BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

Botswana Senior Secondary Education

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NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
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CHEMISTRY 1429/05
Paper 5 Alternative to Provider Based Assessment For Examination from 2025
SPECIMEN PAPER
1 hour 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper

Additional Materials: Electronic Calculator

30 cm ruler

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your candidate name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided at the
top of this page and on all work you hand in.
• Write in dark blue or black pen.
• Write your answer to each question in the spaces provided.
• You may use and HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
• Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
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• Electronic calculators may be used.

INFORMATION
• The total marks for this paper is 40.
• You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if
you do not use appropriate units.
• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each
question or part question.

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This document consists of 8 printed pages.

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1. Beach sand is a mixture of sand and broken shells (calcium carbonate). Calcium carbonate
reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid to form a solution of calcium chloride.

Plan an investigation to find out the percentage of shell material in a given sample of
beach sand.

The plan should have the following:

• The topic
• Introduction: objectives, theory and research questions
• Methodology

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(b) Introduction

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(ii) Theory or Background

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(iii) Precautions

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 (d) The student found that the beach sand contains 12.3 % of broken shells
Suggest two possible sources of error in this study.

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( e) Write the following information about a science book as a reference [2]

GCSE Chemistry, second edition, by B Earl and L D R Wilford, published 1995

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 2. A student performed an experiment to proof the effect of temperature on the rate of
decomposition of aqueous hydrogen peroxide.

The reaction is very slow unless magnesium(IV) oxide is added to the hydrogen
peroxide.

The data from the experiment is given below.

Topic: The rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide decompose increase

when the temperature is increased.

Theory: Particles of molecules gain kinetic energy when temperature is

increased. At high temperature particles move fast and the frequency of collision
increases. This leads to an increase in rate of reaction.

Procedure:
1. Measure 25 cm3 of hydrogen peroxide at room temperature
2. Pour 25 cm3 of hydrogen peroxide in a volumetric flask connected to a
gas syringe
3. Add 0.25 g of Magnesium(IV) oxide to the volumetric flask
4. Measure the time taken for the reaction to complete.
5. Repeat the experiment using hydrogen peroxide at the following temperatures:
30 0C, 35 0C, 40 0C, 45 0C and 50 0C

Results: The results of the experiment are shown in Table 2.1

Table 2.1

Experiment Temperature of hydrogen Time taken for rate to

peroxide / 0C complete / s
1 25 300
2 30 255
3 35 130
4 40 80
5 45 560
6 50 45

(a) Suggest a hypothesis for this experiment.

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(b) In which order should the addition of peroxide into conical flask, connection of
gas syringe to the conical flask , starting the stop watch and adding a catalyst
be done.

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(c) Suggest a conclusion for the experiment.

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(d) Another student carried out the experiment on decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
monitoring the rate of production of oxygen per unit time.

The results are shown in table 2.1.

Table 2,1 Production of oxygen gas in the MnO2 catalysed decomposition of

hydrogen peroxide.

Time / s 10 20 30 40 50 60
Volume of oxygen / cm3 43 71 86 89 90 90

The student plotted a graph of volume of oxygen against time.

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(i) Identify the independent and the control variables in this experiment.

independent

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control

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(ii) On the graph provided draw a tangent starting from point (0,0). [1]

(iii) Use your answer to (ii) to calculate the rate of the reaction.

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(iv) On the grid sketch the graph expected if the experiment is performed at a higher
temperature. [2]

(e) From the experiment on decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, describe how you will
remove MnO2 from the products.

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(f) Define the rate of a reaction.

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(g) What is a catalyst.

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 (h) The equation for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is

2H2O2 ……………………….> 2H2O + O2

The volume of oxygen produced is 90 cm3 at room temperature and pressure.

Calculate the number of moles of H2O2 that decomposed. [3]

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