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June 2021 Question Paper 21
June 2021 Question Paper 21
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CHEMISTRY 5070/21
Paper 2 Theory May/June 2021
1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
● Section A: answer all questions.
● Section B: answer three questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use a calculator.
● You should show all your working and use appropriate units.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 75.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● The Periodic Table is printed in the question paper.
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Section A
H3C H O O H
C CH2 C C C
CH3
H3C CH3 CH3
D E F
H O
H3C O CH CH3
C C
H CH3
G
Each compound may be used once, more than once or not at all.
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(b) State which two compounds in aqueous solution turn blue litmus red.
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2 Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon are noble gases in Group VIII.
(a) Name the noble gas which has the greatest volume composition in air.
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220
86Rn
222
86Rn
(i) Give one similarity in the atomic structure of these two isotopes.
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(ii) Give one difference in the atomic structure of these two isotopes.
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(e) Xenon forms a compound that contains only xenon, oxygen and fluorine. The
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(f) A sample of neon has a volume of 21 dm at room temperature and pressure.
(i) The temperature of the sample is
Describe and explain, using kinetic particle theory, what happens to the volume of the
sample.
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Describe and explain, using kinetic particle theory, what happens to the volume of the
sample.
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(iii) Calculate the mass of neon in the 21 dm sample.
[Total: 12]
(a) Petroleum (crude oil) is separated into fractions such as liquefied petroleum gas, petrol
(gasoline) and naphtha.
(i) Name the process used to separate petroleum (crude oil) into fractions.
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fraction ..............................................................................................................................
use ....................................................................................................................................
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(iii) Petroleum (crude oil) does not contain enough of the fractions that contain smaller
hydrocarbon molecules such as petrol (gasoline).
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H H
C C
H Cl
Poly(chloroethene) is non-biodegradable.
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4 Copper(II) chloride, copper(II) iodide and copper(II) carbonate are ionic compounds.
(a) Predict two physical properties, other than electrical conductivity, of copper(II) chloride.
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Cu + Cl 2 CuCl 2
2+ –
Copper(II) chloride contains Cu and Cl ions.
Explain, in terms of the movement of electrons, how CuCl 2 is formed from copper atoms
and chlorine molecules.
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When heated in air, FeS2 produces both iron(III) oxide and sulfur dioxide.
(b) Describe one environmental problem caused by sulfur dioxide in the air.
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(c) Describe how sulfur dioxide is converted into sulfuric acid in the contact process.
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(e) Iron(III) oxide, coke, limestone and hot air are heated together in a blast furnace to make
molten iron.
(i) coke
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(ii) limestone
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Section B
6 Carbon dioxide and water vapour are greenhouse gases found in air.
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(ii) State one environmental problem that may be caused by an increase in the percentage
of carbon dioxide in the air.
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(b) Draw the dot-and-cross diagram to show the bonding in a molecule of carbon
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(d) The carbon dioxide made in power stations can be removed by a reversible reaction with water.
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2–
(ii) Carbonic acid contains a small concentration of carbonate ions, CO3 (aq).
2–
If carbonic acid is pumped deep underground, the CO3 (aq) will react with metal ions
to form insoluble carbonates.
2–
Write the ionic equation for the reaction of magnesium ions with CO3 (aq).
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[Total: 10]
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Calculate the maximum volume, in dm , of nitrogen formed, measured at room temperature
and pressure.
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(c) NH4NO2 contains the ammonium ion, NH4 , and the nitrite ion.
Calcium nitrite, water and a gas are formed. The gas turns damp red litmus paper
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(ii) Name the type of reaction that causes this brown solution to form.
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(a) Use the Periodic Table to state the number of occupied electron shells in an atom of silver.
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(b) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, the metallic bonding in silver.
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(c) Give two physical properties of silver that are only characteristic of transition elements but
not of all metals.
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Name a suitable combination of an acid and an insoluble base which is used to prepare
silver nitrate.
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(ii) Hydroxide ions are oxidised at the anode to make both oxygen molecules and water
molecules.
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[Total: 10]
H O H H H
H
C C O C C C
H H H
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test ............................................................................................................................................
observation ...............................................................................................................................
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(c) Propenyl ethanoate is prepared by the reaction between a carboxylic acid and an alcohol, as
shown.
H O H H H H O H H H
H C C O H+H O C C C H C C O C C C +H O H
H H H H H H
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(d) In an experiment 11.6 g of the alcohol is reacted with an excess of the carboxylic acid. The
experimental yield of propenyl ethanoate is 6.72 g.
(i) Show that the maximum possible yield of propenyl ethanoate is 20.0 g.
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[Total: 10]
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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
1112 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
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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
20
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
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
Cs Ba lanthanoids
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 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 116
Fr Ra actinoids
Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Fl Lv
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium flerovium livermorium
– – – – – – – – – – – – –
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.).