TEST

Name:

1 States of matter
Core curriculum
1 True or false? Underline your choice.
A The melting point of a substance is the same as its freezing point.

true/false

B Melting is the change of state from liquid to solid.

true/false

C In a solid, the particles are held rigidly with no movement.

true/false

D Evaporation starts when a substance reaches its boiling point.

true/false

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2 A substance was removed from a freezer and heated. The temperature was recorded
at regular intervals. The results are shown on this graph.
140
120

temperature / C

100
80
60
40
20
0
20

time

a The letters V Z represent the states of matter listed below. Write the five letters at the correct
places on the graph above.

V 5 solid W 5 solid 1 liquid X 5 liquid Y 5 liquid 1 gas Z 5 gas

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b Explain what is happening to the particles at those five places on the graph:
at V:
at W:
at X:
at Y:
at Z:


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c The substance that was heated was pure. How can you tell this, from the graph?

d Name the substance that was heated:

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3 A crystal of blue copper(II) nitrate was placed

in a beaker of water. The beaker was left sitting
until there was no further change.

water
crystal of blue
copper(II) nitrate

What would you expect to see in the beaker, at that point? Tick the correct box.
A The blue colour had spread through the liquid.
B A blue layer appeared at the bottom of the beaker.
C Small particles of blue solid could be seen.
D A blue layer appeared above a colourless layer.

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4 Which process causes the change observed in question 3? 

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Extended curriculum
5 Arrange these four gases in order of the speed at which they diffuse, fastest first.
(Relative atomic masses, Ar: N 5 14, O 5 16, H 5 1, Ne 5 20)


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6 The apparatus below was set up to investigate the diffusion of some gases:
porous pot
beaker
gas X
nitrogen

water

The water level rose in the left side of the U-tube, and fell in the right side of the U-tube.
Which one of these is gas X? Tick its box. (Ar: H 5 1, C 5 12, N 5 14, O 5 16)
A hydrogen
B carbon monoxide
C oxygen
D methane

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