SCHOLASTICA

(Mirpur Branch)

Mock 1
Academic Session: 2016-2017
Name: ______________________________ Full Marks: 60 Score: ________

Class: XI Section: Roll: _________

Subject: Chemistry Paper 2 Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Date: ____________ Teacher: G.M. Ali Kawsar Invigilators sign.: _____________

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do

not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units. A
Data Booklet is provided.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question
 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

1 (a) Successive ionisation energies for the elements magnesium to barium are given in the table.

1st ionisation 2nd ionisation 3rd ionisation

element energy / kJ mol energy / kJ mol energy / kJ mol
1 1 1

Mg 736 1450 7740

Ca 590 1150 4940
Sr 548 1060 4120
Ba 502 966 3390

(i) Explain why the first ionisation energies decrease down the group.

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(ii) Explain why, for each element, there is a large increase between the 2nd and 3rd
ionisation energies.

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(b) A sample of strontium, atomic number 38, gave the mass spectrum shown. The percentage
abundances are given above each peak
 (i) Complete the full electronic configuration of strontium.

1s2 2s2 2p6 ................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Explain why there are four different peaks in the mass spectrum of strontium.

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(iii) Calculate the atomic mass, Ar, of this sample of strontium.

Give your answer to three significant figures.

Ar = ............................. [2]

(c) A compound of barium, A, is used in fireworks as an oxidising agent and to produce a green
colour.

(i) Explain, in terms of electron transfer, what is meant by the term oxidising agent.

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(ii) A has the following percentage composition by mass: Ba, 45.1; Cl , 23.4; O, 31.5.

Calculate the empirical formula of A.

empirical formula of A ........................................... [3]

 (d) Some reactions involving magnesium and its compounds are shown in the reaction scheme
below.

(i) Give the formulae of the compounds X, Y and Z.

X .........................................................................................................................................

Y .........................................................................................................................................

Z .........................................................................................................................................

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(ii) Name the reagent needed to convert Y(s) into Z(aq) in reaction 1 and write an equation
for the reaction.

reagent ...............................................................................................................................

equation ..............................................................................................................................

[2]

(iii) How would you convert a sample of Z(s) into Y(s) in reaction 2?

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(iv) Give equations for the conversions of Mg into X, and Z(s) into Y.

Mg to X ...............................................................................................................................

Z to Y ..................................................................................................................................
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[Total: 21]

2 The Contact process for the manufacture of sulfuric acid was originally patented in the
19th century and is still in use today.
The key step in the overall process is the reversible conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide
in the presence of a vanadium(V) oxide catalyst.

2SO2(g) + O2(g) 2SO3(g) H = 196 kJ mol

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(a) One way in which the sulfur dioxide for this reaction is produced is by heating the sulfide ore
iron pyrites, FeS2, in air. Iron(III) oxide is also produced. Write an equation for this reaction.

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(b) The sulfur trioxide produced in the Contact process is reacted with 98% sulfuric acid. The
resulting compound is then reacted with water to produce sulfuric acid.

(i) Explain why the sulfur trioxide is not first mixed directly with water.

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(ii) Write equations for the two steps involved in the conversion of sulfur trioxide into sulfuric
acid.

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(c) (i) Sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide both contain only S=O double bonds.

Draw labelled diagrams to show the shapes of these two molecules.

SO2 SO3

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 (ii) For your diagrams in (i), name the shapes and suggest the bond angles.

SO2 shape ................................................. SO3 shape ...................................................

SO2 bond angle ......................................... SO3 bond angle ...........................................

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(d) The conversion of sulfur dioxide into sulfur trioxide is carried out at a temperature of 400 C.

(i) With reference to Le Chateliers Principle and reaction kinetics, state and explain one
advantage and one disadvantage of using a higher temperature.

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 3 But-1-ene, CH3CH2CH=CH2, is an important compound in the petrochemical industry.

(a) Some reactions of but-1-ene are given below.

In each empty box, draw the structural formula of the organic compound formed.

(b) Compound T reacts with compound U.

Draw the displayed formula of the organic product of this reaction

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[Total: 7]
4 Astronomers using modern telescopes of various types have found many molecules in the dust
clouds in space. Many of these molecules are those of organic compounds and astronomers
constantly look for evidence that amino acids such as aminoethanoic acid, H 2NCH2CO2H, are
present.

One molecule that has been found in the dust clouds is hydroxyethanal, HOCH2CHO.

(a) Hydroxyethanal contains two functional groups.

(i) Name, as fully as you can, each of the functional groups present in
hydroxyethanal.

1 .................................................................................

2 .................................................................................

(ii) For each functional group, identify a reagent that will react with this group and not

react with the other functional group present.

In each case, describe what would be observed when this reaction is carried out.

functional group 1 reagent .......................................................

observation..................................................

functional group 2 reagent .......................................................

observation................................................... [7]
(b) Give the skeletal formulae of the organic compounds formed when hydroxyethanal is reacted
separately with the following.

(i) NaBH4

(ii) Cr2O72/H+ under reflux conditions

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In a school or college laboratory, it is possible to convert a sample of hydroxyethanal into

aminoethanoic acid in a three-step process.
step 1 step 2 step 3
HOCH2CHO X Y H2NCH2CO2H

By considering the possible reactions of the functional groups present in

hydroxyethanal, you are to deduce a possible route for this conversion.

(c) (i) In the boxes below, draw the structural formulae of your suggested intermediates X

and Y.

step
2.........
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X Y

(ii) State the reagents for each of the three steps you have chosen.

step 1......................................................

step 3...................................................... [5]

[Total : 14]
6 The enthalpy change for the thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate cannot be measured

directly, but can be found by carrying out two reactions as shown in the Hess cycle below.

H re a c tio n
C a C O 3 (s) C a O (s) + C O 2 (g )

H 3 H 4

E le m e n ts in th e ir s ta n d a rd s ta te s

(a) Suggest ONE reason why it is difficult to measure Hreaction directly by experiment.

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(b) In an experiment to find H1 a student added 2.00 g of finely powdered calcium

3 3
carbonate to 20.0 cm of 2.50 mol dm hydrochloric acid solution (an excess) in a
polystyrene container. The temperature rose from 20.5 C to 23.0 C.

(i) Why is the calcium carbonate used in this experiment finely powdered, rather than
in lumps?

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(ii) Calculate the energy change using the relationship below.

Energy change = 4.2 mass of solution temperature change
1 1
/J /J g K /g /K

Assume that the mass of the solution is 20 g.

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(iii) Calculate the enthalpy change, H1. Include a sign and units in your answer.
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[The molar mass of CaCO3 is 100 g mol

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(Total 05 marks)