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    This document is a baseline assessment for grade 9 natural sciences students. It consists of 6 pages with 3 questions testing students' knowledge of matter, the periodic table of elements, and compounds and mixtures. Students are asked to define key terms, identify elements and their properties, interpret diagrams, and write chemical equations.

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    NS Grade 9 Baseline 2024

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    This document is a baseline assessment for grade 9 natural sciences students. It consists of 6 pages with 3 questions testing students' knowledge of matter, the periodic table of elements, and compounds and mixtures. Students are asked to define key terms, identify elements and their properties, interpret diagrams, and write chemical equations.

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    GENERAL

    EDUCATION AND TRAINING

    GRADE 9

    NATURAL SCIENCES

    TERM 2 2024

    Baseline Assessment
    Name:_____________________________________________________

    School: ___________________________________________________

    Marks: 30

    Time : 40 minutes

    This question paper consists of 6 pages


    Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

    INSTRUCTIONS
    1. Answer ALL the questions.
    2. Write neatly and legibly.

    QUESTION 1

    Choose the correct answer by encycling the letter of the correct answer.
    1.1 Matter is defined as …
    A. anything than has mass and can occupy space
    B. anything that is visible
    C. anything that is invisible
    D. anything that can be compressed (2)

    1.2 An element is made up of …


    A. electrons only
    B. atoms of the same type
    C. protons
    D. different types of atoms (2)

    1.3 A molecule is …
    A. two or more atoms separated by a chemical reaction.
    B. two or more atoms displaced during a chemical reaction.
    C. two or more atoms that are bonded together during a chemical reaction.
    D. two or more different elements that are bonded together. (2)

    1.4 When a substance expands…


    A. the sizes of the particles also expand.
    B. the sizes of the particles contract
    C. the substance gets smaller
    D. only the spaces between the particles expand. (2)

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    Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

    1.5 The modern periodic table is organized by … atomic numbers.

    A. decreasing then increasing

    B. increasing

    C. increasing then decreasing

    D. decreasing (2)

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    Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

    QUESTION 2: THE PERIODIC TABLE AND ATOMS

    Periodic Table of the Elements


    1 Fill in the blanks with the atomic symbols of the first 2
    H 20 elements. And then write the element names in He
    1.08 the blanks below. Key: Helium
    3 4 Element name 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Li Be Atomic number B C N F Ne
    Lithium Beryllium symbol Boron Carbon Nitrogen Fluorine Neon
    11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    Na Al Si P S Cl Ar
    Aluminium Sililicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon

    19 20 scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron Cobalt nickel 28 copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
    21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
    K
    Potasium Ni
    Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co 58.6934 Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
    44.95591 47.867 50.9415 51.9961 54.93805 55.845 58.9332 63.546 65.409 69.723 72.64 74.9216 78.96 79.904 83.798
    rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium Rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
    37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
    45 Rh 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
    53 I 54
    102.9055 126.9045
    Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te Xe
    85.4678 87.62 88.90585 91.225 92.90638 95.94 [98] 101.07 106.42 107.8682 112.411 114.818 118.710 121.760 127.60 131.293

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    Use the chart to answer questions 2.1 to 2.5.
    2.1 What is the name and symbol of element number 8? (2)
    ______________________________________________________________
    2.2 What is the name of element number 11? (2)
    ______________________________________________________________
    2.3 What is the name and symbol of element number 12? (2)
    ______________________________________________________________
    2.4 What are the two elements in period 1 of the Periodic Table of Elements? (2)
    ______________________________________________________________
    2.5 What is the importance of element number 17 in the water industry? (2)
    ______________________________________________________________

    2.6 Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.

    2.6.1 Which gas is produced during the decomposition of the compound? (1)
    ______________________________________________________________
    2.6.2 In what state is Mercury (II) oxide (HgO)? (1)
    ______________________________________________________________

    2.6.3 What are the products in the equation: 2 HgO (s) 2 Hg (l) + O2 (g) (2)
    ____________________________________________________________
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    Natural Sciences Baseline Assessment Grade 9 Term 2 2024

    QUESTION 3: ELEMENTS AND MIXTURES


    Use the diagram to answer some of the questions that follow:

    3.1 How many elements exist as diatomic molecules? (1)


    ___________________________________________________________
    3.2 In what group are most of the diatomic elements found? (1)
    ___________________________________________________________

    Name of Diagram Chemical Elements in the


    substance formula compound
    Water H2O 3.5.1 (2)

    2 (Carbon 3.5.2 3.5.3 (2)


    dioxide

    [6]

    TOTAL: 30 Marks

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