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KS3 Chemical Analysis Quiz

The document contains a 10 question multiple choice chemistry test regarding chemical analysis and identification. It includes questions about pure substances, identifying formulations from ingredient lists, determining the number of substances in a chromatography sample, identifying the stationary phase in paper chromatography, determining melting points to assess purity, using chemical tests to identify an unknown gas, and calculating Rf values from chromatography results.

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KS3 Chemical Analysis Quiz

The document contains a 10 question multiple choice chemistry test regarding chemical analysis and identification. It includes questions about pure substances, identifying formulations from ingredient lists, determining the number of substances in a chromatography sample, identifying the stationary phase in paper chromatography, determining melting points to assess purity, using chemical tests to identify an unknown gas, and calculating Rf values from chromatography results.

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Chemical Analysis

Multiple Choice Questions


Set 2
You may use a periodic table to help you answer these questions.

Tick one box.

1. Which statement about pure substances is not correct?

A. they contain a single element or compound


B. they have a specific melting point and boiling point
C. they have had nothing added to them
D. they must be a natural substance

Table 1 shows the ingredients listed on the label of a tomato ketchup bottle.

Table 1

Tomato Ketchup

Ingredients:

tomato concentrate
sugar
vinegar
salt
natural flavouring

2. Which word best describes the tomato ketchup?

A. element
B. compound
C. formulation
D. pure

3. Which method is used to determine the presence of oxygen gas in a test tube?

A. bubbling the gas through limewater


B. placing a burning splint at the opening of the test tube
C. placing a glowing splint inside the test tube
D. placing damp litmus paper at the opening of the test tube

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Chemical Analysis Multiple Choice Questions Set 2

Figure 1 shows a chromatogram.

Figure 1

S T R U

4. How many substances are there in mixture T?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

5. What is the stationary phase in paper chromatography?

A. the ink samples


B. the paper
C. the Rf value
D. the solvent

6. Which of the following is an example of a formulation?

A. diamond
B. glucose
C. soap
D. water

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Chemical Analysis Multiple Choice Questions Set 2

Four students made copper sulfate crystals in a laboratory. They each tested the purity
of their crystals by finding their melting point. Their results are shown in Table 2.

Table 2

Student Melting Point of Copper Sulfate (ºC)

A 110

B 109 – 111

C 103 – 109

D 109 – 110

7. Which student made a pure sample of copper sulfate?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

A student carried out some tests to identify an unknown sample of gas. Their
observations are recorded in Table 3.

Table 3

Test Observation

burning splint no change

glowing splint no change

damp litmus paper turns white

limewater no change

8. Which gas was present in the sample?

A. carbon dioxide
B. chlorine
C. oxygen
D. hydrogen

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Chemical Analysis Multiple Choice Questions Set 2

Figure 2 shows a chromatogram.

Figure 2

10cm

8cm

pencil line
blue

green

yellow

black

9. What is the Rf value of the green ink in Figure 2?

A. 0.8
B. 1.25
C. 18
D. 80

10. In Figure 2, which pure ink has the strongest attraction to the solvent?

A. black
B. blue
C. green
D. yellow

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