Progress check: C3 2.3 & 2.

4 Name: Classwork Homework

Water treatment & Water issues

Q1.Water in Britain is taken from reservoirs to use as drinking water.

(a)     What are the two main steps used to treat water from reservoirs?

Give one reason for each step.

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(b)     Some people use water filters to treat water before drinking it.

(i)      Water filters remove hardness from hard water.

What is in water filters that removes hardness from water?

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(ii)     Suggest why water filters used in the home contain particles of silver.

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(c)     Pure water can be produced by distillation.

Why is distillation not usually an economic method of treating water for drinking?

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 (d)     Drinking hard water has health benefits.

State one health benefit of drinking hard water.

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(Total 8 marks)

Q2.Most water contains dissolved compounds.

The concentrations of these dissolved compounds are higher in sea water than in drinking
water.

(a)     (i)      Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
 
distillation.

  Pure water can be obtained from sea water by filtration.

neutralisation.

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(ii)     What is the boiling point of pure water?        ................................... °C

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(b)     A student wanted to find out how much solid was dissolved in sea water.

This is the method the student used:

•        measure the mass of an empty evaporating basin

•        measure 25 cm3 of sea water and pour it into the evaporating basin
•        heat the evaporating basin gently until all of the water has evaporated
•        measure the mass of the evaporating basin containing the solid residue.

(i)      What piece of apparatus would be suitable for measuring 25 cm3 of sea water?

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(ii)     How could the student check that all of the water had evaporated?

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(iii)     The results the student obtained using 25 cm3 of sea water are:

    mass of empty evaporating basin = 23.21 g

    mass of evaporating basin and dry solid residue = 24.04 g

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 Calculate the mass of solid dissolved in 1000 cm3 of the sea water.

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Mass dissolved in 1000 cm3 = ............................ g

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(c)     In many countries chlorine is added to drinking water supplies.

Why is chlorine added to drinking water?

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(d)     In this question you will be assessed on using good English, organising information
clearly and using specialist terms where appropriate.

Compounds containing fluoride ions are added to some drinking water supplies.

Many scientists have done research into the effects of fluoride ions in drinking water.

Graphs 1, 2 and 3 show some of the results obtained.

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 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of adding fluoride ions to drinking water.

You should support your answer with evidence from all three graphs.

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(Total 14 marks)
Learning outcomes: Outcomes:
o Describe how water is purified for drinking 1=
o Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of water treatment methods 2=
3=
GREEN: I tried to push my understanding RAG 123 your performance on this topic and say why:

AMBER: I didn't really push myself Comment… Rating…

Pupil

RED: I let things distract me from learning

NEXT STEPS… Rating…

1 I am confident to explain this to others
Teacher

2 I understand most of this

3 I really struggled with this – HELP!

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M1.(a)     filter
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to remove solids or insoluble particles

OR

add coagulant (1)

flocculation / settling / remove solids (1)

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(add) chlorine
accept ozone / UV
1

to reduce the number of microbes

accept to kill microbes / bacteria / germs
accept sterilise
allow disinfect
ignore remove microbes
1

(b)     (i)      ion exchange resin

allow ion exchange column
allow sodium ions / Na+
allow hydrogen ions / H+
1

(ii)     prevent growth of microbes

accept sterilise
accept to kill microbes / bacteria / germs
accept to reduce the number of microbes
ignore remove microbes
1

(c)     high cost of energy / heating

allow uses a lot of energy
1

(d)     any one from:

•        helps to develop / maintain bones
allow any suitable positive effect on bones
•        helps to develop / maintain teeth
allow any suitable positive effect on teeth
•        reduces heart disease
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M2.(a)     (i)      distillation
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(ii)     100 / one hundred

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(b)     (i)      measuring cylinder or pipette or burette

allow phonetic spelling
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 do not accept teat pipette
ignore any additional words or volumes
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(ii)     (re)heat the evaporating basin

accept heat to constant mass for 2 marks
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weigh (again) or mass will not change

if no other mark awarded allow 1 mark for a chemical test for
water
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(iii)    33.2 (g)
correct answer with or without working scores 2 marks
allow mass of residue = (24.04 g − 23.21 g) = 0.83 for 1 mark
allow ecf (mass of residue × 40) for 1 mark
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(c)     to kill microbes / bacteria or to sterilise / disinfect water

allow to prevent disease
ignore ‘to make it safe to drink’
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(d)     Marks awarded for this answer will be determined by the Quality of Communication
(QoC) as well as the standard of the scientific response. Examiners should also
refer to the information on page 4, and apply a ‘best−fit’ approach to the marking.

0 marks
No relevant content

Level 1 (1 − 2 marks)
A simple relevant comment has been made on the data from at least one of the
graphs.

Level 2 (3 − 4 marks)
At least two of the graphs have been considered with a relevant comment made.

Level 3 (5 − 6 marks)
All the graphs have been considered and relevant comments made about each.
A justified conclusion may be given.

examples of chemistry points made in the response:

extra information

•        (graph 1 shows) fluoride ions reduce the amount of tooth decay

•        (graph 1 shows) the effect in reducing tooth decay is greatest for 55−64 year olds
accept any in range 55 − 64
•        (graph 2 shows) the fluoride ions reduce percentage with decayed teeth
•        (graph 2 shows) effect is greatest at 2.5 to 3 mg per 1000 g of water then decay
increases if more than 2.5 to 3 mg of fluoride ions per 1000 g water
accept any in range 2.5 − 3
•        (graph 2 shows percentage) decay decreases from 0 to 2.5 / 3 mg per 1000 g
•        (graph 3 shows) more marked / brittle teeth as fluoride level increases
•        above points linked together to draw a justified conclusion
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