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MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION
KASEMPA BOYS BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRADE 11 A/C SCIENCE PAPER 2 (CHEMISTRY) TEST END OF TERM 3
2019
Time 80 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions in the test paper within the spaces provided in
the paper.

1. Barium sulphate (BaSO4) is an insoluble salt which is prepared by precipitation.

(a) Using sodium sulphate as one of the reactants:
(i) Name the other reactant you would use to prepare barium sulphate.
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(ii) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction, include state symbols.
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(b) Briefly explain how you would obtain a fairly pure dry sample of the salt.
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(c) Name one salt which can be prepared by:
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Displacement (filter and crystallisation) method: ___________________________ [1]
2. Chemists have developed a method for identifying compounds in unknown mixtures.
(a) State the name of the method being referred to by the statement above.
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(b) State two chemical reagents used to identify cations in unknown compounds.
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(c) Describe briefly how you can identify the presence of the aluminium and sulphate
ions in unknown compound.
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3. One of the major achievements in chemistry is the development of the mole concept.

(a)In view of the above mention achievement in chemistry, define the following terms
used in mole concept.

(i) Relative atomic mass (Ar)

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(ii) Relative molecular mass (RMM / Mr)
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(iii) Molar mass (MM)
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(iv)Avogadro’s constant (NA)
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(v) The mole (n)
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(b) Use the periodic table at the back of the question paper to state the:
(i) Relative atomic mass (Ar) of magnesium.
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(ii) Atomic number (Z) of oxygen.

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(c)Write the formula which relates the mole, particles and Avogadro’s constant.

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(d)Use the formula in (b) above to calculate the number of moles in 12.044 × 10 23 atoms
of sodium taking Avogadro’s to be 6.022 × 1023 particles.

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4. (a) Determine the relative molecular and formula mass of the following molecular and
ionic compounds.
(i) Al2 (SO4)3

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(ii) (NH4)2 SO4

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(iii) SO4

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(iv)H2CO3

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(v) NH3

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(b)Write the formula which relates the mole, mass of a substance and molar mass.
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(c) Use the formula in (b) above to calculate the mass of calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) in 0.33 mols.

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THE END.