AP Chemistry Scoring Guide

Unit 5 Progress Check: FRQ

1. For parts of the free-response question that require calculations, clearly show the method used
and the steps involved in arriving at your answers. You must show your work to receive credit
for your answer. Examples and equations may be included in your answers where appropriate.

and can react to produce , as represented above. Shown below is an

incomplete energy diagram for the reaction. The potential energy of the reactants is indicated
on the diagram.

(a) Carefully complete the energy diagram by drawing a curve that accurately shows the
progress of the reaction, beginning at the reactants, moving through the transition state, and
ending at the final products. When adding the products to the diagram, be sure to use an
energy level that is appropriate relative to the energy level of the reactants.

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(b) On your energy diagram, draw a dashed curve to show the reaction progress from
reactants to products in the presence of a suitable catalyst for the reaction.

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(c) On your energy diagram, draw a vertical line segment with a length that corresponds to the
activation energy for the reverse uncatalyzed reaction: .

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Part (a)

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The drawing meets both of the criteria below:

There is a horizontal line drawn on the right side of the graph that is lower than the horizontal
line that represents the reactants.

There is a curve drawn between the two horizontal lines that starts at the right end of the
reactant line, reaches a peak that is higher than both horizontal lines, and ends at the left end
of the product line.

Part (b)

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The response shows a dashed curve that starts and ends at the same points as the curve drawn for part

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(a) but has a shorter peak.

Part (c)

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earn credit, the response must be consistent with the graph drawn in part (a).

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The response shows a vertical line segment with its bottom end at the level of the product line and its top
end at the level of the top of the peak for the uncatalyzed reaction drawn on the graph.

2. For parts of the free-response question that require calculations, clearly show the method used
and the steps involved in arriving at your answers. You must show your work to receive credit
for your answer. Examples and equations may be included in your answers where appropriate.

In an experiment, a student places a small piece of pure into a beaker containing

of . A reaction occurs, as represented by the equation above.

(a) Write the balanced net ionic equation for the reaction between and .

Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

(b) The student collects the produced by the reaction and measures its volume over
water at after carefully equalizing the water levels inside and outside the gas-collection
tube, as shown in the diagram below. The volume is measured to be . The
atmospheric pressure in the lab is measured as , and the equilibrium vapor pressure of

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water at is .

Calculate the following.

(i) The pressure inside the tube due to the

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(ii) The number of moles of produced in the reaction

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(c) In a different experiment, a student places a piece of pure in a beaker containing

of and observes that the rate of appearance of bubbles when
was added is much faster than the rate of appearance of bubbles when the was
added. The student claims that the greater reactivity is due to the difference in ionization
energy between and . Explain the difference in ionization energy between and in
terms of atomic structure.

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can be produced by the reaction . A proposed

mechanism for the reaction has two elementary steps as shown below.

Step 1: (slow)

Step 2: (fast)

(d) Write a rate law for the overall reaction that is consistent with the proposed mechanism.

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(e) On the incomplete reaction energy diagram below, draw a curve that shows the following
two details.

The relative activation energies of the two elementary steps

The enthalpy change of the overall reaction

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Please respond on separate paper, following directions from your teacher.

Part (a)

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The response gives the following equation (phases not required):

Part (b)(i)

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The response gives the following calculation:

Part (b)(ii)

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points in part (b)(ii) can be earned if an incorrect pressure from part (b)(i) is used correctly in part (b)(ii).

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The response gives one of the following calculations with no errors:

(to three significant figures)

(to three significant figures)

Part (c)

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The response meets both of the following criteria:

The response indicates that has a lower ionization energy than does.

The response indicates that the valence electrons in are in a shell that is farther from the
nucleus, so the valence electrons in have less attraction for the nucleus than do the
valence electrons in and are thus easier to remove.

Part (d)

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The response gives the following rate law:

Part (e)

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The drawn plot meets all three of the following criteria:

There is a curve that starts at the right end of the reactant line, goes up to form one or more
peaks, and then goes down and ends at the level of the energy of the product.

The curve has two peaks, the first higher than the second.

The drawn plot has a horizontal line representing the energy of the product that is lower than
the line for the reactants.

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