Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Total
DC (LK/JG) 150104/2
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Hydrogen peroxide is broken down by catalase, an enzyme found in living cells such as the cells
of many types of bean. Oxygen gas is released during the reaction.
You are provided with a measuring cylinder containing bean puree and a supply of hydrogen
peroxide solution of concentration 1.5%.
(a) (i) Read through the whole of (a) and then complete the headings in Table 1.1 by adding
the units. [2]
(ii) • Use the syringe to add 5 cm3 of hydrogen peroxide solution by carefully running it
down the inside of the measuring cylinder.
Record, in Table 1.1, the volume of the mixture in the measuring cylinder to the nearest
division every 30 seconds for 5 minutes. [3]
Table 1.1
30
60
90
120
150
180
210
240
270
300
(b) (i) On the grid provided, plot a graph of volume of mixture (vertical axis) against time.
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70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300
[2]
(c) (i) Use your graph to predict the volume of the mixture at 200 seconds.
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(ii) Use your graph to state how the rate of reaction changes during the 5 minutes.
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(d) State and explain a safety precaution you took when carrying out the procedure in (a)(ii).
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(e) Plan an experiment, using the same method as in (a)(ii), to investigate the effect of changing
the temperature of the hydrogen peroxide solution on the volume of the mixture.
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2 Notes for use in Qualitative Analysis for this question are printed on page 12.
You are going to identify three solutions, H, J and K. The three solutions are each one of the
halide solutions shown.
Table 2.1
observations
test solution H solution J solution K
[6]
(ii) Use your observations in Table 2.1 to identify which solution, H, J or K, is sodium chloride
solution.
explanation ........................................................................................................................
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[1]
(iii) State and explain whether the addition of silver nitrate solution followed by ammonia
solution can be used to distinguish between the three halide solutions, H, J and K.
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(iv) Nitric acid is usually added to the unknown solution before adding silver nitrate solution.
Explain why adding nitric acid first is not necessary in this test for this investigation.
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Table 2.2
observations
test solution H solution J solution K
add
chlorine
water
then add a
few drops
of starch solution
[3]
(ii) Identify the substance made in (b)(i) which causes the starch to change colour.
Your knowledge of the food test for starch may help you answer this question.
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(iii) State what type of reaction has taken place between solution J and chlorine water.
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(c) Use your observations in Table 2.1 and Table 2.2 to identify solutions H, J and K.
H is ...........................................................................................................................................
J is ............................................................................................................................................
K is ...........................................................................................................................................
[1]
3 You are going to measure the length l of a spring when different loads L are added to it, and plot a
graph.
A spring has been set up in a clamp for you, as shown in Fig. 3.1.
clamp
spring
bench
Fig. 3.1
(a) (i) Measure and record the length l 0 of the unstretched spring to the nearest millimetre.
l 0 = ....................................................... mm [1]
(iii) Describe how you avoided a parallax (line-of-sight) error when measuring the length of
the spring.
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(b) (i) Hang a load L of 1.0 N on the spring. Measure the new length l of the spring to the
nearest millimetre.
(ii) Repeat the steps in (b)(i) using loads of 2.0 N, 3.0 N, 4.0 N and 5.0 N and complete
Table 3.1. [2]
Table 3.1
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
(c) (i) On the grid provided, plot a graph of L against l. Start both axes from the origin (0, 0).
L/N
l / mm
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(iii) Use your graph to determine the length l 0 of the unstretched spring.
l 0 = ....................................................... mm [1]
State whether the answers agree within the limits of experimental accuracy.
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Show all working and indicate on your graph the values you chose to enable the gradient
to be calculated.
(ii) The gradient of your line measures the force constant of the spring. This is a measure
of the elastic stiffness of the spring. The greater the force constant, the harder it is to
stretch the spring.
On your graph, draw a line to represent the behaviour of a spring with the same
unstretched length as your spring, but with a greater force constant. Label this line D.
[2]
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