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Chemical Tests - Chemistry Edexcel IGCSE

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many tests are there for gases?

(a)  

2.

What gas turns limewater cloudy?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Ammonia

3.

What gas bleaches damp blue litmus paper (it may go red first)?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Ammonia

4.

What gas relights a glowing splint?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Ammonia

5.

What gas makes a squeaky pop when it comes into contact with a lit splint?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Ammonia

6.

What gas turns damp red litmus paper blue and has a strong smell?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Chlorine

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Oxygen

e)

Ammonia

7.

Which metal ion is being burned?

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

e)

Copper

8.

Which metal ion is being burned?

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

e)

Copper

9.

Which metal ion is being burned?

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

e)

Copper

10.

Which metal ion is being burned?

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

e)

Copper

11.

Which metal ion is being burned?

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

e)

Copper

12.

What colour do Li⁺ ions burn?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Liliac

d)

Orange-red

e)

Blue-green

13.

What colour do Na⁺ ions burn?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Liliac

d)

Orange-red

e)

Blue-green

14.

What colour do K⁺ ions burn?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Liliac

d)

Orange-red

e)

Blue-green

15.

What colour do Ca²⁺ ions burn?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Liliac

d)

Orange-red

e)

Blue-green

16.

What colour do Cu²⁺ ions burn?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Liliac

d)

Orange-red

e)

Blue-green

17.

What can we use to test for ammonium ions? (NH₄⁺)

(a)  

18.

What gas is given off when we add sodium hydroxide to ammonium?

(a)  

19.

What do we use to test for Cu²⁺, Fe²⁺, and Fe³⁺?

(a)  

20.

What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to copper (II) ions?

a)

blue

b)

sludgy green

c)

reddish brown

21.

What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to iron (II) ions?

a)

blue

b)

sludgy green

c)

reddish brown

22.

What colour precipitate do we get when we add sodium hydroxide solution to iron (III) ions?

a)

blue

b)

sludgy green

c)

reddish brown

23.

What do we use to test for carbonates?

a)

Dilute hydrochloric acid

b)

Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide

c)

Barium Chloride

d)

Nitric acid

24.

What do we use to test for sulphates?

a)

Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide

b)

Barium Chloride

c)

Nitric acid

d)

Hydrochloric acid

25.

What is produced when we add HCl to a carbonate?

(a)  

26.

What is produced when testing for sulfates with hydrochloric acid and barium chloride?

a)

a white precipitate

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

hydrogen gas

d)

copper (II) oxide

e)

a squeaky pop

27.

What is used to test for halides? (Cl⁻, Br⁻, I⁻)

a)

Dilute Nitric Acid

b)

Barium Chloride

c)

Dilute Hydrochloric acid

d)

Silver Nitrate solution

e)

Sulphuric acid

28.

What colour precipitate does chlorine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?

a)

White

b)

Yellow

c)

Cream

29.

What colour precipitate does bromine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?

a)

White

b)

Yellow

c)

Cream

30.

What colour precipitate does iodine give when added to dilute nitric acid, followed by silver nitrate solution?

a)

White

b)

Yellow

c)

Cream

31.

What colour does copper (II) sulphate turn in the presence of water?

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

cream

e)

red

32.

What colour does copper (II) sulphate turn when water is not present?

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

cream

e)

red