CHEMISTRY MARKS: 25

MONTHLY TEST (CAMB-1)

OCTOBER

1 One mole of C contains …

(a) 6�02 x 1020 atoms
(b) 6�02 x 1020 molecules
(c) 6�02 x 1023 atoms
(d) 6�02 x 1023 molecules [1]

2 The number of moles can be determined by …

(a) mass x mass number
(b) mass / atomic number
(c) mass / mass of one mole
(d) mass / 6�02 x 1023 [1]

3 The number in a balanced equation indicates …

(a) how many grams of each substances are involved
(b) the number of atoms taking part in the reaction
(c) the number of ions taking part in the reaction
(d) the number of moles of each substance [1]

4 The empirical formula of benzene (C6H6) is …

(a) CH
(b) C2H2
(c) C3H3
(d) C6H6 [1]

5 This question is about masses, moles, and the Avogadro constant�

(a) How many atoms are there in 71 g of chlorine?
(Ar: Cl = 35�5)
(b) What is the mass of 0�2 moles of potassium hydroxide (KOH)?
(Ar: H = 1, O = 16, K = 39)
(c) How many moles of atoms are there in 1�4 g of lithium?
(Ar: Li = 7)
(d) What is the mass of 4 moles of sulfur molecules (S8)?
(Ar: S = 32)
(e) How many moles of water molecules are there in 50 g
of hydrated calcium nitrate, (Ca(NO3)2�2H2O)?
(Mr: Ca(NO3)2�2H2O = 200)
 (f) How many oxygen atoms are there in 4�9 g of H2SO4?
(Mr: H2SO4 = 98)
(g) How many moles of oxygen molecules are there in
24 dm3 of air at r�t�p�? Assume air is 20% oxygen�
(h) 125 cm3 of a solution contains 0�25 moles of the solute�
What is the concentration of the solution?
(i) What mass of sodium hydroxide is there in 35 cm3 of
a 2 mol / dm3 solution of sodium hydroxide? (Mr: NaOH = 40)
[9]

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(a) Calcium hydroxide decomposes when heated, as below� (Mr: Ca(OH)2 = 74, CaO = 56)
Ca(OH)2 (s) CaO (s) + H2O (l)
What mass of calcium hydroxide will give 100 g of calcium oxide? g

(b) On heating iron(III) sulfate (Mr = 400), sulfur trioxide is produced:

Fe2(SO4)3 (s) Fe2O3 (s) + 3SO3 ( g)
What volume of sulfur trioxide at r�t�p� will be produced
when 25 g of iron(III) sulfate is heated? dm3

(c) When aluminium and fluorine are heated together aluminium fluoride is formed:
2Al (s) + 3F2 (g) 2AlF3 (s)
What will be present after the reaction, and how much, when 40 g of aluminium and 57 g
of fluorine react? (Ar: Al = 27, F = 19)

(d) Ethene is obtained by the dehydration of ethanol:

C2H5OH (l) C2H4 (g) + H2O (l)
What mass of ethene will be obtained from 10 g of ethanol if the yield from the reaction is
50%?
(Mr: C2H5OH = 46, C2H4 = 28) g
[4]

7 Aluminium carbide contains only aluminium and carbon� It reacts with water to give aluminium
hydroxide, Al(OH)3, and methane, CH4� 0�6 moles of the carbide were reacted with excess water
to give 2�4 moles of Al(OH)3 and 1�8 moles of CH4�
Complete the formula for the carbide below, and balance the equation for the reaction:
Al C + H2O Al(OH)3 + CH4 [1]
 8 A hydrocarbon contains 92�3% of carbon and 7�7% of hydrogen� It has a molar mass of 78�
Complete this table to find the molecular formula for the hydrocarbon:

Carbon Hydrogen
Mass of element in 100 g of compound
Relative atomic masses, Ar 12 1
Moles of atoms that combine
Ratio in which atoms combine
Empirical formula
Molecular formula
[2]

9 This shows how zinc and copper(II) oxide react together:

Zn (s) + CuO (s) ZnO (s) + Cu (s)
(a) Explain what oxidation and reduction mean, as illustrated by the reaction above�

Oxidation means �

Reduction means [2]

(b) The reaction above is called a redox reaction because

. [1]

(c) In the reaction above, the oxidizing agent is and the reducing

agent is � [2]

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