DISAS CHEMISTRY YEAR 09 TEST1

TOPIC: ATOMIC STRUCTURE SUB TOPIC(S) DISCOVERY OF THE STRUCTURE OF AN ATOM

1. Two major classes of matter are: ...................................................... and

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2. Tick () the correct box below about the meaning of the Greek word atomos:
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Atomos means most abundant [ ]

Atomos mean atom [ ]

Atomos means indivisible [ ]

(1mk)

3. If you were a philosopher living in a banana plantation, state two things that you will tell
people that the world is made up of.

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4. Complete the table by linking each statement to a source of the statement. An example is
already done for you.
Statements

Source of statement

Atoms combine in simple whole

number ratio when the form
compounds

Work of Democritus

All matter is made up of tiny

particles called atoms

Work of Proust

Atoms can neither be created

nor destroyed

Work of Lavoisier

Elements no matter the quantity

always combine in a fixed
proportion in compounds

Work of Dalton

(3mks)
5. Two scientists A and B investigated matter and their work recorded on the table below.
Scientist A

Scientist B

Investigatio
n

Broke up compound into its elements and weighed,

Weighed chemicals before reacting

and weighed compound formed.

Observatio
n

Elements always combine in the same proportions

and does not depend on quantity of elements used

Mass of chemicals before reaction

equal to mass of compound formed

Law

Law of definite proportions which states that the

Law of conservation of mass which

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elements in a compound are always present in a

certain definite proportion no matter how the
compound is made

states that matter is neither created

nor destroyed during a chemical
reaction

6. Consider the data collected below from one such investigation on a bottle
- Mass of bottle and cork (X):
= 45g
- Mass of bottle without cork (Y):
= 40g
- Mass of cork alone (Z):
= 5.01g
(a) Sum up the mass of Mass of bottle without cork (Y) and the mass of cork alone (Z).

(1mk)
(b) What could be the cause of your answer in (6) (a) not equal to the Mass of bottle and cork (X)?

(1mk)
(c) Which of the scientists A or B carried the above investigation on the bottle? Explain.

(2mks)
(d) Suggest a law that could result from the above investigation.

...(1mk)
7. Another scientist carried out investigations on different bottles and discovered that no
matter the size, shape, height, colour, mass of the bottle, it has only two main
components which are the bottle and its cork
bottl
e
cork

(a) Which of the scientists A or B carried the above investigation on the different bottles? Explain.

(2mks)
(b) Suggest a law that could result from the above investigation.

(1mk)
8. According to Daltons atomic theory, what two things will be common to atoms of the same element?
(2mks)
[Grand total = 18 mks]

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