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KASEMPA BOYS BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 11 A & C CHEMISTRY (5124) END OF TERM 2 TEST – 2019

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answer all questions in this paper in the spaces provided.
 Write your name in the space provided above.

TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES. MARKS: 100

1. Figure 1.1 below shows a pH scale and the pH values of four solutions A, B, C and D.

(a) Which of the solutions is likely to be:

(i) Sodium chloride?

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(ii) Hydrochloric acid?

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 (b) State the ion which is responsible for:

(i) Acidity,

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(ii) Alkalinity,

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(c) What type of reaction occurs when solution A is mixed with solution D? Write an ionic equation

for the reaction which occurs.

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2. (a) What is an acid?

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(b) Describe what you would see when a little copper (II) oxide is warmed with dilute nitric acid.

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(c) In what way is copper (II) oxide behaving when it reacts with dilute nitric acid?

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3. A student carried out an experiment to compare the relative strengths of dilute ethanoic acid and

dilute sulphuric acid.

(i) Describe a test that can be used to distinguish between the two acids.

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(ii) Name a metal that will react with both acids. Describe what you would see during the

reaction.

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4. A spillage tonnes of sulphuric acid results from an accident by a road tanker. Slaked lime is used to

neutralise the acid.

(a) State the effect of the acid on the vegetation.

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(b) The chemical equation for the neutralization reaction is given below:

H2SO4 (aq) + Ca (OH) 2 (s) → CaSO4 (s) + H2O (l)

(i) Balance the equation.

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(ii) Explain why sulphuric acid is said to be a strong acid.

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 DATA SHEET
The periodic table of elements

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