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1. Which one of these in not a large scale use do hydrogen?
A. Extraction of metals
B. Manufacture of ammonia
C. Manufacture of margarine
D. Manufacture of methanol
2. In a factory producing liquid air, one of the pipes carrying dry air at – 80 oC became blocked with a white
solid. What is this solid?
A. Argon B. Carbon dioxide C. Ice D. Nitrogen
3. Unpolluted rain water has a pH of around 6. Which one of these gases is the cause of this pH?
A. Argon B Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrogen oxide D Sulphur dioxide
4. Which of the following increases the amount of oxygen in the air?
A. Hot weather B Photosynthesis
C Respiration D. Rusting
5. Oxygen gas can be easily produced in the laboratory by heating potassium magnate (VII) crystals, KMnO 4.
2KMnO4 (s) K2MnO4(s) +2 MnO2(s) + O2(g)
Which graph best represents the decomposition of two moles of potassium manganate (VII)?
6. Which element is added to water piped into people’s homes to help prevent tooth decay?
A. Calcium C. Chlorine
B. Fluorine D. Magnesium
7. Which of these is not a test for the presence of water?
A. Anhydrous copper (II) sulphate turns from white to blue.
B. Blue cobalt (II) chloride paper turns from blue to pink.
C. The vapour given off on boiling has a temperature of 100oC.
D. Universal indicator solution turns green indicating a pH of 7.
8. When a car is started in cold weather, water is sometimes seen dripping from the exhaust pipe. This water
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A. Escapes from the car’s radiator.
B. Forms as the exhaust dries out.
C. Is condensed water vapour from the air.
D. Is formed as the petrol burns.
9. Which one of these pollutant gases in the air does not contribute to acid rain?
A. Carbon dioxide B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrogen dioxide D. Sulphur dioxide
10. Which one of these pollutant gases in the air is mainly responsible for the ‘greenhouse effect’?
A. carbon dioxide C. CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
B. Ozone D. Sulphur dioxide
11. 400 cm3 of dry air would contain approximately
A. 50 cm3 of oxygen gas, 300 cm3 of nitrogen gas and 50 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas.
B. 80 cm3 of oxygen and 320 cm3 of nitrogen gas.
C. 100 cm3 of oxygen and 300 cm3 of nitrogen gas.
D. 100 cm3 of oxygen, 200 cm3 of nitrogen, 50 cm3 of argon and 50 cm3 of carbon dioxide.
12. The table shows the boiling points of the main component gases in the air:
Gas b.p. /oC
Argon -186
Carbon dioxide -78
Nitrogen -196
Oxygen -183
Which of the statements is true?
A. Argon gas will condense before oxygen gas when air is cooled down.
B. Nitrogen gas will evaporate from liquid air before oxygen gas.
C. On boiling liquid air, the first gas to evaporate will be carbon dioxide gas.
D. Oxygen gas is more volatile than nitrogen gas.
13. An experiment to investigate respiration was carried out as shown in the diagram. A few woodlice (small
animals) were placed in a boiling tube on some gauze, below which was potassium hydroxide solution.
The tube was connected to a U-tube manometer (see diagram). After a while it was found that the coloured
liquid in the U-tube rose in the left hand limb. The explanation for this is that the woodlice.
A. Absorb moisture from the air and therefore attract the coloured liquid up the left-hand limb.
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B. Breathe out carbon dioxide gas which dissolved in the coloured liquid causing it to expand.
C. Use up oxygen in the boiling tube during respiration and produce carbon dioxide gas which is
absorbed by the potassium hydroxide solution.
D. Use up carbon dioxide in the boiling tube and produce oxygen which is absorbed by the potassium
hydroxide solution.
14. It was found that cars which were parked near a coal-fired power station often corroded more quickly.
Which gas, when present in above average levels in the air, is a possible explanation for this?
A. Carbon dioxide C. Oxides of nitrogen
B. Sulphur dioxide D. Water Vapour
15. Which gases make up more than 90% of dry air?
A nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
B oxygen and carbon dioxide.
C oxygen and nitrogen.
D nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.
16. Which one of the following is not an air pollutant?
A nitrogen
B carbon monoxide
C nitrogen oxides
D vaporized lead compounds
17. Which gas is the main cause of damage to iron and steel structures?
A carbon monoxide
B sulphur dioxide
C methane
D carbon dioxide.
18. Which one of the following is a list of all the possible products of the combustion of methane in air?
A carbon dioxide and water
B carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water
C carbon dioxide, soot and water
D water, soot, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
19. How many moles of oxygen, O2, are required to completely burn one mole of hexane, C6H12?
A 6 B 9 C 12 D 18
20. Element E from the air, reacts with oxygen in a car engine to produce an oxide, a pollutant. What
is element E?
A carbon B hydrogen C nitrogen D sulphur
21. Which element is added to water piped into people’s homes to destroy harmful bacteria?
A iodine B chlorine C fluorine D bromine
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22. Which of the following reagents would be suitable for making a gas jar full of hydrogen?
A sodium and hot water
B iron and dilute sulphuric acid
C zinc and warm water
D copper and dilute sulphuric acid
23. Which one of the following oxides will be most easily reduced to a metal by heating it with
hydrogen gas?
A magnesium oxide B potassium oxide
C silver oxide D zinc oxide
24. Substance X reacts with hydrogen to produce a compound which is a colourless gas at room
temperature. Substance X could be
A oxygen B nitrogen
C vegetable oil D copper (II) oxide
25. Liquid hydrogen and liquid kerosene (a hydrocarbon) can both be used as rocket fuels. They are burnt
with liquid oxygen in rocket engines. In what way are the two chemical reactions similar?
A Steam is produced B Carbon dioxide is produced
C Carbon monoxide is produced D The product cause pollution.
