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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) 4CH1/1CR 4SD0/1CR Chemistry UNIT: 4CH1 Science (Double Award) 4SD0 PAPER: 1CR MAY 2025 Question Paper + Markscheme

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Key 1 H hydrogen 1 4 He helium 2 7 Li lithium 3 9 Be beryllium 4 relative atomic mass atomic symbol name atomic (proton) number 11 B boron 5 12 C carbon 6 14 N nitrogen 7 16 O oxygen 8 19 F fluorine 9 20 Ne neon 10 23 Na sodium 11 24 Mg magnesium 12 27 Al aluminium 13 28 Si silicon 14 31 P phosphorus 15 32 S sulfur 16 35.5 Cl chlorine 17 40 Ar argon 18 39 K potassium 19 40 Ca calcium 20 45 Sc scandium 21 48 Ti titanium 22 51 V vanadium 23 52 Cr chromium 24 55 Mn manganese 25 56 Fe iron 26 59 Co cobalt 27 59 Ni nickel 28 63.5 Cu copper 29 65 Zn zinc 30 70 Ga gallium 31 73 Ge germanium 32 75 As arsenic 33 79 Se selenium 34 80 Br bromine 35 84 Kr krypton 36 85 Rb rubidium 37 88 Sr strontium 38 89 Y yttrium 39 91 Zr zirconium 40 93 Nb niobium 41 96 Mo molybdenum 42 [98] Tc technetium 43 101 Ru ruthenium 44 103 Rh rhodium 45 106 Pd palladium 46 108 Ag silver 47 112 Cd cadmium 48 115 In indium 49 119 Sn tin 50 122 Sb antimony 51 128 Te tellurium 52 127 I iodine 53 131 Xe xenon 54 133 Cs caesium

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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1)
Monday 19 May 2025
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 4CH1/1CR 4SD0/1CR

Chemistry  


UNIT: 4CH1
Science (Double Award) 4SD0
PAPER: 1CR
You must have: Total Marks
Calculator, ruler



Instructions
• Use black ink or ball‑point pen.
• Fill in theis boxes
If pencil used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
• centre number andat candidate
the top of this page with your name,
number.
• Answer all questions.
• – there may
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.
• Show all the steps in any calculations and state the units.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 110.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

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• Try toyour
Write answers neatly and in good English.
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• your answers if you have time at the end.
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P75821A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0
1 4
H He
hydrogen helium

Key 1 2

7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
3 4 atomic (proton) number 5 6 7 8 9 10

23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 63.5 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

85 88 89 91 93 96 [98] 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 [209] [210] [222]
Cs Ba La* Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium lanthanum hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon




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55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

[223] [226] [227] [261] [262] [266] [264] [277] [268] [271] [272]
Fr Ra Ac* Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Elements with atomic numbers 112–116 have been reported but not fully
francium radium actinium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium
authenticated
87 88 89 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111




* The lanthanoids (atomic numbers 58–71) and the actinoids (atomic numbers 90–103) have been omitted.

The relative atomic masses of copper and chlorine have not been rounded to the nearest whole number.




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, Answer ALL questions.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
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answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 This question is about the three states of matter, solid, liquid and gas.
(a) Solids, liquids and gases can be changed from one state to another.
The box gives the names of some changes of state.

condensing evaporation freezing
melting sublimation


Use words from the box to answer the questions.
(i) Give the name of the change from liquid to solid.
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(ii) Give the name of the change from liquid to gas.
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(iii) Give the name of the change from solid to gas.
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(b) Describe the arrangement, movement and energy of the particles in a gas.
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, 2 This question is about the rusting of iron.
(a) Oxygen is needed for iron to rust.




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(i) Name one other substance needed for iron to rust.
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(ii) Give the chemical name for rust.
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(b) The diagram shows method A and method B, which are both used to prevent iron
from rusting.

iron paint iron zinc




Method A Method B

(i) Describe how method A prevents iron from rusting.
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(ii) Name method B.
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(iii) Explain how method B prevents iron from rusting even when the zinc layer
is damaged.
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(Total for Question 2 = 7 marks)


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