SURNAME: ………………………………………………………..

FIRST NAME(OTHER NAMES):……………………………………………………………………

TOTAL MARKS

45

THE CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOL

END OF TERM ASSESSMENT YEAR 7

CHEMISTRY

TERM 1 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

Please read this information before the examination starts

• This examination is 60 minutes long.

• Answer all questions.

• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.

• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.

• You may use a calculator.

• You should show all your working and use appropriate units

• Total Marks is 45.

PART A

Underline the option which best completes each of the following:

(a) On a windy day, a puddle will dry rapidly due to. . .

condensation evaporation melting

solidification

(b) The chemical symbol for sodium is . . .

N Na S So

(c) A non-metal which conducts electricity could be . . .

calcium carbon magnesium sulphur

(d) The change of state which describes an ice cube changing to water is . . .

condensing evaporating freezing melting

(e) The change of state which describes a puddle of water disappearing on a sunny day is .
.
condensing evaporating freezing melting

(f) An example of everyday chemical change is . . .

a banana turning black chocolate melting

ice cream freezing water boiling

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PART 2

1. Draw four lines to match the following descriptions with the correct gas.

Description gas

Most common in the Earth’s

Oxygen
atmosphere

Not present in the Earth’s

Nitrogen
atmosphere

Relights a glowing splint Hydrogen

We breathe out more than

Carbon dioxide
we breathe in

(4)

2. An ice cube at 0°C and weighing 10 g was added to 100 g of water at 20°C in the
apparatus shown below. The beaker was well insulated to stop heat being lost or gained
from the surroundings.
thermometer

10 g ice cube

insulated beaker
100 g water

The ice cube floated on top of the water and after a few minutes it had melted.

(a) Describe the arrangement of water molecules in

liquid water: .............................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

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 ice:............................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................. (2)

(b) (i) What can you say about the density of ice compared to liquid water?
(1)

..........................................................................................................................

(ii) Suggest an explanation for your answer in terms of the arrangement of water
molecules in ice and in liquid water.

..........................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................... (1)

(c) After the ice had melted, suggest values for the following:

the total mass of water: ……………. g

the temperature of the water: ……………. °C (2)

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3. Some salt was added to some water and stirred so that it dissolved to make salty water.

Spatula of salt stirring rod

beaker of water

(a) Match the following substances with the term which describes them.

Salt Solution

Water Solute

Salty solution solvent

(3)

Joe investigated how quickly the salt dissolved in relation to how fast he stirred it.

Here are his results:

Amount of stirring, in stirs per Time to dissolve, in seconds

minute
30 145
60 64
120 31
180 24

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(b) State three things which he needed to keep the same in his investigation in order to
make it a fair test.

1: ..............................................................................................................................

2: ..............................................................................................................................

3: .............................................................................................................................. (3)

(c) (i) Plot his results on the graph below. (2)

(ii) Draw a line of best fit. (1)

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 (d) Use your graph to predict how long the salt would take to dissolve with 90 stirs per
minute
…………………………………… seconds (1)

(e) Susie said that, as it was hard to be consistent with the stirring, she did not think that his
results were very reliable.
Suggest what Joe could do to make his results more reliable.

.................................................................................................................................. (1)
(f) His prediction for his investigation was right.
What was his prediction?

....................................................................................................................... (2)

(g)

At the end of his investigation he wanted to get the salt back.

Describe how he could do this.

..................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................. (2)

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5. (i) Magnesium atoms can have different numbers of neutrons.

One atom of magnesium is represented as shown

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12 Mg
Use this information to complete Table 2.1 to show the number of protons, neutrons
and electrons in this atom.

Table 2.1

number of protons number of neutrons number of electrons

(3)

(ii) State how a magnesium atom differs from a magnesium ion, Mg2+.

...........................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................... (2)

6. From the list of gases in the box below,

carbon dioxide hydrogen methane

nitrogen oxygen

name any one gas which:

(a) is an element ...........................................................................................................

(b) is a hydrocarbon.......................................................................................................

(c) is flammable ............................................................................................................

(d) relights a glowing splint ...........................................................................................

(e) is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere ..........................................................

(5)

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 7. Some gases are represented by the diagrams in the boxes below:

A B C

D E F
Suggest a box which represents :

(a) a pure element made of molecules

..............................

(b) a pure compound

..............................

(c) a mixture of two gases

..............................

(d) carbon dioxide .............................. (4)

END OF ASSESSMENT