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This document provides a science assessment for year 8 students on compounds and mixtures. It consists of 5 multiple choice questions testing students' knowledge of elements, compounds, properties of materials, chemical symbols, particle arrangements in gases, diffusion of gases, and chemical reactions. The questions cover topics such as identifying properties and symbols of elements, naming compounds, explaining behavior of gases using a particle model, and describing chemical reactions between elements to form compounds.

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8F QP

This document provides a science assessment for year 8 students on compounds and mixtures. It consists of 5 multiple choice questions testing students' knowledge of elements, compounds, properties of materials, chemical symbols, particle arrangements in gases, diffusion of gases, and chemical reactions. The questions cover topics such as identifying properties and symbols of elements, naming compounds, explaining behavior of gases using a particle model, and describing chemical reactions between elements to form compounds.

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assessment for learning

year 8

Science Interactive LTD. PO BOX 50764 LONDON NW6 9AT

web: www: science-interactive.co.uk

8F Compounds and mixtures


Assessment for learning...year 8 (level 3-6)
Answer all questions:
Total marks
Time allowed

28
25 mins.

Question 1:
Different elements have a wide variety of properties.
The list gives some of them.
brittle
good electrical conductor
good thermal conductor
insulator
magnetic
melting point above room temperature
(a) Magnesium is a metal. Give two properties of magnesium from the list above.
1. ..................................................................................................................
2. ..................................................................................................................
2 marks

(b) (i) What is the name of the compound formed when magnesium reacts
with sulphur?
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) Give two properties from the list above which this solid compound will not have.
1. ..........................................................................................................
2. ..........................................................................................................
2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

Question 2:
Copper can be obtained form its ore, copper sulphide, in two stages.
First stage heating the ore in air
Copper sulphide reacts with oxygen from the air to form copper oxide and
sulphur dioxide gas.
Second stage heating the copper oxide with carbon
Copper oxide reacts with carbon to form copper and carbon dioxide gas.
(a) Give the names of three elements mentioned above.
1. .................................................................................................................
2. .................................................................................................................
3. .................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) Give the name of one compound mentioned above.


..........................................................................................................................
1 mark

(c) Give the name of the compound, mentioned above which causes acid rain.
..........................................................................................................................
1 mark
Maximum 3 marks

Question 3:
Chris has two rubber party balloons. One is filled with air and the other is filled
with helium. Both balloons contain the same volume of gas.

(a) (i) Explain why the helium balloon rises.


.............................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) Explain why the air balloon drops to the ground.


.............................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) The chemical symbol for helium is He.


Explain why air does not have a chemical symbol or formula.
.....................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................
1 mark

(c) The diagram below shows seven arrangements of particles.

The two party balloons are coated with a thin layer of aluminium.
Give the letter of the diagram which best represents the particles in:
(i)

the helium gas; .......................


1 mark

(ii)

the air; .........................


1 mark

(iii)

the thin layer of aluminium. .........................


1 mark

(d) Over several days, the balloons shrink because the particles of gas diffuse
through the balloon and escape. The helium balloon shrinks more quickly than
the air-filled balloon.
Answer the following questions in terms of particles.
(i) Why does helium escape more quickly than air from a balloon?
.............................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) A rubber balloon coated with aluminium takes longer to shrink than a rubber
balloon without an aluminium coating. Suggest a reason why gas particles
diffuse more slowly through aluminium than through rubber.
.............................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
1 mark
Maximum 8 marks

Question 4:
The porous pot shown in diagrams 1 and 2 lets gas molecules pass
through the walls. In diagram 2 a beaker containing hydrogen is placed
over the porous pot. The water levels in the U-tube quickly change.

air

hydrogen, which
is lighter than air

porous
pot

beaker

coloured
water

diagram 1

diagram 2

Four statements about the movement of gas molecules are given below.
A no molecules are moving into or moving out of the porous pot
B same number of gas molecules are moving into the porous pot as are
moving out
C more gas molecules are moving into the porous pot than are moving out
D fewer gas molecules are moving into the porous pot than are moving out
(a) Which statement, A, B, C or D, applies to:
(i) Diagram 1? ...........................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) Diagram 2 just after the beaker is put in position?.................................


1 mark

(b) What does the experiment suggest about the average speed of
hydrogen molecules compared with the average speed of molecules in
the air?
Hydrogen molecules .....................................................................................
1 mark

(c) The beaker is removed from around the porous pot.


(i) How does the water level in the left hand part of the U-tube change?
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) Explain your answer in terms of the movement of molecules.


.............................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(d) Air contains oxygen, nitrogen, argon, some water vapour, and a little
carbon dioxide.
Complete each row in the following table by ticking one box and by
stating the number of atoms in one molecule of the substance.
The first row has been done for you.

substance

it is an
element

it is a
compound

it is a
mixture

number of atoms
in one molecule
2

nitrogen
carbon dioxide
oxygen

4 marks
Maximum 9 marks

Question 5:

Gold, iron and magnesium are elements which


conduct electricity.
Sulphur and phosphorus are elements which
do not conduct electricity.
When iron and sulphur are heated together,
they react to form a new substance called iron
sulphide.
(a) From the substances named above, give:
(i) the name of a metal;
.................................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii) the name of an element which is a non-metal;


.................................................................................................................
1 mark

(iii) the name of an element which will rust;


.................................................................................................................
1 mark

(iv) the name of a compound.


.................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) When magnesium and sulphur are heated together, they react.
Write the name of the compound which is formed when magnesium
reacts with sulphur.
..........................................................................................................................
1 mark
Maximum 5 marks

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