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WEST NILE EXAMINATIONS BUREUA

Uganda Lower Secondary Certificate of Education
END OF FEBRUARY EXAMINATION 2024
SENIOR TWO
CHEMISTRY
Paper 1
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
• This paper consists of four (4) questions
• Attempt all questions in this paper
• Present your answers precisely in the spaces provided
• No extra answer sheet will be provided for rough work.

1.Your local community has completed the construction of the chemistry laboratory at your local
community secondary school. The next stage of the project involves purchase of apparatus, equipment
and furniture for the laboratory. As a chemistry student in the community, you have been contacted to
help in selecting the apparatus and equipment to be purchased and their use.
i) State the type of apparatus, equipment and furniture that should be purchased. (3scores)
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ii) How should the school ensure the safe storage of the apparatus and equipment (2 scores)
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iii) List the safe measures that should be followed by learners when using the laboratory (5 scores)
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2 a) Anything you see, hear, smell, touch and taste is matter. Matter is anything that has mass and
takes up space. It exists in three forms i.e. solids, liquids and gases. It can also exist in plasma. Using
this knowledge about matter, explain the process of rain formation (Don’t include the drawing) (4
scores)
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b) Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow

Solid

Melting Sublimation
B C

D
Liquid Gas
E
Identify the processes labelled B, C, D, E . (4 scores)
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c) List two substances that sublime when heated. (2 scores)
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3. Kampala City and other several cities in Uganda have industries that produce poisonous chemicals
as their waste. These are called chemical waste or industrial wastes. These wastes are discharged
untreated in nearby water bodies. In this way, the water bodies get polluted with such wastes. The
chemical present are the compounds of harmful metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic and
nickel. These may also include detergents and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These chemicals
can kill aquatic animals and plants. They also cause severe disorders in humans such as cancer and
nervous disorders
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Using the information above, answer the following questions

i)What does mean by chemical waste? (1 score)

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ii)Chemical waste can cause…………………………………….and ……………………………in
humans. (2scores)
iii) compounds of which elements are present in chemical waste? (03 scores)
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iv) From the materials dumped as waste, list any 4 that can be recycled (2 scores)
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v) Mention two reasons that supports the removal of Polythene papers in Uganda. (2 scores)
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4.a) All products that surround us in the school, or at home are made of one material or more.
Materials can be classified as metals, composites, ceramics and polymers. All these exist in a solid
state because their particles are arranged in an orderly manner, with strong forces of attraction in
between their particles. Using the above idea and the idea of molecular structure compare these
materials basing on their properties. (06 scores)
Material/Property Metal Polymer Composite Ceramics
e.g. Iron e.g. Wood e.g. concrete e.g tiles
Tensile strength
Durability
Malleability
b) From the responses given in a) above relate the properties to their uses (04 scores)
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