate would be _____.
D) have a smaller surface area of marble
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1 only

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17. Which will react the fastest with hydrochloric 20. Ikhwan was investigating a reaction. He placed 4
acid? g of magnesium ribbon into a beaker of dilute
sulfuric acid.
A) marble chips at 40C
B) powdered marble at 25C He timed how long it took for the magnesium to
C) powdered marble at 40C ‘disappear’. It took 45 seconds.
D) marble chips at 25C
Which of the following would result in the
18. Look at the following table! magnesium ribbon ‘disappearing’ in less than
45 seconds?
mass of size of temperature
limestone limestone 1 warming the acid
1 5g chips 45C 2 using 2 g magnesium ribbon
2 5g powder 25C 3 stirring the mixture
3 5g powder 45C 4 adding water to the acid
4 5g chips 25C
A) 1 and 2
In the experiment, all limestone were placed into B) 1 and 3
equal volumes of dilute hydrochloric acid. C) 2 and 3
D) 2 and 4
Which number will the reaction be fastest?
21. Limestone reacts with hydrochloric acid to
A) 1 produce carbon dioxide. Taqwim set up these
following four experiments:
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4 size of concentration temperature
limestone
19. Why does a higher temperature increase the 1 chips dilute acid 20C
rate of reaction? 2 chips concentrated 40C
acid
A) It increases both the frequency and energy of 3 powder dilute acid 20C
particle collisions. 4 powder concentrated 40C
B) It increases the frequency of particle acid
collisions only.
C) It increases the energy of particle collisions Which experiment would you expect to react
only. slowest?
D) It reduces the activation energy of the
reaction. A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

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22. Reaction rates increase with an increase in 26. A student set up the apparatus as shown below to
temperature. study the factor which affects the speed of
reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric
Which of the following statement is correct? acid.

1 Particles collide more often and with

greater energy.
2 Particles collide more frequently at higher
temperatures.
3 Particles move faster.

A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3 Which of the following precautions must be
D) 1 only taken when carrying out the experiment?

23. For reaction to occur, the particles of the 1 The volume of hydrochloric acid in
reactants must collide. The fewer the collisions beakers A and B must be the same.
that take place, the slower the rate of reaction.
2 The temperature of hydrochloric
Which increases the frequency of collision acid must be kept constant.
between reactant particles?
3 The length of magnesium ribbon
A) If a solid is reacting with a liquid, use large must be the same.
pieces of the solid.
B) Increase the temperature of the reaction 4 Excess magnesium must be used
mixture.
C) For reactions involving solutions, decrease A) 1 and 2
the concentration of the solution. B) 2 and 3
D) For reactions involving gaseous reactants, C) 1, 2 and 3
decrease the pressure of the gases. D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

24. Iron reacts with hydrochloric acid to form iron(II) 27. Increasing the concentration increases the
chloride and hydrogen gas. 2 grams of iron is speed of reaction by _____.
added to 100 cm 3 of dilute hydrochloric acid.
A) lowering activation energy
Which conditions produces the fastest B) speeding up the reactants
reaction? C) increasing collisions
D) exposing more reactant
A) iron pieces at 50C
28. A small quantity of marble chips is added to a
B) iron powder at 25C
large excess acid. Carbon dioxide gas is formed.
C) iron powder at 50C
D) iron pieces at 25C
Which will double the amount of carbon
25. Why does a higher concentration increase the dioxide?
rate of reaction?
A) volume of acid
A) It increases the amount of reactants. B) mass of marble chips
B) It increases the energy of particle collisions. C) mass of acid
C) It lowers the activation energy. D) mass of water
D) It increases the frequency of particle
collisions.

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29. Two experiments were carried out in which 31. In the graph, curve X represents the results of the
hydrochloric acid was added to limestone. reaction of marble chips in 20 cm 3 of
hydrochloric acid in 30 cm 3 of water.
acid/cm 3 water/cm 3
experiment A 10 40
experiment B 40 10

The initial rate of evolution of carbon dioxide

and the total volume of carbon dioxide evolved
were measured in each experiment.

How do the results in experiment A compare

with those in experiment B when all other
conditions are identical?

rate of carbon total volume of

dioxide carbon dioxide Which changes will produce curve Y?
A It is slower in A It is the same in A
than in B. and B. A) Using 30 cm 3 of hydrochloric acid in 20 cm 3
B It is faster in B It is greater in B of water.
than in A. than in A.
B) Using 40 cm 3 of hydrochloric acid in 10 cm 3
C It is slower in B It is greater in B
of water.
than in A. than in A.
D It is the same in A It is greater in A C) Using 50 cm 3 of hydrochloric acid in 0 cm 3
and B. than in B. of water.
D) Using 10 cm 3 of hydrochloric acid in 40 cm 3
of water.
A) A
32. Consider the following factors:
B) B
C) C
1 concentration of reactants
D) D
2 temperature of reactants
30. Magnesium reacts with hydrochloric acid. 3 surface area of reactants

Which solution would give the fastest initial Which factors that affect the rate of chemical
rate of reaction? reaction between two gases?

A) 1, 2 and 3
A) 10 cm 3 of HCl in 40 cm 3 of water
B) 1 and 2
B) 20 cm 3 of HCl in 30 cm 3 of water C) 2 and 3
C) 30 cm 3 of HCl in 20 cm 3 of water D) 1 only
D) 40 cm 3 of HCl in 10 cm 3 of water

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33. Hydrogen peroxide breaks down to form water
and oxygen. The reaction is much faster when a
chemical called manganese(IV) oxide is added to
the hydrogen peroxide.
The manganese(IV) oxide is unchanged at the
end of the reaction.
37. A group of student carried out an experiment in
which they added manganese dioxide to rapidly
decomposes a solution of hydrogen peroxide.
To show that the manganese dioxide was
acting as a catalyst, what must they do before
and after the experiment?

What type of chemical is manganese(IV) before after

oxide? weigh the
manganes dioxide
A) acid A and then add the weigh the beaker
B) alkali hydrogen and its content
C) catalyst peroxide solution
D) metal to the beaker
weigh the
34. A substance that speeds up a reaction, but hydrogen
remains unchanged at the end of the reaction, peroxide solution
is called _____. B in a beaker and weigh the beaker
then add the and its content
A) catalytic converter manganese
B) reactant dioxide to the
C) enzyme beaker
D) catalyst weigh the
hydrogen
35. What is the use of catalyst?
C peroxide solution weigh both of the
and manganese containers again
A) Stabilise a reaction.
dioxide in
B) Cool down the reaction.
separate
C) Speed up the reaction.
containers before
D) Increase the concentration of the reaction. mixing
36. Platinum catalyses the reaction between sulphur weigh the filter solution, dry
dioxide and oxygen to form sulphur trioxide. manganese the filter paper and
D dioxide and a dry the solid residue,
Which of the following statement is correct? filter paper weigh the filter
paper
1 More sulphur trioxide is formed when
more catalyst is used. A) A
2 The catalyst increases the rate of reaction B) B
between sulphur dioxide and oxygen. C) C
3 When the reaction is complete the D) D
platinum catalyst has not lost any mass.
38. Enzymes are biological _____.
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 2 A) substrate
C) 2 and 3 B) catalyst
D) 1 only C) products
D) reactants

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39. A catalyst can increase the rate of a chemical

reaction.

Which of the following is also true about

catalyst?

A) They are chemically the same at the end of

the reaction.
B) They have to be a solid.
C) Their appearance is unchanged at the end of
the reaction.
D) They have to be a metal.

40. Copper(II) oxide catalyses the decomposition of

hydrogen peroxide to form oxygen.

In acting as a catalyst the copper(II) oxide?

A) Increases the total amount of oxygen formed.

B) Prevents the decomposition of the oxygen
formed.
C) Causes the decomposition to begin.
D) Increases the rate at which oxygen is formed.