YEAR 8 CHEMISTRY MIDTERM EXAMS

Cambridge IGCSE™

Year 8 Name………………………

1
hour

INFORMATION

● ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED

ALL ANSWERS SHOULD BE GIVEN IN ENGLISH

TOTAL MARKS 50
 1. In a solution of salt and water , which is the solvent and which is the solute (2mark)

b) Matter can be categorized these states ; solids, liquids , gases and a soluble mixture as aqueous . Use the states to
answer the following questions (3marks)
In which state is

a)The salt

b)The water

c)The salt solution

c) In a dilute solution what is more?, the solvent or the solute? (3marks)

Give a reason for your answer

d) In a concentrated solution what is less?, the solute or the solvent ? (3marks)

Give a reason for your answer

2) Match the section A with the description that best suits it in B (7marks)

Chemistry word Section A Description Section B

Solubility A solution that has dissolved a maximum amount of a
solute at a given temperature

Mixing a solute with a solvent to form a transparent

Melting solution

Saturated solution Amount of a solute that dissolves in a 100g of water

Heating a solid to change its physical state to liquid

Dissolving
Independent variable Variable that is kept the same

Control variable Variable that is changed

Dependent variable Variable that is measured

3.
d)On the diagram label the baseline and solvent front (2marks)

e) Are dyes Q, R and S pure or impure ? (1mark)

Explain your answer in e above (2marks)

f) Which is the (2marks)

i) Least dense dye

ii) Most dense dye

g)Why is water not used in chromatography as a solvent? (2marks)

h) Why is ink not used to draw the baseline? (2marks)

4. Write either true or false to the following statements (8marks)

a) Ice cream on a warm day undergoes melting and not dissolving

b) When a candle burns to form the wax it undergoes dissolving

c) Instant coffee in a hot water is an example of a solution

d) The nail polish in a nail polish remover is a solute

e) All solutions are transparent

f ) All solutions are colourless

g)Insoluble salute leaves lumps of powder or solid in the beaker when put in water

h)A soluble solute does not leave solid particles in the water

5.Calculate the following

204g of sugar dissolves in 100g of water at 20 “C.
a) How much sugar will dissolve in 200g at the same temperature (1mark)