11. Changes can be either physical or chemical.

Which of the following changes is physical and which is chemical?

  Physical change Chemical change
A Melting wax Decomposing chalk
B Melting wax Condensing steam
C Burning methane Decomposing chalk
D Burning methane Condensing steam
12. P, Q, R, S and T are five food colourings. The dyes in the food colourings were separated by paper chromatography and the results are shown below:

Chromatography experiment Q12

 

Which food colourings could be mixed to produce food colouring P?

  • A.   Q and R
  • B.   Q and S
  • C.   Q and T
  • D.   R and T
13. Which of the following statements about mixtures is true?
  • A.   A mixture can only be separated by chemical reactions
  • B.   The chemical properties of each substance in a mixture are altered on mixing
  • C.   A mixture consists of two or more substances not chemically combined
  • D.   A mixture can be represented by a formula
14. Which method could be used to separate a mixture of salt and water to obtain BOTH parts of the mixture?
  • A.   filtration
  • B.   evaporation
  • C.   distillation
  • D.   crystallization

Q15-16:
A student was investigating the dyes present in a food colouring using chromatography. He set up his chromatogram as shown in the diagram:

 

chromatography experiment
15. Where should the student place the food colouring?
  • A.   At the top of the paper
  • B.   on the line
  • C.   Below the line
  • D.   In the solvent
16. Which statement about this experiment is correct?
  • A.   The line should be drawn in ink
  • B.   The solvent should be above the line
  • C.   The dyes must differ in their boiling point
  • D.   The dyes must differ in their solubilities in the solvent
17. In chromatography, how many spots are produced by a pure substance?
  • A.   0
  • B.   1
  • C.   2
  • D.   3

 Q18-20:
Several different methods are used to separate mixtures.
Select the best method to separate ..

 

18. Drinking water from sea water.

  • A. filtration
  • B. distillation
  • C. crystallization
  • D. chromatography

19. excess solid from the mixture formed by reacting excess solid copper(II)carbonate and dilute hydrochloric acid.

  • A. filtration
  • B. fractional distillation
  • C. crystallization
  • D. chromatography

20. solid copper(II)chloride from a copper(II)chloride solution.

  • A. filtration
  • B. fractional distillation
  • C. crystallization
  • D. chromatography