All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry - 0620 - Supplement Paper 2 2021 Summer Zone 1
Theory
MCQ
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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

A gas is released at point P in the apparatus shown. Which gas turns the damp universal indicator paper red most quickly?

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

A mixture is separated using the apparatus shown.
What is the mixture?

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

Which statement about paper chromatography is correct?

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

Element X has 7 protons.
Element Y has 8 more protons than X.
Which statement about element Y is correct?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

A covalent molecule Q contains only six shared electrons.
What is Q?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

The arrangement of particles in each of two solids, S and T, are shown.

What are S and T?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which statement about metals is correct?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Two elements, P and Q, are in the same period of the Periodic Table.
P and Q react together to form an ionic compound. Part of the lattice of this compound is shown.

Which statement is correct?

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CH5 - REACTING MASSES AND CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

2.56 g of a metal oxide, MO_2, is reduced to 1.92 g of the metal, M.
What is the relative atomic mass of M?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

In separate experiments, electricity was passed through concentrated aqueous sodium chloride and molten lead(II) bromide.
What would happen in both experiments?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

What is the ionic half-equation for the reaction that occurs at the cathode when molten lead(II) bromide is electrolysed?

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

The complete combustion of propane is exothermic.
The equation for this reaction is shown.
$C_3H_8 + 5O_2 \rightarrow 3CO_2 + 4H_2O$
Which energy level diagram represents the complete combustion of propane?

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Which equation represents a reaction that takes place in a fuel cell?

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

When sulfur is heated it undergoes a ......1...... change as it melts. Further heating causes the sulfur to undergo a ......2...... change and form sulfur dioxide. Which words complete gaps 1 and 2? [Table_1]

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

Four statements about the effect of increasing temperature on a reaction are shown.
1 The activation energy becomes lower.
2 The particles move faster.
3 There are more collisions between reacting particles per second.
4 There are more collisions which have energy greater than the activation energy.
Which statements are correct?

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CH7 - REDOX REACTIONS

An example of a redox reaction is shown.
$\text{Zn} + \text{Cu}^{2+} \rightarrow \text{Zn}^{2+} + \text{Cu}$
Which statement about the reaction is correct?

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

Which statement about a reaction in equilibrium is correct?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Element X forms an oxide, XO, that neutralises sulfuric acid.
Which row describes X and XO?
[Table_1]

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Copper(II) sulfate is prepared by adding excess copper(II) oxide to warm dilute sulfuric acid. Which purification methods are used to obtain pure solid copper(II) sulfate from the reaction mixture?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Some reactions of element M are shown.



What is element M?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

In which equation is the underlined reactant acting as a base?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Why is helium used to fill balloons?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Which elements in the table are transition elements?
[Table_1]

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Element R forms a covalent compound $R_2$Si with silicon. Which row describes R? [Table_1]

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Some properties of metal J are listed.
● J does not react with cold water.
● J reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid.
● No reaction occurs when the oxide of J is heated with carbon.
What is J?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Some metal nitrates and carbonates decompose when heated strongly.
Metal Q has a nitrate that decomposes to give a salt and a colourless gas only.
The carbonate of metal Q does not decompose when heated with a Bunsen burner.
What is metal Q?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Which substances are used in the extraction of aluminium?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Different types of steel alloys are manufactured by changing the percentage of carbon in the alloy.
The properties of four steel alloys are shown.

[Table_1]

What are the properties of the steel alloy containing 0.23\% of carbon?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Ammonia is made by reacting nitrogen with hydrogen in the Haber process.
The equation for the process is shown.
[Image_1: N_2 + 3H_2 ⇌ 2NH_3]
Which changes in reaction conditions would produce a greater yield of ammonia?
1. adding more iron catalyst
2. increasing the reaction pressure
3. increasing the particle size of the iron catalyst

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which catalyst is used in the Contact process?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

A white solid Z reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to produce a gas. The same gas is produced when compound Z is heated strongly. What is Z?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

What is the structure of butanoic acid?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Compound Z contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Molecules of compound Z have four hydrogen atoms and two carbon atoms.
Compound Z can be made by oxidation of an alcohol.
What is compound Z?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statement about homologous series and isomerism is correct?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which statement about alkanes is correct?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

What is an advantage of manufacturing ethanol by fermentation?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

P, Q, R and S are four organic compounds.
P is an unsaturated hydrocarbon.
Q burns but otherwise is unreactive.
R contains a C–C single bond and a C=C double bond.
S undergoes addition polymerisation.
Which compounds are alkenes?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

The structure of a synthetic polymer is shown.

The structure shows that it is a ......1...... . It is formed by ......2...... polymerisation.
Which words complete gaps 1 and 2?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

Which substance is a natural polymer?