CENTRE NO.

IN971
FIRST TERM ONLINE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-2020-21
SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY- PAPER 6 ( ALTERNATIVE TO PRACTICAL) (0620/62)

DATE: 19/10/20 GRADE: 9

MARKS: 30 DURATION: 1 hour

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1. A list of techniques used to separate mixtures is given below.

From the list choose the most suitable technique to separate the following.

1.water from aqueous copper(II) sulphate (water soluble)

2.helium from a mixture of helium and argon (gases)
3.copper(II) sulphate from aqueous copper(II) sulphate (water soluble)
4.ethanol from aqueous ethanol (miscible liquid mixture )
5.barium sulphate from a mixture of water and barium sulphate
(water insoluble) [5]
[Total: 5]
2. The following apparatus is found in a laboratory.

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3. A student separated hexane, C6H14, (b.p. 69 °C) and heptane, C7H16, (b.p. 98 °C)
using the apparatus shown below.

(a) Identify an error in the student’s apparatus. [1]

(b) (i) Name apparatus A. [1]
(ii) What is the purpose of apparatus A? [1]
(iii) Name apparatus B. [1]
(iv) What is the purpose of apparatus B? [1]
(b)(i) What do you think was the reading on the thermometer when the
first few drops of liquid appeared in C? ................. °C [1]
(ii) Name this liquid. ................................................. [1]
(iii) How did the student know when all of this liquid had distilled over? [1]
(d) Why was an electric heater rather than a flame used to heat the mixture? [1]
[Total: 9]

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4. Give the names of the apparatus shown.

5. Three gases A, B and C have the properties shown in the table.

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Which apparatus, X, Y or Z, is most suitable to collect each gas?
(a) gas A ...........................
(b) gas B ........................... [2]

(c) Gas C can be collected using apparatus Z.

(i) State why apparatus Z is more suitable than apparatus Y to collect gas C. [1]
(ii) State why apparatus Z is more suitable than apparatus X to collect gas C. [1]

[Total: 4]

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6. An experiment was carried out to find the pH of samples of soil from a farmer’s
field.

(a) Identify the pieces of apparatus labelled

A
B
C. [3]

(b) Why was the soil crushed? [2]

(c) Why should soil samples be taken from different parts of the field? [1]
[Total: 6]