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Answer for IGCSE Chemistry Past paper Qs 1
TOPIC 5 Electricity and Chemistry Past paper Questions
1 (Nov. 2005, P6, Q2) (a) Left: positive right: negative Both right [1] (b) 1. Bubbles of (greenish) gas at the anode 2. bubbles of (colourless) gas at the cathode OR bulb lights up any two [2] (c) lighted splint (squeaky) pops [2]
2 (June 2005, P6, Q2)
(a) anode on the left and cathode on the right [1]
(b) 1. Bubbles of (greenish) gas at the anode 2. bubbles of (colourless) gas at the cathode 3. bulb lights up / smell of bleach …[3] (c) (i) chlorine [1] (ii) damp blue litmus paper Bleached [2] (d) hydroxide ions [1] (e) make soaps / paper [1]
3 (June 2004, P6, Q3)
(a) silvery metal / grey beads of metal / bulb lights up [1] (b) (i) graphite / platinum [1] (ii) the right electrode [2] (c) bromine anode [2] (d) lead bromide / the product bromine is volatile and toxic / harmful / dangerous [1]
4 (June 2001, paper 3. Q2)
(b) (i) ions can move (freely) in molten state [1] Ions cannot move in solid or only vibrate [1]
(ii) electrons move [1]
ions move [1]
(iii) hydrogen (at the cathode) [1]
chlorine (at the anode) [1] lithium hydroxide (in the solution) [1]
5 (June, 2004, P3, Q5)
(b) (i) Cu2+(aq) + 2 e- Cu (s) ignore state symbol [1] – (ii) (At anode, OH ions lose electrons to form) oxygen gas [1] 2+ (copper ions are reduced to copper,) / concentration of Cu decreases Answer 2 for IGCSE Chemistry Past paper Qs
OR (copper(II) sulphate) changes to sulphuric acid [1]
(c) (i) copper atoms copper ions + electrons [1] (ii) Copper ions removed (at cathode) =copper ions reformed (at anode) OR copper is transferred from anode to cathode [1] Concentration of copper ions does not change. [1] (iii) purifying copper / refining copper [1]
graphite cathode (-) or carbon cathode (1) 900 to 1000oC (1) molten aluminium (1) cryolite (1)
(c) (i) Al3+ + 3e- = Al Al3+(aq) = 0 [2]
not balanced [1] (ii) oxygen formed [1] reacts with carbon anode at high temperature. [1]
(d) (i) low density or resistant to corrosion [1]
(ii) not corroded unreactive oxide layer easily shaped or malleable or ductile any TWO [2] (iii) for strength or so it does not break [1] NOT steel is a better conductor [Total: 16] TOPIC 6 Chemical Changes and Energy 1 (June 2006, P3, Q6) 6 (a) (i) C-H bond or O=O bond C=O bond or O-H bond [2] (ii) the energy released when new bonds form is more than [1] the energy taken in to break old bonds. [1] 235 (b) (i) U OR U-235 (1) for symbol, (1) for 235 [2] (ii) treatment of cancer OR radiotherapy to treat tumour OR measuring thickness (textbook p21) [1]