CHEMISTRY WORKSHEET

Q1. Why does the purple colour spread when a crystal of Potassium
Permanganate is placed in water?

Q2. Bromine vapour is heavier than air but it spreads upwards.

Explain why?

Q3. What is diffusion. Use the idea of diffusion to explain how the smell of
perfume travels.

Q4. Which has lower freezing point, oxygen or ethanol?

Q5. Which has higher boiling point, oxygen or ethanol?

Q6. Draw a diagram to show what happens to the particles when a liquid cools
to a solid.

Q7. Oxygen is a gas we breathe in. It can be separated from the air. It boils at
-219 oC and freezes at -183 oC.
a. In which state is oxygen at i. 0oc ii. -200oc
b. How would you turn oxygen gas into solid oxygen?

Q8. Why does a balloon burst if you keep on blowing?

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Q9. A gas flows from one container into a larger one. What do you think will
happen to its pressure? Draw diagrams to explain.

Q10. Of all gases hydrogen diffuses fastest at any given temperature. What can
you tell from this?

Q11. Imagine you add instant coffee to water, without stirring. Do you think it
will diffuse faster in hot water or cold water? Explain.

Q12. Which of these examples of diffusion?

i. A helium-air filled balloon rising in air.
ii. A hydrogen-filled balloon deflating due to gas passing through the
skin.
iii. The smell of perfume from a person standing on the other side of a
room.
iv. Sucking a drink from a bottle using a straw.
v. An ice lolly turning liquid when it is left out of the freezer.
vi. The tea in the cup changing colour when you add milk, without
stirring.
vii. A light, coloured gas, spreading down through a gas jar.
viii. A blue crystal forming a blue solution when it is left sitting in a glass
of water.
ix. Spraying paint from a spray can.

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Q13. Explain each term in your own words;
i. Solute ii. Solvent iii. Solution iv. Soluble Solution v. Insoluble
Solution vi. Homogeneous Solution vii. Heterogenous Solution
viii. Aqueous Solution

Q 14. You mix instant coffee with water to make a cup of coffee. Is the coffee
an impurity? Explain.

Q 15. Write chemical formulae of the following:

i. Auric Chloride ii. Aluminum Sulphate iii. Calcium Carbonate iv. Sodium
Oxide v. Sodium thiosulphate vi. Cupric Nitrate vii. Potassium Hydroxide
viii. Silicon dioxide ix. Sulphuric Acid x. Hydrochloric Acid

SABIH SALAHUDDIN

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