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Chemistry Matters for GCE ‘O’ Level (2 Edition): Full Solutions to Textbook Questions Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Measurement and Experimental Techniques

Test Yourself 2.1 (page 27)

(a) Digital stopwatch

(b) Pipette
(c) Burette
(d) Gas syringe
(e) Electronic balance

Test Yourself 2.2 (page 30)

1. Ammonia, chlorine and hydrogen chloride are soluble in water. They will dissolve in the water.

2.
moist
methane

fused
calcium
chloride

The moist gas is dried by passing it through fused calcium chloride. Since methane is less dense than
air, it has to be collected by upward delivery.

Get it Right (page 31)

(a) True.
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(b) False. The volume of liquid in the burette is 13.60 cm .
(c) False. Only gases that are insoluble or slightly soluble in water can be collected over water.
(d) False. Quicklime (calcium oxide) is used to dry ammonia gas.

Let’s Review (pages 31–32)

Section A: Multiple-Choice Questions

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A

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Section B: Structured Questions

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1. (a) 100 cm measuring cylinder
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(b) 50 cm gas syringe
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(c) 50 cm burette
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(d) 100 cm beaker
(e) Watch glass
(f) Boiling tube

2. (a) (i)

gas syringe
thistle funnel

concentrated
ammonia solution

quicklime

round-
bottomed
flask

sodium
hydroxide
pellets

(ii) It would contain air.

(b)

dry ammonia gas

collected

gas jar

delivery tube

ammonia
gas

Section C: Free-Response Question

1. (a) (Possible answers)

– To investigate if taking tablets for relieving indigestion with alcohol would affect the speed at
which the tablets work
– To investigate if the addition of alcohol slows down the reaction between indigestion tablets
and water/acid

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(b) Variable to vary:

– Volume of alcohol added to reaction mixture

Variables to keep constant:

– Volume of water
– Amount of indigestion tablets
– Time taken for the tablet to react with the water and acid

Procedure:
1. Using a measuring cylinder, measure out 25 ml of water each into two conical flasks.
2. Add around 5–10 ml of alcohol into one of the flasks (use a measuring cylinder to measure its
volume).
3. Attach a balloon containing one indigestion tablet to the mouth of each flask using a rubber
band.
4. When the balloon is secure, drop the indigestion tablets into the flasks and start the
stopwatch once the tablets enter the water.
5. Observe the size of the balloons after around 1 minute (or any fixed amount of time).
6. The set-up with the more inflated balloon has produced more gas.

balloon balloon

rubber band rubber band

conical flask conical flask

mixture of alcohol
and water water

indigestion indigestion
tablet tablet

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