EASE 1 CHEMISTRY GRADE 11 2024/2025

1. The gas laws can be summarised in the ideal gas 3. A solution contains 0.25 g of sulfur dioxide in 1.00 dm
equation.
of water.
pV = nRT
Which volume of sulfur dioxide, measured at 50 C
0.960 g of oxygen gas is contained in a vessel of and a pressure of 1 10 Pa, must be added to 1.00
volume 7.00 10 m at a temperature of 30 C. dm of water to produce this solution?
Assume that the gas behaves as an ideal gas. A)
0.0162 cm
What is the pressure in the vessel?
B)
0.105 cm
A) 1.07 kPa
C)
B) 2.14 kPa 16.2 cm

C) 10.8 kPa D)
105 cm
D) 21.6 kPa

4. 1.8 g of water, heated to 227 C in a sealed container,

Which gas sample contains the fewest molecules? turns to steam with a pressure of 200 kPa.
2.
A) What is the approximate volume of the container?
1.00 dm of carbon dioxide at 27 C and 2.0
kPa A)
9 10 m
B)
1.00 dm of hydrogen at 100 C and 2.0 kPa B)
2 10 m
C)
1.00 dm of nitrogen at 300 C and 4.0 kPa C)
2m
D)
1.00 dm of oxygen at 250 C and 3.0 kPa D)
8 10 m

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5. 7. Histidine is an amino acid.

A sample of gas occupies 240 cm at 37 C and 100
kPa.

How many moles of gas are present in the sample?

A)
9.32 10
B)
9.32 10
C) 0.0781
D) 78.1

What are the approximate bond angles 1, 2, and 3?

6. P, Q and R represent three different structures of an

element.

Which structures are giant molecular?

8. Which molecule contains a nitrogen atom with sp
A) P, Q and R hybridised orbitals?
B) P and Q only
A)
C) P and R only CH CH NH
D) Q and R only B)
HNO
C) HCN
D)
NH

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9. The characteristic smell of garlic is due to alliin. 11. What are the shapes of the molecules of water and
boron trifluoride?

What are the approximate bond angles x, y and z in a

molecule of alliin?

12. For which molecules is the dipole moment zero?

A)
CH Cl
B)
CH Cl
C)
CH Cl
D)
CC l

10. Which row describes the structure and bonding of

SiO and SiCl ?

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13. 15. The eight species that follow all have covalent
Which dot-and-cross diagram is correct for Al Cl ?
bonds.

In which pair do the species have different shapes

from each other?

A)
BeC l and CO
B)
CH and NH
C)
NH and BF
D)
SCl and H O

16.
A stable ion N has been produced by research
chemists.

Which structure is most likely to show the electron

arrangement of this ion?
14. Which molecule does not have any 90 or 180
bond angles?

A)
C H
B)
CO
C)
PF
D)
SF

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17. Which mass of solid residue is obtained from the 19. When the equation is correctly balanced, what is the
thermal decomposition of 4.10 g of anhydrous value of c?
calcium nitrate?
aC H + bH O + cH + 2MnO dC H O + eMn
2Ca(NO ) 2CaO + 4NO + O

A) 0.70 g
A) 3
B) 1.00 g
B) 4
C) 1.40 g
C) 5
D) 2.25 g
D) 6

18. Compound X is an organic compound that contains

20. In which species is there a lone pair of electrons?
30.6% carbon, 3.8% hydrogen, 20.4% oxygen and
45.2% chlorine by mass. A)
CH
What is the empirical formula of X? B)
CH
A)
C H OCl C)
CH
B)
C H OCl D)
CH
C)
C H OCl
D)
C H O Cl

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21. Compound X contains the elements C, H and O only. 23. The electronic configuration of the two outermost

2.00 g of X produces 4.00 g of carbon dioxide and shells of an atom is 3s 3p 3d 4s .

1.63 g of water when completely combusted.
What is this atom?
What is the empirical formula of X?
A) manganese
A) B) phosphorus
CHO
C) strontium
B) D) vanadium
C H O
C)
C H O
D)
CH O

24. Which ion has the same electronic configuration as

Cl ?

In a sample of pure water, what is the maximum A) F

22.
number of hydrogen bonds that one molecule of B)
water can be involved in? P
C)
Sc
A) 1
D)
B) 2 Si
C) 3
D) 4

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25. Which statement about atoms and molecules is 27. What is the electronic configuration of Mg ?
correct?
A)
A) The molecular formula of a compound is the 1s 2s 2p
simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each B)
1s 2s 2p 3s
element in the compound.
C)
1s 2s 2p 3s 3p
B)
One mole of any substance contains 6 10 D)
1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4p
atoms.

C) The relative atomic mass of an element is the

ration of the average mass of one atom of the
element to the mass of an atom of carbon-12.

D) The relative formula mass of a compound is the

sum of the individual atomic masses of all the
atoms in the formula. 28. The first ionisation energy of potassium, K, is 418 kJ
mol . The first ionisation energy of strontium, Sr, is
548 kJ mol .

Which statement helps to explain why Sr has a

greater first ionisation energy than K?

A) The charge on a Sr nucleus is greater than the

charge on a K nucleus.
26. Sodium azide, NaN , decomposes as shown. B) The outer electron in a Sr atom experiences
greater shielding than the outer electron in a K atom.
2NaN 2Na + 3N C) The outer electron in a Sr atom experiences spin-
pair repulsion.
Which volume of nitrogen, measured at room
D) The outer electron in a Sr atom is further from
temperature and pressure, will be produced by the
the nucleus than the outer electron in a K atom.
decomposition of 150 g of sodium azide?

A)
166 dm
B)
83 dm
C)
55 dm
D)
37 dm

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29. Which atom has the same number of electrons as an 31. Which atom contains four times as many neutrons

ammonium ion, NH ? as the atom?

A) Mg A)
B) Na
B)
C) Ne
D) O C)

D)

30. Which statement about a 3p orbital is correct?

A) It can hold a maximum of 6 electrons.

B) It has the highest energy of the orbitals with 32. Where in the Periodic Table is the element that has
principal quantum number 3. an outer electron shell arrangement of 4s 4p ?
C) It is at a higher energy level than a 3s orbital but
has the same shape.
D) It is occupied by one electron inan isolated
phosphorus atom.

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33. The table shows the numbers of protons, neutrons 35. Drinking water may contain dissolved calcium
and electrons in four different particles, W, X, Y, and
hydrogencarbonate, Ca(HCO ) .
Z.
How many electrons are present in a
hydrogencarbonate anion?

A) 30
B) 31
Which pair represents the atoms of two isotopes of C) 32
the same element? D) 33

A) W and Y

B) W and Z

C) X and Y

D) X and Z
36. i) Complete the table to name the shape and give the
bond angle of each species.

34. What number of protons, neutrons and electrons are

present in the ion Fe ?
ii) Copper has a melting point of 1085 C and a high
electrical conductivity.

Explain these properties of copper by referring to its

structure and bonding.

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37. i) Deduce the bond angles R to V in the following 39. i) Define first ionisation energy.
figure.
ii) Successive ionisation energies for element A are
shown in Table 1.1.

Use Table 1.1 to deduce the group of the Periodic

Table that A belongs to. Explain your answer.

iii) Across Period 3 there is a general trend for first

ionisation energies to increase due to increase in
attraction between the nucleus and the outer
electron.
ii) Sulfide are compounds that contain sulfur but not
oxygen. Carbon disulfide, CS , is a volatile liquid at Explain why the first ionisation energy of sulfur is
room temperature and pressure. less than the first ionisation energy of phosphorus.

Suggest the shape and bond angle in a molecule of

CS .

40. i) The element copper has a relative atomic mass of

63.5.

Calculate how many atoms are present in 1.05g of

38. i) Identify the highest energy orbital which contains copper.
electrons in a calcium atom.
ii) Compound V is a liquid.
identify of highest energy orbital in Ca
..................................................... V contains 77.2% carbon, 11.4% hydrogen and 11.4%
oxygen by mass.

ii) Mg is an isotope of magnesium. V has a relative molecular mass of 280.

(a) Determine the number of protons and neutrons in Calculate the molecular formula of V. Show your
working.
an atom of Mg.

number of protons .................................................

number of neutrons ..............................................

(b) State the full electronic configuration of an atom

of Mg.

iii) Use notation 1s to give electronic configurations

for the following elements:

(a) vanadium: 1s _________________

(b) copper: 1s _________________

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