8462 2H QP Chemistry Specimen (Set 2) v1.0

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CHEMISTRY H
Higher Tier Paper 2H
Specimen 2018 (set 2) Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

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• a scientific calculator 1
• the periodic table (enclosed). 2
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Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 4
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 5
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
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• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
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• In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer. 8
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• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation
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SPECIMEN MATERIAL IB/M/SAMs2/E1 8462/2H

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0 1 Burgundy Mixture is a formulation used to kill fungi on grapevines.
It is made by mixing two compounds, A and B.
The ratio by mass of A : B in the mixture is 1 : 8
0 1 . 1 Calculate the mass of A needed in a mixture containing 125 g of B.

[2 marks]
Mass of A = g
Scientists test a solution of compound A.
Table 1 shows their results.
Table 1
Test Result
Add sodium hydroxide solution Blue precipitate
Add dilute hydrochloric acid and

White precipitate
barium chloride solution
0 1 . 2 Which two ions are in compound A?
Choose answers from the box.

[2 marks]
bromide chloride copper
iron(II) iron(III) sulfate
ions and ions
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0 1 . 3 The scientists think that compound B is sodium carbonate.
Describe how the scientists can test a solution of B to see if sodium ions are present.
Give the result of the test if sodium ions are present.

[2 marks]
0 1 . 4 Describe how the scientists can test a solution of B to see if carbonate ions
are present.
Give the result of the test if carbonate ions are present.

[3 marks]
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0 2 Figure 1 shows a greenhouse.
Figure 1
A greenhouse frame can be made from wood or aluminium.
Table 2 gives some information about wood and aluminium.
Table 2
Wood Aluminium
Raw material Renewable Non-renewable
Mass of greenhouse frame in kg 80 20
Useful lifetime in years 20 50
Can be chopped up and Can be recycled into new

End of useful life
used as fuel aluminium products

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0 2 . 1 Evaluate the use of each material for making greenhouse frames.
Use Table 2.
[4 marks]
0 2 . 2 Greenhouse frames are transported by lorry.
The lorry used can carry a maximum load of 12 tonnes.
Calculate the largest number of wooden greenhouse frames which could be

transported by the lorry.
Use Table 2.
1000 kg = 1 tonne
[2 marks]
Number of wooden greenhouse frames =
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0 2 . 3 It is more sustainable to make greenhouse frames from recycled aluminium than from
aluminium from aluminium ore.
Give two reasons why.

[2 marks]
0 2 . 4 Greenhouse windows can be made from glass or from polymers.
Table 3 gives information about glass and a polymer.
Table 3
Glass Polymer
Density in g/cm3 2.8 1.2
Cost in £ per m2 20 28
Effect of sunlight No effect Discolours over time
Suggest one advantage of making greenhouse windows from the polymer rather than
from glass.
Use Table 3.
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0 3 This question is about alkenes and crude oil.
0 3 . 1 Pentene is an alkene molecule containing five carbon atoms.
Complete the formula for pentene.

[1 mark]
C H
0 3 . 2 Butene is an alkene molecule containing four carbon atoms.
Figure 2 shows all of the atoms and some of the bonds in the displayed formula
for butene.
Complete the displayed formula by adding the remaining bonds.

[1 mark]
Figure 2
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Pentene and butene are produced from crude oil.
Table 4 shows the percentages of different fractions in two samples of crude oil.
Table 4
Percentages by mass in %
Fraction
Crude oil A Crude oil B
Liquefied petroleum gases 14.7 7.1
Petrol 28.6 11.1
Diesel oil 20.5 17.2
Kerosene 15.4 38.5
Heavy fuel oil 12.0 16.0
Other fractions 8.8 10.1

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Figure 3 shows the percentages of different fractions in crude oil A.
Figure 3
0 3 . 3 Plot the data for petrol in Table 4 on Figure 3.

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0 3 . 4 What mass of crude oil A is needed to obtain 12 tonnes of heavy fuel oil?
[1 mark]
Use Table 4.
Tick one box.
10 tonnes
100 tonnes
1000 tonnes
10 000 tonnes
0 3 . 5 Liquefied petroleum gases, petrol and diesel oil are used as car fuels.
Calculate the total mass of car fuel that can be produced from 2000 kg of crude oil B.
Use Table 4.
[3 marks]
Mass of car fuel = kg
0 3 . 6 Crude oil B is a better source of hydrocarbons for cracking than crude oil A.
Suggest why.
Use Table 4.
[1 mark]

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0 3 . 7 Alkenes are obtained from crude oil using fractional distillation followed by cracking.
Explain how alkenes are produced using fractional distillation followed by cracking.
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0 4 When sodium thiosulfate solution reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, the solution
becomes cloudy.
The equation for the reaction is:
Na2S2O3(aq) + 2 HCl(aq) → 2 NaCl(aq) + SO2(g) + H2O(l) + S(s)
0 4 . 1 Why does the solution become cloudy?

[2 marks]
Some students used this reaction to investigate the effect of concentration on rate
of reaction.
Figure 4 shows the apparatus used.
Figure 4

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This is the method used.
1. Measure 25 cm3 sodium thiosulfate solution into a conical flask.
2. Stand the conical flask on a cross drawn on paper.
3. Add 10 cm3 of dilute hydrochloric acid.
4. Time how long it takes the cross to become no longer visible.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 with sodium thiosulfate solutions of different concentrations.
0 4 . 2 The students used a measuring cylinder to measure 25 cm3 of sodium

thiosulfate solution.
Suggest a more accurate way of measuring 25 cm3 of sodium thiosulfate solution.

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0 4 . 3 Name one control variable the students should use in this investigation.
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Table 5 shows the students’ results.
Table 5
Concentration of sodium Time for cross to

thiosulfate solution in mol/dm3 become no longer visible in s
0.020 170
0.040 90
0.060 82
0.080 42
0.100 34
0.120 30
0.140 28

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0 4 . 4 Plot the data from Table 5 on Figure 5.
Draw a line of best fit.

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Figure 5
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The students repeated the investigation two more times.
They obtained similar results each time.
0 4 . 5 What word describes an investigation by the same students which gives similar
results each time?
[1 mark]
0 4 . 6 Describe how the students can use their results to improve the accuracy of
the investigation.
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0 4 . 7 The students analysed their results to give a conclusion and an explanation for their
investigation.
Conclusion: ‘The higher the concentration, the lower the rate of reaction.’
Explanation: ‘At higher concentrations, the particles have more energy, so they are
moving faster. Therefore the collisions are more energetic.’
The students are not correct.
Give a correct conclusion and explanation for the results of the investigation.
[3 marks]
Conclusion
Explanation
0 4 . 8 A solution containing 0.18 g of sodium thiosulfate reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid
in 2 minutes.
Calculate the mean rate of reaction in g/s.
Give your answer in standard form.

[3 marks]
Mean rate of reaction = g/s 16
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0 5 Nitrogen and hydrogen react to produce ammonia in the Haber process.
Figure 6 shows the Haber process.
Figure 6
A gaseous mixture of ammonia, hydrogen and nitrogen leaves the reactor.
Table 6 shows the boiling points of the gases.
Table 6
Gas Boiling point in °C
Ammonia −33
Nitrogen −196
Hydrogen −253

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0 5 . 1 Suggest how ammonia is separated from the other gases.

[2 marks]
0 5 . 2 What happens to the unreacted hydrogen and nitrogen?

[1 mark]
The equation for the reaction is:
N2(g) + 3 H2(g) 2 NH3(g)
The forward reaction is exothermic.
0 5 . 3 Calculate the volume of ammonia produced from the complete reaction of

825 dm3 of hydrogen.
[2 marks]
Volume of ammonia = dm3
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0 5 . 4 The Haber process uses a temperature of 450 °C and a pressure

of 200 atmospheres.
Why are these conditions used?

[2 marks]
Tick two boxes.
A higher pressure is maintained using less energy
A higher temperature would increase the equilibrium yield
A lower pressure would decrease the equilibrium yield
A lower temperature would make the reaction too slow
There are more product molecules than reactant molecules
Most of the ammonia produced is used to make fertilisers.
Table 7 shows information about compounds used as fertilisers.
Table 7
Compound Formula Cost in £/tonne
A NH4NO3 220
B (NH4)2HPO4 350
C KCl 235
0 5 . 5 Which element in compound A improves agricultural productivity?

[1 mark]

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0 5 . 6 Which two compounds can be mixed to make a fertiliser containing three elements
that improve agricultural productivity?
Give a reason why you have chosen these compounds.

[2 marks]
Compounds and
Reason
0 5 . 7 Figure 7 shows a flow chart for the production of compounds B and C.
Figure 7
Suggest two possible reasons for the difference in cost between compounds B and C.
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0 6 This question is about polymers.
0 6 . 1 Name the monomer used to form poly(chloroethene).

[1 mark]
0 6 . 2 Figure 8 shows the equation for the formation of poly(chloroethene).
Complete Figure 8.
[3 marks]
Figure 8
0 6 . 3 Poly(chloroethene) is the only product.
What type of polymer is poly(chloroethene)?

[1 mark]

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Ethanediol reacts with butanedioic acid to produce a polyester and a small molecule.
0 6 . 4 Figure 9 shows the structural formula of ethanediol.
Figure 9
HO‒CH2‒CH2‒OH
Name the functional group present in ethanediol.

[1 mark]
0 6 . 5 Figure 10 shows the structural formula of butanedioic acid.
Figure 10
HOOC‒CH2‒CH2‒COOH
Which formula represents the carboxylic acid functional group?

[1 mark]
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‒CH2‒
‒CH2‒CH2‒
‒CH2‒COOH
‒COOH
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0 6 . 6 Figure 11 shows part of the structure of the polyester.
Complete the box in Figure 11.

[2 marks]
Figure 11
0 6 . 7 Name the small molecule produced when ethanediol reacts with butanedioic acid.
[1 mark]

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Starch, proteins and DNA are naturally occurring polymers.
0 6 . 8 Name the monomers from which starch and proteins are produced.
[2 marks]
Starch
Proteins
0 6 . 9 Describe the structure of DNA.

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0 7 Cobalt forms coloured compounds.
A pink cobalt compound reacts with hydrochloric acid.
The reaction can be represented as:
pink cobalt compound + hydrochloric acid ⇌ blue cobalt compound + water
The forward reaction is endothermic.
When both cobalt compounds are present in a solution at equilibrium, the equilibrium
mixture is purple.
0 7 . 1 What is meant by equilibrium?

[2 marks]
0 7 . 2 The equilibrium mixture is cooled.
Explain what happens to the concentration of the pink cobalt compound.

[3 marks]

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0 7 . 3 More hydrochloric acid is added.
Explain what happens to the colour of the equilibrium mixture.

[3 marks]
0 7 . 4 Why does cobalt form different coloured compounds?

[1 mark]
0 7 . 5 An oxide of cobalt has the formula Co2O3
Which cobalt ion is present in this oxide?

[1 mark]
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Co+
Co2+
Co3+
Co4+
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0 7 . 6 Cobalt compounds can act as catalysts.
Which two statements about cobalt compounds are correct?

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They allow reactions to reach equilibrium more quickly.
They are reactants in reactions catalysed by cobalt compounds.
They are used up when acting as catalysts.
They increase the equilibrium yield of reactions.
They provide a different reaction pathway.
0 7 . 7 The reaction of hydrogen with carbon monoxide is catalysed by cobalt metal.
Balance the equation for the reaction.

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H2 + CO → C6H14 + H 2O
0 7 . 8 C6H14 is an alkane.
What is the formula of an alkane containing 18 hydrogen atoms?

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0 7 . 9 Figure 12 shows a reaction profile diagram for a reaction without a catalyst.
Figure 12
On Figure 12:
• draw the reaction profile diagram for a catalysed reaction
• draw and label an arrow to show the activation energy for the
reaction without a catalyst.
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0 8 This question is about climate change.
Figure 13 shows the changes in the global mean air temperature and
global mean sea level from 1992 to 2016.
Figure 13
Change in Change in
global mean global
air temperature mean sea
in °C level in mm
0 8 . 1 Calculate the mean yearly increase in sea level between 1992 and 2016.
Use Figure 13.

[2 marks]
Mean yearly increase in sea level = mm/year
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Most scientists think carbon dioxide and methane are a cause of global climate change.
Figure 14 shows the amounts of these gases in the atmosphere from 1992 to 2016.
Figure 14

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0 8 . 2 Describe the changes in Figure 13 and in Figure 14.
Explain how these changes have taken place.

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0 8 . 3 The data was collected by a single scientific group.
Give two reasons why more evidence is needed to support any conclusions made by
this scientific group.
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SPECIMEN MATERIAL IB/M/SAMs2/E1 8462/2H

0 1 Burgundy Mixture is a formulation used to kill fungi on grapevines.

It is made by mixing two compounds, A and B.

The ratio by mass of A : B in the mixture is 1 : 8

0 1 . 1 Calculate the mass of A needed in a mixture containing 125 g of B.

Scientists test a solution of compound A.

Table 1 shows their results.

Add sodium hydroxide solution Blue precipitate

Add dilute hydrochloric acid and

0 1 . 2 Which two ions are in compound A?

Choose answers from the box.

bromide chloride copper

iron(II) iron(III) sulfate

ions and ions

SPECIMEN MATERIAL IB/M/SAMs2/8462/2H

0 1 . 3 The scientists think that compound B is sodium carbonate.

Give the result of the test if sodium ions are present.

Give the result of the test if carbonate ions are present.

Turn over for the next question

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0 2 Figure 1 shows a greenhouse.

A greenhouse frame can be made from wood or aluminium.

Table 2 gives some information about wood and aluminium.

Raw material Renewable Non-renewable

Mass of greenhouse frame in kg 80 20

Useful lifetime in years 20 50

Can be chopped up and Can be recycled into new

SPECIMEN MATERIAL IB/M/SAMs2/8462/2H

0 2 . 1 Evaluate the use of each material for making greenhouse frames.

0 2 . 2 Greenhouse frames are transported by lorry.

The lorry used can carry a maximum load of 12 tonnes.

Calculate the largest number of wooden greenhouse frames which could be

Number of wooden greenhouse frames =

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Give two reasons why.

0 2 . 4 Greenhouse windows can be made from glass or from polymers.

Table 3 gives information about glass and a polymer.

Density in g/cm3 2.8 1.2

Effect of sunlight No effect Discolours over time

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0 3 This question is about alkenes and crude oil.

0 3 . 1 Pentene is an alkene molecule containing five carbon atoms.

Complete the formula for pentene.

0 3 . 2 Butene is an alkene molecule containing four carbon atoms.

Complete the displayed formula by adding the remaining bonds.

Question 3 continues on the next page

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Pentene and butene are produced from crude oil.

Liquefied petroleum gases 14.7 7.1

Petrol 28.6 11.1

Diesel oil 20.5 17.2

Kerosene 15.4 38.5

Heavy fuel oil 12.0 16.0

Other fractions 8.8 10.1

SPECIMEN MATERIAL IB/M/SAMs2/8462/2H