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END OF TERM (III) EXAMINATION -2019

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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Write your Name, Admission number and Name of your school in the spaces provided
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- Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided in the question paper

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Write legibly neatly.

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FOR EXAMINER'S USE ONLY.

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QUESTION MARKS CANDIDATES SCORE

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Tltis paper consists of 12 printed pages .

candidates should clteck the question to ensure that all pages are printed
as indicated and no quest.ions are missing.

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 SECTION A(SOMARKS)
1. The diagram below shows the physical. State of matter. Study it and answer the questions that
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a)Identify the process R,V,W and U. (2mrks)
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u___________ w______________

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b)Name one element which can undergo the-process represented by S and T. (lmk)

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2. Name the following pieces of apparatus and give their specific uses. (2mrks)
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3. The diagram below shows a Bunsen burner flame commonly used in a laboratory.
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a)Name the part labelled N. ( ½rnk)

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b)Which part of the flame is hottest? ( ½mk)

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 c)Give two reasons why luminous flame is not preferred for heating purposes in the laboratory.
(lmk)

4. a)What is meant by drug abuse? (lmk)

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b)Mention two social economical effects of drug abuse in the society. (2mks)

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5. The set- up below represents the apparatus that can be used to separate a mixture of two

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a)Name the parts labelled W and B ( ½mk)

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b)What is the function of the substance labelled P.

c )mention two industrial uses of this process. (lmk)

,. a)What is an element? (lmk)

· b)Complete the table below of the elements arid their symbols. (2mrks)

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 Element Symbol
Na
Silver
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7 a)Define a conductor (lmrk)

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b)Name one non-metal that is a conductor; (lmk)
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8. a)Give two examples of alkali. (lmk)

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b)The table below shows the PH values of some solutions
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Which solution is likely to be;

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ii)lemon juice (lmrk)

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iii)A solution of a product formed when V and X react. (lmk)

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The pH values of the soil sample was found to be 5.5 An-Agricultural officer recommended
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addition of limei.e hydrated calcium oxide. (2mrks)

10. · Complete the word equation below.

i)Zinc + sulphur(vi) acid (lmk)

ii)Sodium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid (lmk)

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 iii)Potassium hydrogen carbonate + hydrochloric acid (lmk)

l_ l. The set-up below was used to collect gas F, produced by the reaction between water and calcium

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i)Name gas F (lmks)

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iii)Give one laboratory use of the solution formed in a beaker
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12. The diagram below is set up of the laboratory preparation of oxygen gas.
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a)Name liquid x (½ mks)

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b)Explain why it is important not to collect a.---iy gas for the first few seconds of the experiment.
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c)Give one use of oxygen gas. ( ½mk)

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- d) What property of oxygen makes it possible for its collection as indicated by the diagram.(lmk)
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13. Use the diagram below to answer the questions that follow.

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c)Mention two ways that can be used to minimize air pollution. (2mrks)
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15. A studentcarried out the experiment to investigate one property of hydrogen gas as shown below.
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b)What property of hydrogen is being investigated? (lmk)

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c)Write word equations for reactions occurring inside the combustion tube and at point A after the
missing conditions is inserted. � (2mrks)
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16. Complete the table below to show the acidic and basic solutions. (2rnrks)
Indicator Colour in acidic solution Basic solution
Litmus solution blue
Phenophalein colourless

17. i)Explain why hydrogen gas is not used in meteorological departure to give the weather
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P reacts vigorously with cold waters. Arrange the metals in order ofreactivity stating with the
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most reactive. (2mrks)

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b)State and explain the change in mass when sulphur is burnt in an open crucible. (lmk)
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19. a)A piece ofchromatography paper was spotted with coloured inks obtained from pens labelling
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1to 6. The diagram below shows the spots after the chromatogram was developed.
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i)Which two pens contained the same pigment? (lmk)

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 ii)Which pens contained only one pigment? (lmk)
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. iii)According to the chromatogram which pigment are present in the ink of pen number 6?(1mk)
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iv)On the diagram, show the solvent front? . (lmk)

v)State two applications for the above process in daily life. (lmk)

b)The graph below was obtained by students of form lD during an experiment. Use it to answer
the questions that follow.

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i) Give a reasons why there is no temperature change during section S-P (lmk)
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before heating (lmk)

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iii)Name the phase represented by letter x. (lmk)

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c)The set-up below was used by a laboratory technician to investigate the effect of heat on
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i)What observations are made inside the combustion tube. Explain. (2mrks)

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(ii)Give two advantages of rust. (2mrks)

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 b)Oxygen is obtained on large scale by fractional distillation of air as shown on the flow chart
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II cooling dust free air to -25 °c (lmk)

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III Compressing gases to a pressure of 200atm and temperature of -200°c (2mks)

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iv)Identify the components that is collected at -186°c (lmk)

v)Which gas is collected first at the top of the :fractionating column. Explain (lmk)

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21. The set up below was used to investigate the products of burning candle wax. Study it and answer
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iii)State and explain the observation made in boiling tube B after some time. (2mks)
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b)Hydrogen gas was dried and passed over heated copper (ii) oxide as illustrated below.
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 Name
I Solid Q (lmk)

II Liquid X (lmk)

ii)State the observations made inside the combustion tube. (lmk)

iii)Write equation talcing place in the combustion tube. (lmk)

iv)Describe one chemical test to confirm identity of liquid x (2mks)

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i)Identifyihe following substances

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Step 4 (lrnk)

iii)What name is given to the type of reaction in step 5. (5rnk)

b)Some metal oxides are given below zinc oxide, potassium oxide, carbon (iv) oxide,
magnesium oxide, carbon (ii) oxide.
From the above list choose one oxide that is;
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