5-mark practice questions — WJEC A-Level Chemistry (Wales)

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How to answer

5-mark questions typically award marks for structured argument: two ideas + linked because + specific example + conclusion.

Sample questions

  1. Sodium and potassium are both elements in Group 1 of the periodic table. When a small piece of potassium is placed on co…
  2. A pharmacist is checking whether a batch of a pain-relief tablet is a pure compound or a mixture. She dissolves a small …
  3. Bromoethane can undergo a substitution reaction with potassium cyanide solution to form a new organic compound. Describe…
  4. Cyclohexene and benzene are both cyclic hydrocarbons with the molecular formula suggesting multiple carbon–carbon bonds.…
  5. A student carries out oxidation reactions on two unknown organic compounds, X and Y. Compound X is oxidised by acidified…
  6. Alkanes and alkenes are two families of hydrocarbons. Describe how bromine water can be used to distinguish between an a…
  7. Ethanoic acid is a carboxylic acid. Explain what happens when ethanoic acid is added to sodium carbonate solution, and d…
  8. A technician is investigating three paint samples — paint P, paint Q and paint R. He carries out paper chromatography on…

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