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This document contains 34 multiple choice questions about various chemistry concepts including states of matter, separation techniques like chromatography and distillation, and chemical reactions. It asks the reader to identify experimental procedures, interpret data from diagrams and graphs, explain observed phenomena, and recognize differences between pure substances and mixtures. The questions cover a wide range of foundational chemistry topics to assess understanding.

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Practice Test 1

This document contains 34 multiple choice questions about various chemistry concepts including states of matter, separation techniques like chromatography and distillation, and chemical reactions. It asks the reader to identify experimental procedures, interpret data from diagrams and graphs, explain observed phenomena, and recognize differences between pure substances and mixtures. The questions cover a wide range of foundational chemistry topics to assess understanding.

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1. The diagram shows how to obtain pure water from seawater. Where do water molecules lose
energy?

2. A solid metal is heated until it turns to vapour.


The graph shows the temperature of the metal during this process.
Which part of the graph shows the melting of the metal?

3. Some chemical compounds are purified by recrystallisation.


What can be used to test the purity of the crystals?
A. melting point
B. colour of crystals
C. size of crystals
D. solubility
4. What could be the melting point and boiling point of water containing a dissolved impurity?

5. Some students are asked to describe differences between gases and liquids.
Three of their suggestions are:

Which suggestions are correct?


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6. A coloured liquid vaporises easily at room temperature. Some of the liquid is placed at the
bottom of a sealed gas jar.
Which diagram shows the appearance of the jar after several hours?

7. Measurements are made on some pure water.


its boiling point, b.p.
its freezing point, f.p.
its pH
Sodium chloride is now dissolved in the water and the measurements repeated.
Which measured values change?

8. The diagram shows a chromatogram obtained from three sweets, X, Y and Z.

How many different red dyes are present in the sweets?

9. In which of the following are the particles arranged in a regular pattern?


A. a gas
B. a liquid
C. a metal
D. a solution
10. A student mixes 25 cm3 sodium hydroxide. Each time, the student measures the change in
temperature to test if the reaction is exothermic. Which piece of apparatus is not needed?
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11. At room temperature, in which substance are the particles furthest apart?

12. Which method can be used to obtain crystals from aqueous copper(II) sulphate?
A. chromatography
B. electrolysis
C. evaporation
D. neutralization
13. When there is no wind, the scent of flowers can be detected more easily on a warm evening
than on a cold evening. This is because the molecules of the scent ......1...... ......2...... than in
colder conditions. Which words correctly complete gaps 1 and 2?

14. A yellow precipitate is formed in the experiment shown.

How is the precipitate formed?


A. Particles collide, diffuse and then react.
B. Particles collide, react and then diffuse.
C. Particles diffuse, collide and then react.
D. Particles diffuse, react and then collide
15. A student is asked to measure the time taken for 4.00 g of magnesium carbonate to react
completely with 25.0cm3. Which pieces of apparatus does the student need?
A. balance, clock, pipette
B. balance, clock, thermometer
C. balance, pipette, thermometer
D. clock, pipette, thermometer
16. A fruit drink coloured orange contains a dissolved mixture of red and yellow colouring agents.
One of these colouring agents is suspected of being illegal. Which method could be used to
show the presence of this illegal colouring agent?
A. chromatography
B. distillation
C. evaporation
D. filtration
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17. A student carries out an experiment to find how fast 3 cm pieces of magnesium ribbon dissolve
in 10cm3 samples of sulfuric acid at different temperatures.
Which piece of apparatus does the student not need?
A. balance
B. measuring cylinder
C. stop-clock
D. thermometer
18. Chromatography and fractional distillation can be used to separate compounds.
In which type of separation is a thermometer needed for checking that complete separation has
occurred?
A. chromatographic separation of two colourless solids
B. chromatographic separation of two solids of different colours
C. fractional distillation of two colourless liquids
D. fractional distillation of two liquids of different colours (an excess) of dilute hydrochloric
acid.
19. The diagram shows how the molecules in the exhaust gases diffuse into the air.

Which statement describes what happens to these molecules next?

A. The molecules fall to the ground because they are heavier than air molecules.
B. The molecules go back together as they cool.
C. The molecules spread further into the air.
D. The molecules stay where they are.
20. A student takes 2 g samples of calcium carbonate and adds them to 20 cm 3 hydrochloric acid at
different temperatures. She measures how long it takes for the effervescence to stop.
Which apparatus does she use?
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21. The diagram shows the paper chromatograms of four
substances, W, X, Y and Z.
Which two substances are pure?
A. W and X
B. W and Y
C. X and Y
D. X and Z
22. The diagram shows a cup of tea.
Which row describes the water particles in the air above the cup compared with the water
particles in the cup?

23. The diagrams show the arrangement of particles in


three different physical
states of substance X.

Which statement about the physical states of substance X is correct?


A. Particles in state 1 vibrate about fixed positions.
B. State 1 changes to state 2 by diffusion.
C. State 2 changes directly to state 3 by condensation.
D. The substance in stage 3 has a fixed volume.
24. An aqueous solution is coloured.
Which method of separation would show that the solution contains ions of different colours?
A. chromatography
B. crystallisation
C. distillation
D. filtration
25. A student measured the rate of reaction between calcium carbonate and dilute hydrochloric
acid. A graph showing the volume of gas produced against time is shown.
Which apparatus was used to measure the variables shown on the graph?
A. balance and gas syringe
B. burette and pipette
C. gas syringe and stop watch
D. pipette and stop watch
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26. A mixture of two substances is spotted onto a piece of chromatography paper.
The paper is inserted into a beaker containing a liquid.

For separation of the substances to occur the spot of mixture must


A. be placed so that the spot is just below the level of the liquid.
B. be soluble in the liquid.
C. contain substances of the same Rf values.
D. contain substances that are coloured.
27. In which method of separation are Rf values used?
A. chromatography
B. crystallisation
C. filtration
D. fractional distillation
28. Which statement is not correct?
A. Air is a mixture.
B. Ammonia is a compound.
C. Methane is a compound.
D. Sea water is a compound.
29. Copper(II) sulfate crystals are separated from sand using the four processes listed below.
In which order are these processes used?

30. A drop of liquid bromine is placed in the bottom of a gas jar. Brown fumes of bromine vapour
slowly spread through the covered gas jar.
Why does this happen?
A. Bromine vapour is less dense than air.
B. Bromine molecules and the molecules in air are always moving around.
C. Bromine molecules are smaller than the molecules in air.
D. Bromine molecules move faster than the molecules in air.
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31. The diagram shows the result of dropping a purple crystal into water.

Which processes take place in this experiment?

32. Alcohol and water are completely miscible. This means when mixed together they form only one
liquid layer. Which method is used to separate alcohol from water?
A. crystallisation
B. filtration
C. fractional distillation
D. precipitation
33. A student was provided with only a thermometer, a stopwatch and a beaker.
What could the student measure?
A. 10.5g solid and 24.8cm3 liquid
B. 10.5g solid and 25°C
C. 24.8cm3 liquid and 45 seconds
D. 25°C and 45 seconds
34. Chromatography can be used to test for the purity of substances.
a. Describe one area in everyday life where purity of substances is important.
..............................................................................................................................
b. Mineral water contains dissolved salts such as magnesium chloride.
Which one of the following statements about mineral water is correct?
Tick one box.
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Answers
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. C
26. B
27. A
28. D
29. D
30. B
31. D
32. C
33. D
34. (a) medicines / food / (drinking) water / air quality
(b) (ii) 1st box down ticked (boils slightly above 100°C

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