Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Chemistry Foundation Paper 1 QP
Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Chemistry Foundation Paper 1 QP
Combined Science
Paper 2: Chemistry 1
Foundation Tier
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Calculator, ruler
Instructions
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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer allthequestions.
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more space than you need.
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• The total mark for this paper is 60
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• toIn questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your ability
structure your answer logically showing how the points that you make are
related or follow on from each other where appropriate.
• There is a periodic table on the back cover of the paper.
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Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Figure 1 shows how the temperature of the substance changed with time.
B C
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time in minutes
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(ii) Calculate the number of minutes it took from the gas first starting to form a
liquid until the substance was completely liquid.
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(c) Figure 2 shows the melting points and boiling points of four substances, W, X, Y and Z.
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Figure 2
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(d) The diagrams below show particles in five different structures.
The different circles show different particles.
substance particles in
structures
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2 Mixtures of substances can be separated using different techniques.
(a) Which of the following is a mixture of substances?
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A air
B carbon dioxide
C gold
D titanium
(b) Figure 3 shows the apparatus that a student set up to obtain pure water from ink.
There are three mistakes in the way the apparatus has been set up.
side arm
water in
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water-cooled condenser
thermometer bulb
beaker
water out
ink
heat
Figure 3
(i) One mistake is that the bulb of the thermometer is too low.
The bulb of the thermometer should be level with the side arm.
Give a reason why the bulb of the thermometer should be level with the side arm.
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(c) Paper chromatography is used to separate the substances in five different food
colourings, P, Q, R, S and T.
solvent front
start line
Figure 4
(i) The steps needed to carry out the chromatography experiment are listed below.
They are not in the correct order.
1 leave the solvent to rise up the paper
2 put solvent in the beaker
3 draw a start line on the piece of paper
4 place the paper in the beaker
5 remove the paper when the solvent is near the top
6 put small spots of the food colourings on the start line
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(ii) Explain, using Figure 4, which food colouring contains the greatest number of
coloured substances.
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(iii) During chromatography of the food colourings, the solvent front moved
8.00 cm and the food colouring R moved 2.30 cm.
Calculate the Rf value for food colouring R.
Give your answer to two significant figures.
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3 (a) The reactivity of copper, magnesium and zinc was investigated.
Each metal was placed separately in dilute hydrochloric acid.
The amount of effervescence was observed.
(ii) State two variables, apart from the mass of the metals, that should be
controlled in this investigation.
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(b) Potassium carbonate reacts with dilute sulfuric acid to form potassium sulfate.
(i) Potassium sulfate contains potassium ions, K+, and sulfate ions, SO42−.
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(ii) Equal volumes of a solution of potassium carbonate were reacted separately with
an excess of dilute sulfuric acid solution.
Pure dry samples of potassium sulfate were obtained from the resulting solutions.
The experiment was repeated three times using the same conditions.
The masses of potassium sulfate obtained were
experiment 1 = 5.22 g
experiment 2 = 5.24 g
experiment 3 = 5.21 g
Calculate the mean mass of potassium sulfate obtained, giving your answer to
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4 Metals are extracted from substances naturally occurring in the Earth’s crust.
(a) Which of these metals is usually found uncombined in the Earth’s crust?
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(ii) Complete the balanced equation for the overall reaction by putting numbers
in the spaces.
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(d) (i) The environmental impact of a product is assessed in a life-cycle assessment.
The stages in this assessment are given below.
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5 In Figure 5, the letters A, E, G, J, X and Z show the positions of six elements in the
periodic table.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0
A E G
J X
Figure 5
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(iii) give the letter of an element that normally forms an ion with a charge of +1.
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In a sample of E there are two isotopes. One isotope has a mass number of 10
and the other isotope has a mass number of 11.
(i) Explain, in terms of subatomic particles, what is meant by the term isotopes.
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(ii) All atoms of element E in this sample contain
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A 5 protons
B 5 neutrons
C 6 protons
D 6 neutrons
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(e) An oxygen atom has six electrons in its outer shell.
A hydrogen atom has one electron in its outer shell.
H H
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6 (a) Water, acidified with sulfuric acid, is decomposed by electrolysis.
The water is decomposed to produce hydrogen and oxygen.
(ii) Throughout the experiment the volume of hydrogen and the volume of
oxygen are measured at two-minute intervals.
The results are shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6
Describe, using the data in Figure 6, what the results show about the volumes
of hydrogen and of oxygen produced in this experiment.
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(b) Molten lead bromide is electrolysed.
The products of this electrolysis are
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A hydrogen and bromine
B hydrogen and oxygen
C lead and bromine
D lead and oxygen
(c) Calcium nitrate and calcium carbonate are both ionic compounds.
Calcium nitrate mixed with water behaves as an electrolyte.
Calcium carbonate mixed with water does not behave as an electrolyte.
Explain, in terms of solubility and movement of ions, this difference in behaviour.
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*(d) Impure copper can be purified using electrolysis.
In this electrolysis
6V d.c.
supply
Figure 7
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The periodic table of the elements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0
1 4
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 2
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 63.5 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
85 88 89 91 93 96 [98] 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
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 [209] [210] [222]
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
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* The elements with atomic numbers from 58 to 71 are omitted from this part of the periodic table.
The relative atomic masses of copper and chlorine have not been rounded to the nearest whole number.
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