4-mark practice questions — WJEC GCSE Chemistry (Wales)

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How to answer

4-mark questions are the shortest levels-of-response band. Aim for four scientific ideas, each in its own short sentence.

Sample questions

  1. A food scientist is checking the purity of a sample of vanilla flavouring before it is used in a product. She carries ou…
  2. When water boils, it undergoes a physical change rather than a chemical change. Explain the difference between a physica…
  3. Describe what happens when a metal oxide reacts with a dilute acid, and explain why the product formed is called a salt.…
  4. Calcium hydroxide solution is used to test for carbon dioxide gas. Explain what is observed when carbon dioxide is bubbl…
  5. Propane (C₃H₈) is a hydrocarbon fuel used in camping gas stoves. When propane burns completely in oxygen, carbon dioxide…
  6. A chemist is investigating whether a sample of red food colouring is a pure substance or a mixture. She carries out pape…
  7. Crystallisation can be used to obtain a pure salt from a solution. Describe the steps involved in obtaining pure copper …
  8. A student wants to obtain a sample of pure water from a salt solution. Describe how simple distillation could be used to…

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