DHA Senior School for Girls

Revision Test-I [Topic: Experimental Chemistry] Marks: 25

Class: C-I Subject: Chemistry
1. Choose the most suitable answer.

i. It is suspected that a lollipop contains traces of a poisonous green dye

(boiling point 73 °C) as well as two harmless orange and red dyes (boiling
points 69 °C and 73 °C respectively).
What is the best method by which the green dye may be detected?
A. filtration
B. fractional distillation
C. paper chromatography
D. recrystallization
ii. A gas is less dense than air and dissolves in water. Which diagram shows the
correct method of collecting this gas?

iii. When heated, magnesium reacts with oxygen in the air to form magnesium
oxide, a white powder.
A student investigates the change in mass that occurs during this reaction. He is
given a balance and the three sets of apparatus shown.
Which sets of apparatus are suitable for this investigation?
A 1, 2 and 3 B 1 and 3 only C 2 and 3 only D 2 only
iv. Four substances are heated gently. The temperatures at which they start and finish melting are
recorded.

Which statement about the substances is correct?

A Substance 1 is the only pure substance.

B Substance 3 and substance 4 are impure.

C Substance 4 is water.

D They are all solids at room temperature.

v. A student wants to show that the rate of the reaction between calcium carbonate and dilute
hydrochloric acid doubles for every 10 °C rise in temperature.

The method the student uses is to measure the volume of carbon dioxide released. The student has a
Bunsen burner and a gas syringe.

What other essential apparatus must the student use?

A balance, burette, pipette, measuring cylinder

B balance, measuring cylinder, clock, thermometer

C burette, pipette, clock, thermometer

D pipette, measuring cylinder, clock, thermometer

vi. Which row gives the correct tests to identify both ammonia and sulfur dioxide?

vii. A student plans two experiments.

experiment 1 find the concentration of a solution of sodium hydroxide by titration with dilute
hydrochloric acid

experiment 2 find the rate of the reaction between pieces of calcium carbonate and dilute hydrochloric
acid by measuring the volume of gas given off every minute

A flask is provided.

Which other apparatus is needed?

viii. Q is a pure sample of a substance that has a single Rf value of 0.9.

In the chromatogram shown, which letter represents Q?

ix. Gases can diffuse through porous pots. The diagram shows a beaker full of nitrogen inverted over a
porous pot containing carbon monoxide.

The water level does not move.

Which statement explains this?

A Nitrogen is almost inert.

B The two gases have equal molecular masses.

C Both gases have two atoms in a molecule.

D Neither gas is soluble in water.

x. When calcium carbonate is added to dilute hydrochloric acid, carbon dioxide gas is released.

Three sets of apparatus are shown.

Which sets of apparatus are suitable, together with a stopwatch, for following the rate of this reaction?
A 1, 2 and 3 B 1 and 2 only C 2 only D 2 and 3 only

Structured Questions;

2. Paper chromatography can be used to separate metal ions in a mixture and

identify them by comparison with known samples of metal ions (A–E).
(a) Draw a labelled diagram to show the apparatus used in paper
chromatography.
On your diagram show
• the solvent,
• where the mixture of metal ions and known samples of metal ions are
placed at the start of the experiment.
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(b) The completed chromatogram is shown below.

(i) Which of the metal ions, A–E, were present in the mixture?
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(ii) Calculate the Rf value of metal ion A.
Rf value = ...............................[1]
(c) Ammonia can be used as a locating agent for some metal ions on the
chromatogram.
(i) Suggest why a locating agent may need to be used. [1]
3. A student separates hexane, C6H14, (b.p. 69°C) and heptane, C7H16, (b.p.
98°C) using the apparatus shown.
(a) Identify two errors in the student’s apparatus.
1. .....................................................................................................
2. ......................................................................................................... [2]
The errors were then corrected and the separation started.
(b) (i) Name apparatus A.
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(ii) What is the purpose of apparatus A?
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(iii) Name apparatus B.
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