All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry - 0620 - Core Paper 1 2019 Summer Zone 3
Theory
MCQ
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which row describes the arrangement and motion of the particles in a liquid?
[Table_1]

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

Which piece of apparatus is used to measure 24.8 $\text{cm}^3$ of gas produced during a reaction?

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

Calcium carbonate is insoluble in water. Sodium chloride is soluble in water.
Which sequence of steps is used to obtain a pure, dry sample of calcium carbonate from a mixture of calcium carbonate and aqueous sodium chloride?

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

A student uses paper chromatography to identify the food dyes in a coloured sweet, S. The student uses four known food dyes, W, X, Y, and Z, and ethanol as the solvent. The chromatogram obtained is shown. Which statements are correct?
1 S contains only two dyes.
2 X is insoluble in ethanol.
3 S contains Y and Z.
4 S contains W.

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

The structure of an atom is shown.
Which element is the atom an isotope of?

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

What happens when sodium atoms combine with chlorine atoms to form sodium chloride?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which row describes the formation of single covalent bonds in methane? [Table_1]

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which statement about diamond is correct?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

The compound magnesium nitrate has the formula $\text{Mg(NO}_3\text{)}_2$.
What is the relative formula mass of magnesium nitrate?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which substance does not produce a gas at both electrodes during electrolysis?

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CH7 - REDOX REACTIONS

Which row describes the changes that occur when metals burn in oxygen?
[Table_1]

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Which process is a physical change?

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

A student reacts strips of zinc with dilute sulfuric acid and measures the time taken to produce 100 cm$^3$ of hydrogen.
The experiment is repeated using different conditions.
The results are shown in the table.

[Table_1]

Which changes in conditions produce the results shown in experiment 2?

1 Add a catalyst.
2 Dilute the acid.
3 Use zinc powder.
4 Heat the acid.

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

When blue-green crystals of nickel(II) sulfate are heated, water is produced and a yellow solid remains. When water is added to the yellow solid, the blue-green colour returns.
Which process describes these changes?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Zinc is formed when zinc oxide is heated with carbon.
$$\text{zinc oxide + carbon} \rightarrow \text{zinc + carbon monoxide}$$
Which substance is oxidised in this reaction?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which row shows the colours of litmus and methyl orange with solutions of acids and bases?
[Table_1]

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

The positions of elements W, X, Y and Z in the Periodic Table are shown. Which elements form basic oxides?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Copper(II) sulfate is made when copper(II) carbonate reacts with dilute sulfuric acid.

$\text{CuCO}_3 + \text{H}_2\text{SO}_4 \rightarrow \text{CuSO}_4 + \text{H}_2\text{O} + \text{CO}_2$

Pure copper(II) sulfate crystals are obtained.
Which reagent is in excess and how are the crystals obtained?

[Table]

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Two separate tests are done on a solution of a compound, X.
The results are shown.
1 Adding aqueous ammonia forms a blue precipitate that dissolves in an excess of aqueous ammonia.
2 Adding dilute nitric acid and aqueous barium nitrate forms a white precipitate.
What is X?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Part of the Periodic Table is shown.
Which row describes W, X, Y and Z?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Which statement about the properties of elements in Group I and in Group VII is correct?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Some information about four elements, P, Q, R and S, is shown.
[Table_1]
Which elements are transition elements?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Gas G has 10 electrons. Gas H has eight more electrons than gas G. Both gases are monoatomic.
Which statement about G and H is correct?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

The diagrams show the structure of two substances used to make electrical conductors.

Which statement correctly describes X and Y?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Three metals, L, M, and N, are added separately to dilute hydrochloric acid and cold water. The results are shown.
[Table]
What is the order of reactivity of the metals?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Iron is extracted from its ore in a blast furnace.
Hematite, coke, limestone and hot air are added to the furnace.
Which explanation is not correct?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Aluminium is used to make containers for storing food.
Which property makes it suitable for this use?

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CH15 - AIR AND WATER

Water can be treated by filtration then chlorination.
Which uses do not need water of this quality?
1 water for cooling in industry
2 water for washing clothes
3 water for drinking

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CH15 - AIR AND WATER

Which statement about acid rain is not correct?

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CH15 - AIR AND WATER

The diagram shows an experiment to investigate how paint affects the rusting of iron.
What happens to the water level in tubes P and Q?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which gas is produced when ammonium chloride is warmed with aqueous sodium hydroxide?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which statement describes a disadvantage of sulfur dioxide?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

The diagram represents a lime kiln used to heat limestone to a very high temperature.
What leaves the kiln at X?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The structures of four compounds are shown.

Which row gives the names of the compounds?
[Table_1]

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which fuel could be gasoline?
[Image_1: Flowchart]

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A hydrocarbon W burns to form carbon dioxide and water. W decolourises bromine water. What is the name of W and what is its structure? [Table_1]

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statements about homologous series are correct?
1. All members have similar chemical properties.
2. All members have the same molecular mass.
3. Ethane and ethene are members of the same homologous series.
4. Ethane and propane are members of the same homologous series.

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statements about ethanol are correct?
1. It can be made by fermentation.
2. It is an unsaturated compound.
3. It burns in air and can be used as a fuel.

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statement about aqueous ethanoic acid is correct?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

Which substances are synthetic polymers?
1. *Terylene*
2. nylon
3. protein
4. poly(ethene)