2024 Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE
Chemistry 1CH0/2F PAPER 2. With Marking
Scheme Merged
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Tuesday 11 June 2024
reference 1CH0/2F
Morning (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes) Paper
Chemistry
PAPER 2
Foundation Tier
You must have: Total Marks
Calculator, ruler, Periodic table (enclosed)
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
• – there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• Any diagrams may NOT be accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
You must show all your working out with your answer clearly identified
at the end of your solution.
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
In questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your ability to
structure your answer logically, showing how the points that you make are related
Information
or follow on from each other where appropriate.
•Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
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 (a) Figure 1 shows a metal spoon.
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Figure 1
This spoon is made of silver.
(i) Give a reason why silver is a suitable material to use for making a spoon.
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(ii) Some spoons are made of wood or plastic, not metal.
The raw material for wooden spoons is trees and the raw material for
plastic spoons is crude oil.
Explain an advantage, other than cost, of using wood rather than plastic.
(2)
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, (b) Some people wear spectacles so that they can see more clearly.
(i) Which property of glass makes it suitable for use in spectacles?
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(1)
A glass does not conduct electricity
B glass is a poor conductor of heat
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C glass is transparent
D glass shatters when dropped
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(ii) Some spectacles have a coating made of nanoparticles on the glass.
Which statement describes nanoparticles?
(1)
A nanoparticles are larger than small molecules
B nanoparticles are a type of atom
C nanoparticles are very small molecules
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D nanoparticles are the monomers in DNA
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, (c) One nanoparticle has a cube shape that is shown in Figure 2.
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80 nm
Figure 2
Calculate the surface area of this nanoparticle.
surface area = area of one face × number of faces
(2)
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surface area = .............................................................. nm2
(Total for Question 1 = 7 marks)
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Chemistry 1CH0/2F PAPER 2. With Marking
Scheme Merged
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Tuesday 11 June 2024
reference 1CH0/2F
Morning (Time: 1 hour 45 minutes) Paper
Chemistry
PAPER 2
Foundation Tier
You must have: Total Marks
Calculator, ruler, Periodic table (enclosed)
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
• – there may be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• Any diagrams may NOT be accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
You must show all your working out with your answer clearly identified
at the end of your solution.
• The total mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
In questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your ability to
structure your answer logically, showing how the points that you make are related
Information
or follow on from each other where appropriate.
•Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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F:1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 (a) Figure 1 shows a metal spoon.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Figure 1
This spoon is made of silver.
(i) Give a reason why silver is a suitable material to use for making a spoon.
(1)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Some spoons are made of wood or plastic, not metal.
The raw material for wooden spoons is trees and the raw material for
plastic spoons is crude oil.
Explain an advantage, other than cost, of using wood rather than plastic.
(2)
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, (b) Some people wear spectacles so that they can see more clearly.
(i) Which property of glass makes it suitable for use in spectacles?
THIS AREA
(1)
A glass does not conduct electricity
B glass is a poor conductor of heat
TE IN
WRI
C glass is transparent
D glass shatters when dropped
DO NOT
(ii) Some spectacles have a coating made of nanoparticles on the glass.
Which statement describes nanoparticles?
(1)
A nanoparticles are larger than small molecules
B nanoparticles are a type of atom
C nanoparticles are very small molecules
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D nanoparticles are the monomers in DNA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
3
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, (c) One nanoparticle has a cube shape that is shown in Figure 2.
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80 nm
Figure 2
Calculate the surface area of this nanoparticle.
surface area = area of one face × number of faces
(2)
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.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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surface area = .............................................................. nm2
(Total for Question 1 = 7 marks)
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