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Level 2 Chemistry, 201090308 Describe the nature of structure and bonding
in different substances
Credits: Four9.30 am Monday 22 November 2010
Check that the National Student Number (NSN) on your admission slip is the same as the number at the top of this page.
You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet.
A periodic table is provided on the Resource Sheet L2–CHEMR.
If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of this booklet and clearly number the question.
Check that this booklet has pages 2–10 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.
YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
For Assessor’s use only Achievement Criteria
Achievement Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
Describe the bonding in simple molecules and the nature of types of solids.
Link selected properties of simple molecules and different types of solids to their structure.
Discuss properties of substances in terms of structure and bonding.
Overall Level of Performance
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You are advised to spend 45 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.
QUESTION ONE
(a) DrawtheLewisstructure(electrondotdiagram)foreachofthefollowingmolecules.
Molecule Lewis structure
O2
SO2
SiCl4
(b) Lewisstructuresforthreemoleculesaregivenbelow.
Completethetablebygivingthenameoftheshapeofeachmolecule.
Molecule Lewis structure Name of shape
CH2Cl2 Cl C ClH
H
NCl3Cl N Cl
Cl
BF3B
FF
F
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(c) ThefollowingtableshowstheLewisstructureandtheshapeofthemoleculesforNOClandH2S.
NOCl H2S
Lewis structure O N Cl H S H
Name of shape bent bent
Theshapeofbothmoleculescanbedescribedasbent.However,thesemoleculesdonothavethesamebondangle.
Discusswhythesemoleculeshavedifferentbondangles.
Youranswermustinclude:
• factorswhichdeterminetheshapeofeachmolecule
• theapproximatebondangleforeachmolecule.
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QUESTION TWO
(a) Twoburettesaresetup.Oneburettecontainswater(apolarliquid)andtheothercontainscyclohexane(anon-polarliquid).Theliquidisallowedtorunfromeachburetteinasteadystream.Achargedplasticruleristhenplacednearthestreamofeachliquid.
Charged ruler
CyclohexaneWater
+ + + + + + + + +
(i) Describewhatwillbeseenwhenthechargedrulerisplacednearthestreamofeachliquid.
(ii) Explaintheseobservations.
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(b) TheLewisstructuresofthreemoleculesareshownbelow. (i) Foreachmolecule,circlethecorrectanswertoshowwhetherthemoleculeispolaror
non-polar.
CH3ClCl
HH C H polar non-polar
CCl4 Cl C ClCl
Cl
polar non-polar
NH3H N H
H polar non-polar
(ii) Discussthefactorswhichdeterminewhetheramoleculeispolarornon-polar.
Youmustusethethreemoleculesfrom(b)(i)aboveasexamplesinyouranswer.
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QUESTION THREE
(a) Statethetypeofparticles(atoms/ions/molecules)presentinthetwosolidsMgCl2andSiO2.
Solid Magnesium chlorideMgCl2
Silicon dioxideSiO2
Particles (atoms / ions / molecules)
(b) Thefollowingtableshowssomephysicalpropertiesofthesetwosolids.
Solid MgCl2 SiO2
Melting point / °C 712 1700Solubility in water soluble insoluble
Compareandcontrastthesephysicalproperties(meltingpointandsolubilityinwater)ofthesetwosolids.
Youranswermustinclude:
• referencetothetypeofsolid
• thetypeofparticle
• theattractiveforcesbetweentheparticles,foreachofthetwosolids.
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QUESTION FOUR
Thediagramsbelowshowthestructureofametallicsolid.
SuzanneBonifaceetal,NCEA Level 2 Chemistry(Auckland:ESAPublications,2008),p102.
(a) Nametheparticlesinthediagramsabove.
Particle Name of particle
A
B
(b) Copperisagoodconductorofelectricityandisductile.Itisoftenusedtomakeelectricalwires.
Usethediagramsabovetodiscusshowthestructureofcopperallowsittobemadeintoelectricalwires.
Inyouransweryoushould:
• Describetheparticlesincopperandtheattractiveforcesbetweentheparticles.
• Relateitsstructuretobothpropertiesoutlinedabove.
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