All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry - 0620 - Supplement Paper 2 2020 Summer Zone 2
Theory
MCQ
01.
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

A mixture of ice and water is left to stand and the ice melts.
Which row describes what happens as the ice is melting?
[Table_1]

02.
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which piece of apparatus is used to measure 25.0 cm$^3$ of aqueous sodium hydroxide?

03.
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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

Paper chromatography is used to determine the $R_f$ values for four different food colourings. Which food colouring has an $R_f$ value of 0.6?

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

The diagram shows the electronic structure of a particle with a nucleon number (mass number) of 40.
The table shows the suggestions that three students, 1, 2 and 3, made to identify the particle.
[Table_1]
Which students are correct?

05.
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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS, CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

The electronic structures of two atoms, P and Q, are shown.

P and Q combine together to form a compound.
What is the type of bonding in the compound and what is the formula of the compound?
[Table_1]

06.
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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which statement about the structure of a metal explains why metals are malleable?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

The bonding, structure and melting point of sodium chloride and sulfur dichloride are shown.

[Table_1]

Why does sulfur dichloride have a lower melting point than sodium chloride?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Lead(II) nitrate, $\text{Pb(NO}_3)_2$, reacts with potassium iodide, KI, to form a yellow precipitate, PbI$_2$, and a soluble salt, KNO$_3$.
What is the equation for the reaction?

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CH5 - REACTING MASSES AND CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

The Haber process is a reversible reaction.

$N_2(g) + 3H_2(g) \rightleftharpoons 2NH_3(g)$

The reaction has a 30\% yield of ammonia.

Which volume of ammonia gas, $NH_3$, measured at room temperature and pressure, is obtained by reacting 0.75 moles of hydrogen with excess nitrogen?

10.
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Electrolytes can be broken down by electrolysis. Which rows are correct for each electrolyte?
[Table_1]

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

The electrolysis of aqueous copper(II) sulfate, using inert electrodes, is shown.
Which statement about a reaction at an electrode is correct?

12.
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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Methane burns in excess oxygen.
The equation is shown.

$\text{CH}_4(g)\ +\ 2\text{O}_2(g)\ \rightarrow\ \text{CO}_2(g)\ +\ 2\text{H}_2\text{O}(g)$

Bond energies are shown.

[Table_1]

What is the energy change for the reaction?

13.
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which statements about hydrogen fuel cells are correct?
1. Water is formed as the only waste product.
2. Both water and carbon dioxide are formed as waste products.
3. The overall reaction is $2H_2 + O_2 \rightarrow 2H_2O$.
4. The overall reaction is endothermic.

14.
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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Which list contains only chemical changes?

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

The results of adding excess marble chips (calcium carbonate) to hydrochloric acid at 50°C and at 30°C are shown. Only the temperature is changed.

Which row describes the reacting particles at 30°C compared to those at 50°C?

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Methane reacts with steam and an equilibrium is reached.
$$\text{CH}_4(g) + \text{H}_2\text{O}(g) \rightleftharpoons \text{CO}(g) + 3\text{H}_2(g)$$
The forward reaction is endothermic.
Which row shows how the amount of hydrogen at equilibrium changes when the pressure or temperature is changed as indicated?
[Table_1]

17.
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CH7 - REDOX REACTIONS

When aqueous iron(III) chloride is added to aqueous potassium iodide a chemical reaction occurs and iodine is formed.
Which statement is correct?

18.
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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

The graph shows how the pH of a solution changes as an acid is added to an alkali.
acid + alkali → salt + water
Which letter represents the area of the graph where both acid and salt are present?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which statement describes a weak acid?

20.
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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

The apparatus shown is used to prepare aqueous copper(II) sulfate.
What are X and Y?

21.
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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which process is not used in the preparation of an insoluble salt?

22.
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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Which statement about Group I and Group VII elements is correct?

23.
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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

The properties of the element titanium, Ti, can be predicted from its position in the Periodic Table. Which row identifies the properties of titanium? [Table_1]

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Which diagram shows a mixture of noble gases?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Which property is shown by all metals?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Many metal carbonates decompose when they are heated.
Which row describes what happens when potassium carbonate, calcium carbonate and copper(II) carbonate are heated using a Bunsen burner?
[Table_1]

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Molten iron from the blast furnace contains impurities.
The process of turning the impure iron into steel involves blowing oxygen into the molten iron and adding calcium oxide.
What are the reasons for blowing in oxygen and adding calcium oxide?
[Table_1]

28.
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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Four iron nails are added to four different metal sulfate solutions. In which solution does a displacement reaction occur?

29.
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CH15 - AIR AND WATER

Which statement about pure water is not correct?

30.
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CH15 - AIR AND WATER

Three processes in the carbon cycle are shown.
1. Methane reacts with oxygen producing carbon dioxide and water.
2. Carbon dioxide and water are absorbed and used by plants to make oxygen.
3. Oxygen is used by living things to release energy.
Which processes have taken place? [Table_1]

31.
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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

In the Haber process, nitrogen and hydrogen are reacted to make ammonia.
$\text{N}_2(g) + 3\text{H}_2(g) \rightleftharpoons 2\text{NH}_3(g)$
The forward reaction is exothermic.
Which conditions produce the maximum yield of ammonia?
[Table_1]

32.
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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which process, used to prevent iron from rusting, involves sacrificial protection?

33.
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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

A student suggests three uses of calcium carbonate (limestone).
1. manufacture of cement
2. manufacture of iron
3. treating alkaline soils
Which suggestions are correct?

34.
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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

One of the reactions used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid is shown.
$2SO_2 + O_2 \rightleftharpoons 2SO_3$
Which catalyst is used to increase the rate of this reaction?

35.
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CH18 - POLYMERS

Ethanol is made on an industrial scale by the fermentation of sugars or by the reaction of ethene with steam in the presence of a suitable catalyst.
What is a disadvantage of making ethanol from ethene rather than by fermentation?

36.
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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statement about compounds in the same homologous series is correct?

37.
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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Increasing the number of atoms in one molecule of a hydrocarbon increases the amount of energy released when it burns.
What is the correct order?
[Table_1]

38.
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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

An organic compound, P, reacts with zinc to produce a gas, Q. What are P and Q?
[Table_1]

39.
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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Alkanes undergo substitution reactions in the presence of UV light.
Which equation represents a substitution reaction of ethane?

40.
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CH18 - POLYMERS

Which substances are natural polymers?
1 proteins
2 carbohydrates
3 nylon
4 poly(ethene)