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St. Gabriels Secondary School

2010 O Preliminary Examination 2
Subject Paper Level/Stream Duration Date Setter(s) : : : : : : Science (Physics / Chemistry) 5116 / 1 Sec 4 Express / 5 Normal Academic 1 hour 21/09/2010 William Ng / Anthony Phoon

Additional materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

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Section B: Answer one question.

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

You are advised to spend no longer than 50 minutes on Section A.

Write your name, class and index number on the answer sheet in the spaces provided. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES There are forty questions this paper. Answer questions. For each question, The number of marks of eachin part-question is shownall in brackets. there are four possible answers, A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate answer sheet. Read very carefully the instructions on the answer sheet. . Information For Candidates: Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer. Any rough working should be done in this booklet. A copy of the Data Sheet is printed on page 13. A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 14.

This question paper consists of 14 printed pages including this cover page. [Turn over Paper 1 (40 marks) 1

Which of the following is a scalar quantity? A B C D The braking force needed to stop a car. The thermal energy needed to boil some water. The effort needed to hammer a nail into wood. The thrust needed to lift a rocket off the ground.

A pendulum released from point X achieves a momentary stop at point Y. Given that the time for the bob to move from point X to point Y is 0.4 s, what is the time taken for the same pendulum to make 10 oscillations?

A 3

0.4 s

2.0 s

4.0 s

8.0 s

A man throws a ball and the path of its motion is shown below. At which point does the ball travel fastest?

An object is moving at constant velocity. Which of the following best describes the forces acting on the object? A B C D There is no force acting on the object. There is no resultant force acting on the object. There is resultant force acting on the object. There is friction acting on the object.

What is the name of the property of a body that resists a change in its state of rest or of uniform motion? A acceleration B density C inertia D velocity An object X floats in liquid R but sinks in liquid S. Which of the following statements is correct? 2

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Liquid S is less dense than liquid R. Liquid R is less dense than object X. Liquid S is denser than object X. Liquid S is denser than liquid R.

A skater is pushing a snowmobile of mass 20 kg across an ice rink. The skater pushed with a horizontal force of 80 N and the snowmobile experiences a force of friction of 30 N. What is the acceleration of the snowmobile? A 4.0 m s-2 B 2.5 m s-2 C 1.5 m s-2 D 0.25 m s-2

A rectangular block weighing 192 N has dimensions 8 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm. What is the maximum pressure it can exert when it is placed on a horizontal surface? A 4 x 104 Pa B 12 x 104 Pa C 16 x 104 Pa D 20 x 104 Pa

Which of the following is the correct explanation for the expansion of a substance when it is heated? A B C D The particles of the substance push each other further away. The particles of the substance vibrate faster. The particles of the substance increase in number. The particles of the substance expand.

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What is the reason for the shiny surface on an electric kettle? A B C D Shiny surface is a good emitter of radiant heat. Shiny surface is a good absorber of radiant heat. Shiny surface is a bad emitter of radiant heat. Shiny surface is a bad absorber of radiant heat.

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Transverse waves are moving past a small boat on a lake.

Which way will the waves make the boat move? A Towards the left B Towards the right C Upwards and downwards D Backwards and forwards Which of the following uses infra-red radiation? 3

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(1) (2) (3) A B C D 13

transfer of heat from a high temperature region to a low temperature region remote control killing cancerous cells (1) and (2) only (1) and (3) only (2) and (3) only (1), (2) and (3)

Sound waves and light waves are similar in that both ____________ . A B C D are produced by mechanical vibrations are longitudinal wave can travel through a vacuum obey the laws of reflection

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If an object is placed 21 cm from a converging lens, the image formed is slightly smaller than the object. If the object is placed 19 cm from the lens, the image formed is slightly larger than the object. The approximate focal length of the lens is ______. A 5 cm B 10 cm C 18 cm D 20 cm

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The diagram below shows the position of a compass needle when the compass is placed between two strong magnets.

Which of the following combinations is likely to be the poles of P and Q? A B C D 16 P N S N S Q N S S N

An appliance in a house uses 12 kWh of energy after 4 hours of continuous operation. If the cost of energy consumption is 6 cents per kWh, the rate of energy consumed and the cost payable are Power/ kW Cost/cent A 3 72 B 12 18 C 48 18 D 48 968 Two identical lamps light up with normal brightness when connected in series to a battery as shown. 4

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A third lamp is then connected to one of the lamps as shown.

What happens to the brightness of the two lamps? A B C D 18 Lamp 1 becomes brighter becomes dimmer becomes dimmer becomes brighter Lamp 2 becomes brighter becomes dimmer becomes brighter becomes dimmer

A 750-watt electric kettle is to be connected to a 240-volt mains supply socket using a three-pin plug. 5-amp and 13-amp fuses are available.

Which fuse should be used, and in which part of the circuit should it be positioned? A 5-amp fuse in the live wire B 5-amp fuse in the neutral wire C 13-amp fuse in the live wire D 13-amp fuse in the earth wire The diagram below shows a beam of electrons about to enter a magnetic field. The direction of the field is into the page. 5

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What will be the direction of the deflection, if any, as the beam passes through the magnetic field? A B C D 20 Towards the top of the paper Towards the bottom of the page Out of the paper No deflection

Two nails P and Q are placed inside a coil, as shown in the diagram below. P is free to move but Q is fixed. The coil is joined to a battery and a switch.

When the switch is closed, P ____________________. A B C D shoots out of the coil moves to and fro moves away from Q moves towards Q

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A solid X was heated till it melted. It was heated till it vaporized. Which region represents the gaseous state? Temperature / oC

B A

Time / s A B C D Region AB Region BC Region DE Region EF

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The picture below shows a scene from the North Pole where an iceberg was found floating in the sea. By referring to kinetic particle theory, which statement best shows why the scene is unusual?

iceberg

sea water

A B C D

It is unusual because all three states of matter are impossible to exist together. It is unusual because fresh water should be denser than salt water. It is unusual because pure water is needed to form ice. It is unusual because the particles in solids are supposed to be more closely packed than the particles in liquids.

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What method is used to separate the various compounds found in petroleum? 7

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Crystallisation Filtration Fractional distillation Separating funnel

In which of the following is ammonia gas not produced? A B C D Heating of ammonium nitrate with hydrochloric acid. Heating of a solution that is formed after ammonia is passed into water. Heating of sodium hydroxide, aluminium and zinc nitrate. Heating of sodium nitrate with aqueous ammonia.

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A student adds a solution of iron(II) sulfate to a solution of sodium hydroxide. He then filters the resulting mixture. What are the respective colours of the filtrate and the precipitate? A B C D Blue; black Colourless; green Green; white Reddish-brown; colourless

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What is the particle that is shown here? e e e 13p 14n e e e e A C Aluminium ion Magnesium ion e B D Calcium atom Nitride ion

e e

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What is the relative molecular mass of hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.10H2O? A C 102 286 B D 123 316

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What is the number of moles of hydrogen ions in 2 moles of sulfuric acid (H2SO4)? A C 0.5 2 B D 1 4

Questions 29 and 30 refer to the compound phosphorus pentachloride. 8

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A molecule of phosphorus pentachloride (PCl5) is shown here. What is the number of electrons that are involved in covalent bonding? Cl Cl Cl Cl

Cl A C 30 5 15 B D 10 Not enough information given.

One way to produce phosphorus pentachloride is via the reaction shown here: PCl3 + Cl2 PCl5 H = 124 kJ/mol.

Which statement best describes this reaction? A B C D 31 Chlorine is neither oxidized nor reduced. No chemical bonds are broken. The amount of energy of the products is less than that of the reactants. The temperature of the reaction mixture decreases.

The pH values of 5 aqueous solutions P, Q, R, S and T, of equal concentrations, are shown in the diagram below. P Q R S T

pH 1 What could the aqueous solutions be?

pH 7

pH 14

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potassium sodium chloride hydroxide A Q S T R P B R P Q S T C R T S Q P D S Q P R T Which of the following reacts with both an acid and an alkali to produce a salt and water? A ammonium nitrate 9

ammonia

ethanoic acid

nitric acid

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calcium oxide potassium chloride zinc hydroxide

Moving across the Periodic Table, the elements change from A B C D atoms to molecules elements to compounds metals to non-metals solids to liquids

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Part of the reactivity series of metals was scribbled by a student and is shown here in the order of decreasing reactivity.

Sodium Magnesium Zinc Gold

Which of the following metals is most likely to be extracted from its ore by heating with a reducing agent such as carbon? A B C D 35 Gold Magnesium Sodium Zinc

It was found that vehicles corroded more quickly if they were parked near factories that use coal. What is the most likely chemical in coal that caused this? A B C D Calcium Carbon Magnesium Sulfur

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In which of the following is nitrogen in its lowest oxidation state? A B C D N2 NH3 NO2 NO3-

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The apparatus shown below was set up by a student to investigate the effect of air on rusting.

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He discovered that after a few days, the height of the water in the test tube rose by 2 cm, indicating that 2 cm3 of air was used in the process of rusting. What was the original volume of air found in the test tube? A B C D 38 2 cm3 8 cm3 10 cm3 12 cm3

The graph below shows how the total volume of hydrogen collected when zinc is reacted with excess nitric acid varied with time.

Total volume of hydrogen produced X

time Which statement best explains section XY of the curve? A B C D All the zinc was used up. The amount of nitric acid was decreasing. The concentration of nitric acid was decreasing. The speed of reaction was at its maximum.

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The diagram below represents the process of fractional distillation of crude oil.

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B C

D Which set of positions, A, B, C or ,D, shows the fraction containing the smallest molecules and the darkest coloured fraction respectively? A C 40 A and D C and D B D B and C D and A

The table shows the results of tests carried out on compound X. Test 1. Bromine water added 2. Sodium carbonate added Which formula represents compound X? Result Decolourised Colourless gas evolved

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Data Sheet

Colours of Some Common Metal Hydroxides

calcium hydroxide copper(II) hydroxide iron(II) hydroxide iron(III) hydroxide lead(II) hydroxide zinc hydroxide white light blue green red-brown white white

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