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

Decane has a freezing point of $-30^{\circ}C$ and a boiling point of $174^{\circ}C$.
A small sample of decane is placed in an open beaker in an oven at a temperature of $120^{\circ}C$ and at atmospheric pressure for 24 hours.
What happens to the sample of decane?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

A student put exactly 25.00 cm$^3$ of dilute hydrochloric acid into a conical flask.
The student added 2.5 g of solid sodium carbonate and measured the change in temperature of the mixture.
Which apparatus does the student need to use?

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CH2 - SEPARATING SUBSTANCES

A student separates sugar from pieces of broken glass by dissolving the sugar in water and filtering off the broken glass.
What is the filtrate?

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

Which statement explains why metals conduct electricity when solid?

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CH3 - ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

Which description of brass is correct?

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CH5 - REACTING MASSES AND CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

The equation for the reaction of iron(III) oxide with carbon monoxide is shown.
$$\text{Fe}_2\text{O}_3(s) + 3\text{CO}(g) \rightarrow 2\text{Fe}(s) + 3\text{CO}_2(g)$$
What is the maximum mass of iron that can be made from 480 g of iron(III) oxide?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which statement describes the attractive forces between molecules?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

Which statement about carbon is correct?

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CH4 - ATOMS COMBINING

The formula of an aluminium ion is $Al^{3+}$.
What is the formula of aluminium sulfate?

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Which statements about the products of electrolysis, using inert electrodes, are correct?
1. When molten lead(II) bromide is electrolysed, bromine is formed at the cathode.
2. When dilute sulfuric acid is electrolysed, oxygen is formed at the anode.
3. When concentrated aqueous sodium chloride is electrolysed, sodium is formed at the cathode.
4. When concentrated hydrochloric acid is electrolysed, chlorine is formed at the anode.

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Chlorine reacts with ethane to produce chloroethane and hydrogen chloride. The reaction is exothermic.
The bond energies are shown in the table.
[Table_1]
What is the energy change for the reaction?

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CH9 - ENERGY CHANGES AND REVERSIBLE REACTIONS

Hydrogen is used as a fuel in rockets and is also used in hydrogen fuel cells.
Which statements are correct?
1 Both uses produce water vapour.
2 Burning hydrogen produces polluting gases.
3 A fuel cell produces electricity.

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

Which statements about the effect of increasing the temperature on the rate of a reaction are correct?
1. It increases the rate of a reaction.
2. It increases the activation energy.
3. It increases the frequency of collisions.

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CH10 - THE SPEED OF A REACTION

Ammonia is made by reacting nitrogen with hydrogen. The equation for the reaction is shown.
$\text{N}_2(g) + 3\text{H}_2(g) \rightleftharpoons 2\text{NH}_3(g)$
The forward reaction is exothermic. Which changes in temperature and pressure decrease the yield of ammonia?
[Table_1]

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

X is a pink solid.
Y is a blue solid.
When X is heated, water is produced and the solid turns blue.
When water is added to Y, the solid turns pink.
What are X and Y?
[Table_1]

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CH1 - STATES OF MATTER

Iron(II) chloride solution reacts with chlorine gas.
The equation is shown.

$$2FeCl_2(aq) + Cl_2(g) \rightarrow 2FeCl_3(aq)$$
Which statements about this reaction are correct?
1. $Fe^{2+}$ ions are reduced to $Fe^{3+}$ ions.
2. Chlorine acts as a reducing agent.
3. $Fe^{2+}$ ions each lose an electron.
4. $Cl_2$ molecules are reduced to $Cl^-$ ions.

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which row describes the properties of an acid?
[Table_1]

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which element forms an amphoteric oxide?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Copper(II) chloride crystals are made by adding solid copper(II) carbonate to dilute hydrochloric acid until no more dissolves. Which process is used to obtain pure copper(II) chloride crystals from the mixture?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Moving from right to left across the Periodic Table the elements show increasing metallic character.
Why does metallic character increase from right to left across a period?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

A period of the Periodic Table is shown.
[Table_1]
The letters are not their chemical symbols.
Which statement is correct?

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

Group VII elements show trends in their physical properties going down the group.
[Table_1]
Which row shows the missing headings for the properties in the table?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Some properties of two metals, G and H, are shown.

[Table_1: Showing properties of metal G and metal H]

Which row about metals G and H is correct?

[Table_2: Options for metal G and metal H]

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CH12 - THE PERIODIC TABLE

The noble gases are in Group VIII of the Periodic Table.
Which statement explains why noble gases are unreactive?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Which statement is correct for all metals?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Which statement about the extraction of metals is correct?

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Aluminium objects do not need protection from corrosion.
Iron objects must be protected from corrosion.
Which statement explains why aluminium resists corrosion?

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CH13 - THE BEHAVIOR OF METALS

Which statements about the thermal decomposition of copper(II) nitrate are correct?
1. A brown gas is given off.
2. A gas which relights a glowing splint is given off.
3. The solid residue is an acidic oxide.

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CH14 - MAKING USE OF METALS

Covering iron with zinc prevents the iron from rusting even when the zinc is scratched.
Covering iron with tin prevents the iron from rusting, but when the tin is scratched the iron underneath starts to rust.
Which statement is correct?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which statements about the Haber process are correct?
1. One of the raw materials is extracted from liquid air by fractional distillation.
2. One of the raw materials is produced by the reaction of steam and methane.
3. The catalyst for the Haber process is vanadium(V) oxide.

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Which raw material is used in the Contact process?

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CH16 - SOME NON-METALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS

Lime (calcium oxide) is used to treat waste water from a factory.
Which substance is removed by the lime?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

An alkane molecule of molecular formula $C_8H_{18}$ undergoes cracking. The equation for the reaction is shown.

$C_8H_{18} \rightarrow Q + 2R$

Substance R has two carbon atoms per molecule and decolourises aqueous bromine.

What is substance Q?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Fuel X produces carbon dioxide and water when it is burned in air. So does fuel Y. What could X and Y be? [Table_1]

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Which molecule contains only single covalent bonds?

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CH17 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Alkanes react with chlorine to form chloroalkanes.
Which statement about the reactions of alkanes with chlorine is correct?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

Part of the structure of a very large molecule is shown. Which term describes the small unit used to make this molecule?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

Propene reacts with steam to form propanol.
$\text{C}_3\text{H}_6(g) + \text{H}_2\text{O}(g) \to \text{C}_3\text{H}_7\text{OH}(g)$
Which type of reaction takes place?

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CH11 - ACIDS AND BASES

Which statement about aqueous ethanoic acid is correct?

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CH18 - POLYMERS

The diagram shows the partial structure of Terylene.

From which pair of compounds is it made?