PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION

NOVEMBER 2021
GRADE 10
MARKING GUIDELINES

PHYSICAL SCIENCES (CHEMISTRY) (PAPER 2)

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 PHYSICAL SCIENCES (CHEMISTRY)
MARKING GUIDELINES
(Paper 2) GRADE 10

SECTION A:

QUESTION 1

1.1 B ✓✓ (2)

1.2 D ✓✓ (2)

1.3 C ✓✓ (2)

1.4 D ✓✓ (2)

1.5 A ✓✓ (2)

1.6 D ✓✓ (2)

1.7 B ✓✓ (2)

1.8 D ✓✓ (2)

1.9 B ✓✓ (2)

1.10 D ✓✓ (2)
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TOTAL SECTION A: 20

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SECTION B

QUESTION 2

2.1 2KCℓO3(s) → 2KCℓ(s) + 3O2(g) ✓ (1)

2.2 1:1:3 ✓ (1)

2.3 potassium chloride ✓ (1)

2.4 pure ✓ substance because it is a compound ✓ (2)

2.5 ✓ 1s2

✓ 2s2

✓ 2p4 1 paired and 2 unpaired

(3)

2.6 ✓ 6 valency electrons for each oxygen

✓ double bond (2)

2.7 test tube ✓ (1)

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QUESTION 3

3.1 H2O (1)

3.2 solid (1)

3.3 Melting is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance
from a solid to a liquid. (not melting point) (2)

3.4 The kinetic energy of the particles increases ✓ because in a phase the
particles move faster.

The potential energy of the particles stays constant ✓ because in a phase the
position of the particles does not change. ✓ (2)

3.5 Boiling point (of water) ✓ (1)

3.6 The water will evaporate (form steam) ✓ and the temperature will increase. ✓ (2)
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QUESTION 4

4.1 Isotopes are two or more types of atoms that have the same atomic number
and position in the periodic table and that differ in nucleon numbers due to
different numbers of neutrons. ✓✓ (2)

4.2 protons ✓✓ (1)

(99,6 𝑥14)+(0,4 𝑥 15)
4.3 Ar(N) = = 14,004 (3)
100

4.4 3𝐴𝑟 (𝑁) 3(14)

%N=𝑀 𝑥 100 = 149✓ 𝑥 100✓ = 28,19 % N (3)
𝑟 (𝑁𝐻4 )3 𝑃𝑂4

4.5 𝑚 82,24 𝑚 17,76

𝑛= ✓= = 5,874 mol N 𝑛= = = 17,76 mol H (3)
𝑀 14 ✓ 𝑀 1✓

5,874 17,76
∶ ✓
5,874 5,874

1:3 (NH3)

Ammonia  (not ammonium) (6)

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QUESTION 5

5.1 To flavour food ✓ (any logical answer) (1)

5.2 A lighted ✓ splint will pop ✓ (2)

5.3 Hydrogen is flammable ✓/hydrochloric acid is corrosive/sodium reacts highly

with water. (1)

5.4 2Na + 2HCℓ → 2NaCℓ + H2 (1)

5.5 5.5.1 B ✓ (1)

5.5.2 A ✓ (1)

5.6 𝑚 25
𝑐= ✓= = 1,71 mol·dm-3 ✓ NaCℓ (4)
𝑀𝑉 (58,5 ✓)(0,25 ✓)
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QUESTION 6

6.1 6.1.1 metallic ✓ (1)

6.1.2 covalent ✓ (1)

6.1.3 covalent ✓ (1)

6.1.4 ionic ✓ (1)

6.2 One mole is the amount of substance having the same number of particles as
there are atoms in 12 g carbon-12. ✓✓ (2)

6.3 6.3.1 𝑛 = 𝑚 317,5

✓= = 2,5 mol I2
𝑀 127✓
(3)
6.3.2 n(I2) : n(Aℓ)
3:2
2,5 : 1,67 mol Aℓ
𝑁
𝑛= 𝑁𝐴

𝑁
1,67 ✓ =
6,02 𝑥 1023 ✓
N = 1,003 x 1024 ✓ atoms Aℓ (3)

6.4 𝑚 20,4
𝑛= ✓= = 0,05 mol Aℓl3 ✓
𝑀 408 ✓

n(AℓI3) : n(Aℓ)
2:2
0,05:0,05 mol Aℓ
𝑁
𝑛= 𝑁𝐴
𝑚
0,05 ✓ = 27 ✓
m = 1,35 g Aℓ ✓ (6)
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QUESTION 7

7.1 The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. ✓✓ (2)

7.2 Top ✓, right ✓ (2)

7.3 ion ✓ (1)

7.4 earth-alkaline metals ✓ (1)

7.5 two/2 ✓ (1)

7.6 magnesium ✓ (not Mg) (1)

7.7 7.7.1 Energy needed per mole to remove an electron from an atom in the
gaseous phase ✓✓ (2)

7.7.2 From the top to the bottom in a group ✓ the ionization energy
decreases. (2)

7.7.3 Phosphorous will have 3 unpaired electrons in the p-orbitals and ✓

sulfur will have a pair of electrons in the p-orbitals. ✓
Less energy is needed to remove the last electron from sulfur ✓
because the electrons in the orbital will repel one another. ✓ (4)
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TOTAL SECTION B: 80

TOTAL MARKS: 100