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F5 Chapter 1 Rate of Reaction

CHAPTER 1 : RATE OF REACTION

ANALYSIS OF PAST YEAR QUESTIONS FROM 2003 2008

Year
Paper
No.
Type of
question
Question
No

2003
P2
S

2004
P3

P2
E

2005
P3

P2
E

2006
P3

E
7

P2
E

3*

2007
P3

P2
E

2008
P3

E
10

P2
E

P3
E

STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
1. SPM 2006/P2/Q6
Diagram 6 shows two experiments to investigate one factor that influence the rate of a reaction.

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(a) What is the factor that influences the rate of reaction in both experiment?

[1 mark]
(b) The reaction in the experiment is represented by the following equation :
CaCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) CaCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
(i)

Among the products stated in the equation, which is the most suitable to be chosen to
determine the rate of reaction?
..
[1 mark]

(ii)

(c)

State one reason for choosing the product in 6(b)(i).

..
[1 mark]
State two controlled variables in both experiments.
1.

2.
[2 marks]
(d) The result for both experiments are represented by Graph 6.

Graph 6
Based on Graph 6 :
(i)
Experiment II has a higher rate of reaction.
How does the graph show this?
..

(ii)

..
[1 mark]
What has happened to the reactants at time x?
..
..
[1 mark]

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(iii)

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Why are both curves at the same level after time x?

(e)

[1 mark]
What is the conclusion for both experiments?

[1 mark]

(f)

Another experiment is carried out using excess calcium carbonate powder and dilute
hydrochloric acid with different concentrations.
Sketch the curve of concentration of dilute hydrochloric acid against the time taken to collect a
fixed quantity of the product.
Concentration of dilute
hydrochloric acid

Time taken to collect a fixed

quantity of product
[2 marks]

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2. SPM 2008/P2/Q5
An experiment is carried out to investigate the rate of reaction of zinc with hydrochloric acid. Excess
zinc powder is added to 20 cm3 of 0.2 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid. The volume of gas collected at
regular intervals is shown in Diagram 5.1.

Diagram 5.1
(a) State the meaning of the rate of reaction.
...........
[1 mark]
(b) From the graph in Diagram 5.1, determine :
(i)
The rate of reaction at 120 s.

[2 marks]

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(ii)

(c)

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The average rate of reaction between 60 s and 120 s.

[1 mark]
Explain why the rate of reaction decreases with time.

...........
[1 mark]
(d) Another experiment is carried out to study the factors that affect the rate of the reaction. The
result of this experiment is shown in Diagram 5.2. Curve I represents the result of this
experiment using excess zinc powder and 50 cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 dilute hydrochloric acid.

Diagram 5.2
(i)

Suggest the factors that influence the rate of reaction to obtain the curves labeled II and
III.
Curve II : ..

(ii)

Curve III : ............

[2 marks]
Describe briefly how to carry out the experiment to obtain the curve labeled III.

(iii)

[3 marks]
Give one reason why the final volume of gas obtained in curve III is half the final volume of
gas in curve I.
...
...
[1 mark]

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3. SPM 2003/P3/Q1
An experiment was conducted to find out the effects of temperature on the rate of reaction. 50 cm3 of
sodium thiosulphate solution 0.05 mol dm-3 at 30 oC was put into 250 cm3 conical flask. Then the
conical flask was placed on an X sign on a piece of white paper.
10 cm3 of hydrochloric acid 1.0 mol dm-3 was added to the sodium thiosulphate solution and shaken.
At the same time, the stop watch was started. The stop watch was stopped as soon as the X sign
was no longer visible.
The same steps of the experiment were repeated for sodium thiosulphate solution which was heated
to 35 oC, 40 oC, 45 oC and 50 oC.
Figure 1 shows the readings of the stop watch for each of the reactions at different temperatures.

(a) Record the time for each reaction in the spaces provided in Figure 1.
[3 marks]
(b) Construct a table and record temperature, time and 1/time for this experiment.

[3 marks]

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(c)

F5 Chapter 1 Rate of Reaction

(i)

Draw a graph of temperature against 1/time on the graph paper.

(ii) based on the graph in (c) (i), state the relationship between the rate of reaction and
temperature.
[3 marks]
(d) Predict the time taken as soon as the sign X to be no longer visible if this experiment is
repeated at 55o C.
(e) (i)

State the variable involved in this experiment.

Manipulated :

Responding variable :

Constant variable :

(ii)

[3 marks]
State how you would manipulate one variable while keeping the other variables constant.

(f)

[3 marks]
State the hypothesis for this experiment.
.

.
[3 marks]
(g) From the above experiment, the student found a relationship between temperature and rate of
reaction. The same situation can be applied in our daily lives, for example, keeping food that is
easily spoiled in the refrigerator.
Using your knowledge of chemistry, state the relationship between temperature and the rate at
which food turns bad.
.
.
[3 marks]