UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

*2976049099*

SCIENCE 5124/03
5126/03
Paper 3 Chemistry October/November 2008
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer Section A on the Question Paper.
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Section A
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

Section B
Answer any two questions.
Write your answers on the lined pages provided and, if necessary, continue on
separate answer paper.

A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.

For Examiner’s Use
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part Section A
question.
Section B

Total

This document consists of 12 printed pages and 4 lined pages.

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Section A For
Examiner’s
Answer all the questions. Use

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

1 Fig. 1.1 shows the composition by volume of dry, unpolluted air.

gas 1

gas 2

gas 3

Fig. 1.1

Complete Table 1.1 to give the names of these gases and their uses. One row has been
completed for you.

Table 1.1

gas name use

gas 1 argon filling lamps

gas 2

gas 3
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2 A ship has gone aground on a coral reef. It is believed that the ship’s tanks are half-filled with For
hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid reacts with coral. Examiner’s
Use

(a) You are supplied with a sample of the contents of the ship’s tanks. Describe tests to
show the presence of an acid and the presence of a chloride.

(i) test for acid

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positive result

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(ii) test for chloride

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positive result

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[2]

(b) Another ship has a large amount of concentrated alkali on board. The captain of this
ship states that this alkali will neutralise the acid. He suggests pumping all the alkali into
the tanks of the wrecked ship.

Give one reason why this should not be done.

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(c) Coral consists mainly of calcium carbonate. Name a substance that is formed when
coral reacts with hydrochloric acid. Give the chemical formula of this substance.

name ……………………………………………

formula ………………………………………… [2]

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3 (a) Complete Table 3.1 to describe the neutral atoms of two different isotopes of uranium. For
Examiner’s
Table 3.1 Use

235 238
92 U 92 U
number of protons in each
atom
92

number of neutrons in
each atom

number of electrons in
each atom
92
[4]

(b) (i) In the manufacture of uranium metal, uranium dioxide is first converted into a
fluoride.
Balance this equation for the reaction.

UO2 + HF UF4 + H2O

(ii) Uranium tetrafluoride is then reduced to uranium metal by heating with magnesium,
according to this balanced chemical equation.

UF4 + 2Mg 2MgF2 + U

Calculate the mass of uranium tetrafluoride and the mass of magnesium that
combine to manufacture 10 tonnes of uranium.
[Relative atomic masses: Ar: Mg, 24; F, 19; U, 238.]

mass of uranium tetrafluoride needed = …………… tonnes

mass of magnesium needed = …………… tonnes

[4]

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4 (a) Organic chemicals can be grouped into homologous series. For

Examiner’s
Give two features of all members of the same homologous series. Use

1 .......................................................................................................................................

2 .................................................................................................................................. [2]

(b) Fig. 4.1 shows some of the substances that are made from ethene. Complete the dotted
spaces in Fig. 4.1 with names, chemical structures and types of reactions.

structure

H H
ethene C C
H H

polymerisation

structure structure

H H H

H C C C H ethane

H H n H

hydration

structure

ethanol

oxidation

Fig. 4.1 [5]

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5 This question is about the Periodic Table shown on page 16 of this question paper. For
Examiner’s
(a) What is the general name given to the elements in Group I? Use

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(b) Table 5.1 gives information about five elements. Parts of the table have been completed.
Fill in the empty boxes in the table.

Table 5.1

member of rate of
element metal
Group I reaction with cold water

potassium yes yes very fast

sodium yes yes fast

lithium yes slow

copper yes

rubidium yes
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6 The diagrams A, B, C, D, E and F in Fig. 6.1 represent the particles in different substances. For
Examiner’s
Use

A B C

D E F

Fig. 6.1

Which of the diagrams A, B, C, D, E and F best represents a

(a) liquid element,

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(b) gaseous compound,

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(c) solid mixture,

………………………………………………… [1]

(d) liquid mixture,

………………………………………………… [1]

(e) gaseous element?

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7 A metal reacts with an excess of dilute acid to form a gas. The volume of gas produced is For
measured over the first 40 seconds of the reaction. After this time about 110 cm3 of the gas Examiner’s
has been collected. A datalogger is used to plot the graph shown in Fig. 7.1. Use

240
230
220
210
200
190
volume of gas collected v / cm3

180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
time t / s

Fig. 7.1

(a) How does the rate of this reaction change during the first 40 seconds of the reaction?

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(b) (i) Sketch on Fig. 7.1 how you expect the graph to extend over the next 120 seconds.
(ii) The experiment is repeated with the same mass of metal but with excess of a
slightly less concentrated solution of acid.
On Fig. 7.1 sketch the graph you would expect for this second experiment. [4]

(c) Use your knowledge of how particles move in liquids to explain the shape of these
graphs.

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8 (a) State one of the problems of using non-biodegradable plastics. For

Examiner’s
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(b) Give two reasons why metals such as copper should be recycled.

1 .......................................................................................................................................

2 .................................................................................................................................. [2]

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Section B

Answer any two questions.

Write your answers on the lined pages provided and, if necessary,

continue on separate answer paper.

9 When combining with other elements, chlorine can form both ionic bonds and covalent bonds.

(a) Draw the electronic structures of two named substances that contain chlorine, one named
substance with ionic bonds and one named substance with covalent bonds. Label one
structure IONIC and the other COVALENT. [6]

(b) Give two ways in which the physical properties of these two substances differ. [2]

(c) Use your knowledge of the particles in ionic and covalently bonded substances to suggest
reasons for these differences. [2]

10 (a) Solid glucose, C6H12O6, can be changed into a solution of ethanol by fermentation. Briefly
describe how this change could be completed in the laboratory. Write an equation for the
change. [7]

(b) Calculate the relative molecular mass of glucose and the percentage by mass of oxygen in
each molecule of glucose.

[Relative atomic masses: Ar: H, 1; C, 12; O, 16.] [3]

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11 Fig. 11.1 describes the reactions of several substances.

colourless gas colourless gas burns with

I G a 'pop'

iron catalyst and

high pressure
and temperature
acidified barium
a colourless a colourless nitrate solution white precipitate
gas liquid J
H K

turns damp turns damp

indicator paper indicator paper
blue red

evaporate all
a colourless water a white solid
solution L

Fig. 11.1

(a) Name substance G, H, I, J, K and L. [6]

(b) Write an equation for any one of the reactions shown in Fig. 11.1. [2]

(c) Give a use for G and a use for L. [2]

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The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group

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I II III IV V VI VII 0
1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2

7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
16

85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131

Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe

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Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209

Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 * 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

226 227

Fr Ra Ac
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89 †

140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
†90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X X = atomic symbol Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b b = proton (atomic) number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).