Cambridge IGCSE: Chemistry 0620/13
Cambridge IGCSE: Chemistry 0620/13
Cambridge IGCSE: Chemistry 0620/13
CHEMISTRY 0620/13
Paper 1 Multiple Choice (Core) May/June 2023
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions.
For each question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider correct
and record your choice in soft pencil on the multiple choice answer sheet.
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INFORMATION
The total mark for this paper is 40.
Each correct answer will score one mark.
Any rough working should be done on this question paper.
The Periodic Table is printed in the question paper.
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1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
3 Two atoms, X and Y, have the same mass number but different atomic numbers.
m p
nS qS
1 m=p
2 n=q
3 m>q
6 In which molecule are all the outer-shell electrons involved in covalent bonding?
A hydrogen
B oxygen
C sulfur
D sulfur dioxide
input 1 output 1
fuel
cell
input 2 output 2
12 Which row shows the changes that all increase the rate of a chemical reaction?
concentration
temperature particle size
of reactants
13 A student heats hydrated copper(II) sulfate. The blue crystals change to a white powder.
A blue to colourless
B colourless to blue
C red to yellow
D yellow to red
A J and K L and M
B L and M J and K
C K and M J and L
D J and L K and M
1 acid + metal
2 acid + metal carbonate
3 acid + metal oxide
18 Which set of elements shows the change from metallic to non-metallic character across a period
of the Periodic Table?
19 The diagram shows the reaction that occurs when potassium is dropped into water.
2K + 2H2O 2KOH + H2
lilac flame
water
potassium
density of pH of resulting
potassium solution
A high above 7
B high below 7
C low above 7
D low below 7
no yes
element 1
no yes
element 2
no yes
element 3 element 4
25 Water from a reservoir flows to the water works where purification process 1 takes place followed
by process 2.
process 1 process 2
A chlorination filtration
B filtration chlorination
C fractional distillation filtration
D filtration fractional distillation
Lead reacts slowly when heated in air to form an oxide but has almost no reaction with steam.
28 Which statements about the extraction of iron in a blast furnace are correct?
A ammonium nitrate
B phosphoric acid
C potassium
D sodium oxide
X Y Z
H H
C C C H
H H H
A alcohols
B alkanes
C alkenes
D carboxylic acids
A jet fuel
B petrol
C road making
D waxes
alkene alkane
A P only Q and R
B Q only P and R
C P and Q R only
D P and R Q only
B carbon dioxide
A
sugar + yeast
ethanol
in water
D
C ethene poly(ethene)
36 What are the products when ethanoic acid reacts with aqueous sodium hydroxide?
38 Dilute hydrochloric acid is titrated into a conical flask containing sodium hydroxide solution and a
few drops of methyl orange indicator.
A beaker
B burette
C measuring cylinder
D pipette
39 What could be the melting point and boiling point of water containing a dissolved impurity?
A +3 96
B +3 104
C –3 96
D –3 104
40 Element X burns in air to form an acidic gas that decolourises potassium manganate(VII).
What is X?
A carbon
B nitrogen
C magnesium
D sulfur
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I II III IV V VI VII VIII
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
16
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
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lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –
The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).