Test Yourself 2.1 – Chemistry Form 4 Chapter 2 (Matter and the Atomic Structure)


Question 1:
State the types of particles that exist in a copper wire.

Answer:
Atom


Question 2:
Lily dries her hair with a hair dryer.
(a) Name the process involved during hair drying.
(b) State the changes in the movement of water particles when hair is dried.

Answer:
(a) Evaporation

(b) Water molecules more freely and faster


Question 3:
 Lauric acid, C12H24O2 is heated from room temperature to 50 °C. At 43 °C, lauric acid, C12H24O2 starts to melt.

(a) Draw a heating curve for lauric acid, C12H24O2.
(b) Why is the temperature constant at 43 °C?

Answer:
(a)


(b) Heat energy that is absorbed by the lauric acid particles, C12H24O2 is used to overcome attraction force between the particles until the solid changes to liquid.