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WorksheetsChemical Tests - Chemistry Edexcel IGCSE
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 19mins
How many tests are there for gases?
(a)
What gas turns limewater cloudy?
Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Ammonia
What gas bleaches damp blue litmus paper (it may go red first)?
Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Ammonia
What gas relights a glowing splint?
Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Ammonia
What gas makes a squeaky pop when it comes into contact with a lit splint?
Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Ammonia
What gas turns damp red litmus paper blue and has a strong smell?
Carbon dioxide
Chlorine
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Ammonia
Which metal ion is being burned?
Lithium
Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Copper
Which metal ion is being burned?
Lithium
Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Copper
Which metal ion is being burned?
Lithium
Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Copper
Which metal ion is being burned?
Lithium
Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Copper
Which metal ion is being burned?
Lithium
Calcium
Sodium
Potassium
Copper
What colour do Li⁺ ions burn?
Red
Yellow
Liliac
Orange-red
Blue-green
What colour do Na⁺ ions burn?
Red
Yellow
Liliac
Orange-red
Blue-green
What colour do K⁺ ions burn?
Red
Yellow
Liliac
Orange-red
Blue-green
What colour do Ca²⁺ ions burn?
Red
Yellow
Liliac
Orange-red
Blue-green
What colour do Cu²⁺ ions burn?
Red
Yellow
Liliac
Orange-red
Blue-green
What can we use to test for ammonium ions? (NH₄⁺)
(a)
What gas is given off when we add sodium hydroxide to ammonium?
(a)
What do we use to test for Cu²⁺, Fe²⁺, and Fe³⁺?
(a)
What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to copper (II) ions?
blue
sludgy green
reddish brown
What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to iron (II) ions?
blue
sludgy green
reddish brown
What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to iron (III) ions?
blue
sludgy green
reddish brown
What do we use to test for carbonates?
Dilute hydrochloric acid
Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide
Barium Chloride
Nitric acid
What do we use to test for sulphates?
Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide
Barium Chloride
Nitric acid
Hydrochloric acid
What is produced when we add HCl to a carbonate?
(a)
What is produced when testing for sulfates with hydrochloric acid and barium chloride?
a white precipitate
carbon dioxide
hydrogen gas
copper (II) oxide
a squeaky pop
What is used to test for halides? (Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻)
Dilute Nitric Acid
Barium Chloride
Dilute Hydrochloric acid
Silver Nitrate solution
Sulphuric acid
What colour precipitate does chlorine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?
White
Yellow
Cream
What colour precipitate does bromine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?
White
Yellow
Cream
What colour precipitate does iodine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?
White
Yellow
Cream
What colour does copper (II) sulphate turn in the presence of water?
blue
white
yellow
cream
red
What colour does copper (II) sulphate turn when water is not present?
blue
white
yellow
cream
red
