YEAR 10

Half Yearly
Revision

1. Draw a diagram of an atom to show the electron cloud and the nucleus.
2. What is the atomic and mass numbers of an atom?
3. Use the periodic table to name the following atoms;
U, Pb, Mg, Ar, Au, Ag, Hg.
4. What are the three main types of nuclear radiation?
5. What type of substance would stop each of these types of radiation?
6. Use formulae to write the complete and correct equation for the following chemical reactions; i.
Carbon dioxide gas was added to lime water to form calcium carbonate precipitate. ii. Sodium
hydroxide solution was added to copper sulfate solution to form blue copper hydroxide precipitate and
sodium sulfate solution.
iii. Solid aluminium metal was added to copper sulfate solution to form aluminium sulfate solution and
copper metal.
7. Define biotechnology. Give three examples in three different areas.
8. Define and give an example for each of the following reactions;
i. Decomposition
ii. Precipitation
iii. Combustion
iv. Corrosion
v. Displacement
11. What are genes and what do they code for?
12. What is the difference between the term genotype and phenotype?
13. What are the two main types of cell division? What is the main purpose of each
process? 14. Use a Punnet square to show the possibilities of the sex of an unborn child.
15. What are autosomes and sex chromosomes?
16. What are the periods and groups of the periodic table.
17. What are isotopes? Give an example.

18. List the following metals in decreasing order of activity;

Cu, Na, Ca, Pb, Fe, Zn, Ag, Au, Mg
19. What are the main properties of acids and bases?
20. What are the 4 points of Darwin’s theory?
29. The diagram shows when four different fossil organisms lived. The approximate age of rocks can
be determined by examining the fossils found in them. For example, a rock containing fossil P only is
aged between 350 to 440 million years old.
The presence of which fossils in a rock would allow a scientist to find the age
of the rock most accurately?
(A) Fossils Q and R only
(B) Fossils Q and S only
(C) Fossils P, Q and R only
(D) Fossils P, R and S only

30. This diagram shows methane and oxygen undergoing a chemical change.

Which of the following represents Chemical X?

31. Which diagram below represents a mixture of two substances?

Use the diagram to answer Questions 32–33.

The diagram shows the steps in the formation and decomposition of ozone in
the atmosphere.

32. Which choice (A)–(D) correctly identifies a molecule of ozone?

33. Four of the steps do not have descriptive statements. These missing statements are shown in the
following table in NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

Which descriptive statement refers to step 7?

(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
34. The oxygen molecule formed in step 6 can react with a nitrogen molecule
(N2) when lightning strikes. The product of this reaction is nitrogen monoxide
(NO) molecules.
Which diagram best represents this reaction?

Use this information to answer Questions 35–36.

Two active metals X and Y were placed in separate containers of dilute acid. The
volumes of gas produced as the metals reacted with acid were recorded at regular
intervals. The results are shown in the graph.

35. Which statement about the chemical reactions in the first 5 minutes is
correct? (A) X produces gas faster than Y.
(B) Y produces gas faster than X.
(C) X and Y produce gas equally quickly.
(D) There is insufficient information to decide which metal produces gas
faster. Volume of gas

36. What is the best explanation for the shape of the graph for metal Y
after 5 minutes?
(A) A large amount of Y was added to the acid.
(B) Y stopped producing gas at 5 minutes.
(C) More Y was used than X.
(D) All Y was used up before 5 minutes had passed.
Refer to the following diagram to answer questions 37, 38 and 39. The diagram represents the
Periodic table of the elements.
37. A row and column in the Periodic Table is referred to as
ROW COLUMN
(A) period group

(B) active inert

(C) metals non-metals

(D) anions cations

38. Properties of the elements from left to right in a row in the Periodic Table change from

(A) metal to non-metal

(B) acid to base

(C) liquid to gas

(D) non-reactive to reactive

39. The inert or noble gases are found

(A) in the leftmost column of the Periodic Table

(B) in the rightmost column of the Periodic Table
(C) in the centre columns of the Periodic Table
(D) scattered throughout the Periodic Table
Refer to the following diagram to answer questions 40 and 41.
The pH scale is a number scale that measures the acidity of a solution. An indicator is a
chemical dye which can change colour in solution of different pH, eg, indicator P is colourless
in the pH range 1 to 9 but blue in 9 to 14.
14Colourless Blue
pH scale Indicator P

Orange Red
Indicator Q Indicator R

Yellow Green Blue

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

40. Mya wished to find out the pH of a solution. She found that when indicator P is added to
the solution it turns blue and when indicator Q is added it turns orange. The pH of the
solution is between
(A) 1 and 9
(B) 3 and 9
(C) 9 and 11
(D) 9 and 14
41. Ahmed had a solution which had a pH of 7. The solution would be
(A) colourless in indicator P, red in Q and yellow in R
(B) blue in indicator P, red in Q and blue in R
(C) colourless in indicator P, orange in Q and blue in R
(D) colourless in indicator P, orange in Q and green in R
Answer the following questions by using one word in the space provided.
42.What effect would you expect on the rate of a chemical reaction when the temperature of
the reactants is increased?

43.Where in an atom is most of its mass concentrated.

44. Two clear aqueous solutions are mixed in a test tube. On mixing a bright yellow
precipitate is seen to form. The precipitate forms because a product of the reaction
is
45. There is a group of substances which can be used to determine whether a liquid is an acid
or a base. These substances occur naturally as dyes in certain plant materials. What is the
general name given to these dyes?