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ANNE MARIE, SUNSHINE AND BRILLIANT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

JOINT TERMINAL EXAMINATION
CHEMISTRY
FORM ONE
TIME : 2:30HRS MAY, 2023
INSTRUCTIONS
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1. This paper consists of two sections A and B with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in this paper
3. Section A carries fifteen (15) marks and section B carries seventy (70) marks and section C
carries fifteen (15) marks
4. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
5. Calculators and cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
6. Write your Examination Number at the top right corner of every page correctly.

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SECTION A (15 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and
write its letter in the box provided.
i) What does water undergo when it freezes ?
A. A physical change
B. Vaporisation
C. A chemical change
D. Sublimation

ii) Which of the following substances occupies the shape of the container?
A. Solid
B. Particle
C. Liquid
D. Crystal

iii) Sugar and water are mixed to give a solution, what name is given to sugar in the
solution?
A. Solute
B. Suspension
C. Solvent
D. Solution

iv) What is the best method of separating two immiscible liquids?

A. Condenser
B. Fractionating column
C. Filter funnel
D. Separating funnel

v) Which process among the following is involved in decantation?

A. Sedimentation
B. Melting
C. Saturation
D. Distillation

vi) You are in the laboratory and you want to measure the volume of solutions. Which of
the following sets of apparatus is suitable for what you are about to do?
A. Burette, pipette, and beaker
B. Burette, pipette, and conical
C. Measuring cylinder, burette and pipette
D. Burette, feat bottomed flask and pipette

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vii) Which of the following is not a man made product of applying chemistry?
A. Sugar
B. Fertilizer
C. Milk
D. Vaccines
viii) Emulsion is the mixture of liquids that does not completely mix with each other.
Which of the following set represents emulsion?
A. Butter, lotion, toothpaste and milk
B. Milk, gel, foam, sponge
C. Cream, gel, lotion and paint
D. Sponge, milk, smoke and insecticides

ix) What is the name of the step in the scientific method that gives the summary of the
results of the experiment?
A. Drawing conclusion
B. Report writing
C. Data analysis
D. Data collection

x) Which of the following factors in an experiment can be manipulated to get desired

results?
A. Controlled variables
B. Manipulated variables
C. Dependent variables
D. Independent variables
2. a) Match the description on changes of states of matter in List A with the correct term from
List B and write the letter of the correct response in the space provided.
LIST A LITS B
i) The temperature at which a solid changes to liquid at A. Boiling
B. Freezing point
standard atmospheric pressure.
C. deposition
ii) The change of liquid to vapour. D. Sublimation
E. Melting point
iii) The temperature at which the vapour pressure is equal to
F. Vaporization
the atmospheric pressure. G. Freezing
H. Boiling point
iv) The temperature at which a liquid changes to solid.
v) The direct change of a gas to a solid.
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LIST A i) ii) iii) iv) v)
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SECTION B (70 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. a) (i) How can you differentiate between a solution and a suspension by their appearance?
Give examples
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ii) Why can the saturated sugar solution dissolve more sugar after being heated?
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iii) Why do we ‘shake well’ all medicine syrups before use?
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b) How can you separate the following mixtures? Briefly explain
i) Water and kerosene
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ii) Salt and water
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iii) Ethanol and water
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4. Four experiments were conducted using chemical A, B, C and D on different materials,
the results were given as indicated below. You are required to write the correct terminology
which suits each of the results given and draw the chemical warning sign which goes with it.
(a) When chemical A was poured on the wood it completely damaged the surface of the wood.
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(b) When chemical B was poured on the fire, it burst and turned into a bigger fire.
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(c) When chemical C was brought near the skin of a person, he started complaining that his
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(d) When chemical D was exposed on air sudden bust accompanied with light occurred.
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5. a) There is a room at Kilindi girls secondary school, having the following features only.
 Large windows
 One door open inwards
 Slippery floor
 No water supply
Does the room qualify to be used as a chemistry laboratory? Give three reasons
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b) Give any three reasons to support that sodium chloride is a compound but air is a
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c) Why are cooking pots, pans and utensils made of metals?

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6. a) Why is it important to provide First Aid to victims of accidents?
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b) What is the use of painkillers and cotton wool in provision of first Aid to an accident
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c) Why is it necessary to use wire gauze when boiling a liquid in a beaker?
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7. a) i) What are the conditions for a substance to be called matter?

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ii) Why is a luminous flame preferred for lighting than a non-luminous flame? Give two
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b) i) Why do cold foods never smell from a distance?
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ii) Why are liquids and gases categorized as fluids?
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c) Why is it necessary to put on the following during the conduction of experiments?
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8. a) Give four differences between physical and chemical change.
Physical change Chemical change
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b) The word “PYREX” is written on most of the laboratory apparatus. What does the
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c) (i) Why are most laboratory apparatus made up of glass materials? Give three points
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(iii) Why is a beaker used to estimate the volume of liquid and not to measure its exact
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9. a) Once you open a freezer, you may find an ice on its walls .How does the ice form?
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b) A Certain pink coloured compound is heated to form blue colour .When water is added to a
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c) i) Chemistry has contributed to environmental hazards .Briefly explain how?
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SECTION C (15 Marks)

Answer question ten (10)
10. Chromatography is used in many different ways .Explain its seven uses in daily life
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