Chemistry Year 7 Term 2 Mark Schemes

Q1.
(a) (i) filtration
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)

(ii) chromatography
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)

(b) (i) it is alkaline

accept ‘alkali’
1 (L3)

(ii) red
1 (L3)

(c) indicator
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L4)
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Q2.
(a) It has a high melting point. 1 (L4)

It is a good conductor of heat and electricity.

if more than two boxes are ticked,
deduct one mark for each incorrect tick
minimum mark zero
1 (L4)

(b) (i) filtration or filtering

accept ‘filter’
1 (L3)

(ii) A: black particles or solid or residue

accept ‘particles’ or ‘solids’
do not accept ‘blue particles’
1 (L3)

B: blue solution or filtrate

accept ‘solution’
accept ‘liquid’
do not accept ‘black solution’
do not accept ‘mixture’
1 (L3)

(c) the water had evaporated

accept ‘the liquid had evaporated’ or ‘it had evaporated’
‘it had dried up’ is insufficient
accept a description of evaporation eg ‘it turned into gas’
do not accept ‘the solution evaporated’ 1 (L4)
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Q3.

(a) • 7

• orange

• an answer in the range 1–3 accept ‘1–3’

• purple
for all four rows correct, award two marks
for any two or three rows correct, award one mark
answers must be in the correct column and row in the table
2 (L3)

(b) any one from

• they are corrosive

• they burn or irritate

accept ‘they can damage your skin or eyes’
‘‘in case it touches your skin’ is insufficient
it is harmful or poisonous’ is insufficient
‘it can kill you’ is insufficient
‘wear gloves’ is insufficient
do not accept ‘it is flammable’
1 (L4)

(c) (i) • time, in days

accept ‘time’
accept ‘days’
do not accept ‘hours’ or ‘minutes’
1 (L4)

(ii) it goes down or decreases

accept ‘it becomes acidic’
‘it goes red’ is insufficient
accept ‘it goes from 6.5 to 2.5’
accept ‘the acid gets stronger’
‘it goes sour’ is insufficient
if the label for X is incorrect in part (ci),
do not penalise again in part (cii)
1 (L4)
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Q4.
(a) any one from

• ink dissolves in water

• ink would smudge or run or move up the filter paper

• pencil does not dissolve in water

accept ‘ink dissolves’
accept ‘ink expands’
accept ‘pencil does not smudge’
1 (L4)

(b) (i) • yellow

1 (L4)

(ii) • brown
1 (L4)

(c) • red
1 (L4)

(d) • chromatography
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)
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Q5.
(a)

if more than one line is drawn from a diagram,

award no mark for that diagram
3 (L4)

(b) (i) C
accept ‘filtration’
1 (L3)

(ii) A
accept ‘distillation’
1 (L4)
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Q6.
(a) (i) any one from

• soap with moisturisers

do not accept ‘soap’ or ‘pH 7.3’

• normal facial wash

1 (L5)

(ii) normal soap

do not accept ‘soap’ or ‘pH 10.0’
1 (L5)

(b) It is slightly acidic.

if more than one box is ticked award no mark
1 (L5)

(c) normal soap

do not accept ‘soap’ or pH 10.0’
1 (L5)
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Q7.
(a)
acidic or colour of universal
alkaline indicator paper

bee sting
acidic red
(pH2)

wasp sting blue

alkaline
(pH10) accept ‘purple’

award one mark for each correct row

2 (L5)

(b) (i) any one from

• bicarbonate toothpaste
accept ‘bicarbonate’ or ‘toothpaste’
or ‘hydrogencarbonate’

• washing soda
1 (L5)

(ii) any one from

• vinegar

• lemon juice
1 (L5)
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Q8.
(a) any one from

• it contains more than one substance which are not chemically combined
accept ‘substances are not combined’

• they can be separated by physical means or by sedimentation or filtration

accept ‘they can be separated easily’

• she sees a red and a brown layer

accept ‘there are layers’
accept ‘it splits into sand and clay’
1 (L5)

(b) (i) any one from

• heat the liquid

• evaporate the water

accept ‘leave it until the water had gone’
accept ‘leave it on a radiator’
accept ‘distill it’
‘leave it’ is insufficient
1 (L5)

(ii) a deposit left behind

accept ‘a deposit’ or ‘a salt’ or ‘a solid’ or ‘crystals’
mark parts (b) (i) and (b) (ii) together
1 (L5)

(c) transported
deposited
compacted
all three processes in the correct order
are required for the mark
1 (L5)
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Q9.
(a) (i) red or pink
accept ‘orange’ or ‘yellow’
1 (L5)

(ii) any number greater than 0 and smaller than 7

accept ‘0’
1 (L6)

(b) (i) carbon dioxide is gas

accept ‘carbon dioxide or a gas is produced’
1 (L5)

(ii) any one from

• no more carbon dioxide or gas was produced

• the reaction stopped

• all the hydrochloric acid was used up

accept ‘the acid had been neutralised’
do not accept ‘all the magnesium carbonate was used up’

• there was an excess of magnesium carbonate or carbonate

1 (L6)

(c) a compound
1 (L6)

a salt
if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct one mark for
each incorrect tick
minimum mark zero
1 (L6)

(d) any one from

• without it digestion would stop or slow down

accept ‘to break down food’

• acid is needed for digestion

• the enzymes only work in acid conditions or at a low pH

• it is needed to kill bacteria or microbes

do not accept ‘germs’
1 (L6)
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Q10.
(a) evaporation then condensation
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark 1 (L5)

(b) water
accept ‘distillate’
1 (L5)

(c) 100
accept a temperature from 99 to 101
1 (L5)

(d) (i) a temperature above 15 but below 100

any one from

• it is heated by the water vapour

accept ‘vapour or steam or hot water’ for water vapour

• thermal energy or heat is transferred from the water vapour

accept ‘it heats up’
both the answer and the correct explanation are required
for the mark
1 (L6)

(ii) any one from

• it condenses
accept ‘it makes condensation’

• it changes to a liquid
accept ‘it is liquid’
accept ‘it changes state’
accept ‘it turns to water’ 1 (L6)

• its temperature falls

accept ‘it cools’ ‘it changes temperature’ is insufficient1 (L6)

(e) any one from

• cold water replaces warm water

accept ‘it cools the water vapour better or more efficiently
or quickly’
accept ‘it will work faster’

• the water stays cold or cooler

• there is a bigger difference in temperature between the water

vapour and the water

• some vapour escapes in B

accept ‘it is cooled over a bigger length or for longer’
accept ‘more water is collected’ 1 (L6)
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