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01.1 G
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01.2 D
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01.3 F
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01.4 C
chlorine solution and sodium 3
bromide solution:

 colour change from

colourless to orange
 chlorine is more reactive
than bromine
 therefore chlorine
01.5 displaces bromine from a
solution of sodium bromide

iodine solution and sodium 2

chloride solution:
 no colour change
 iodine is less reactive than
chlorine

fluorine needs to gain an electron 1

(to get a full outer shell)

fluorine is the smallest atom (in

group 7) or has the fewest number 1
01.6
of shells or least shielding

therefore has the greatest

attraction for an (incoming) 1
electron
Allow multiples. 2
2K(s) +2H2O(l) → 2KOH(aq) +
02.1 Allow 1 mark for the reactants
H2(g)
and 1 mark for the products.
there would be effervescence / 1
bubbling / fizzing

because hydrogen / a gas is 1

02.2
produced

the potassium would get smaller in 1

size / disappear / (appear to)

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 C2 Practice
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dissolve

because potassium reacts forming 1

a soluble product
any one from: 1

 safety glasses / goggles

02.3
 handle the potassium with
tweezers

potassium hydroxide is produced 1

or a hydroxide is produced
02.4
which is an alkali 1
low density 1

02.5 form compounds with a 1+ charge

that dissolve in water forming 1
colourless solutions
Allow both have the same 1
they both have one electron in
02.6 number of electrons in their
their outer shell
outer shell.
lithium is a smaller atom 1

and so the outer shell is closer to

02.7 the nucleus 1

and is therefore more strongly

attracted or more difficult to lose 1

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