6. Giant ionic lattice structures' melting point are...?
Fairly low
Very low
Very high
Medium
7. Simple molecular structures' solubilities in water are...?
Variable
Medium
Very high
Fairly high
8. Adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction because...?
Catalysts increase the rate of the forwards and backwards reaction equally, so overall the rate of the reaction does not change
Catalysts provide an alternative route for the reaction with a lower activation enthalpy. Therefore, more colliding molecules will have greater than the activation enthalpy required for the reaction, increasing the frequency of successful collisions
Catalysts have no effect on the rate of a reaction
Catalysts actually decrease the rate of the reaction because they increase the number of steps in a reaction
9. What is the benefit of crop rotation?
Rotating the crops around ensures that they don't have enough time to settle down properly and so grow poor roots, making them easier to extract from the soil
Having a variety of crops means that if a disease of pest kills off one crop, the farmer always has some crops left to sell
Different minerals are taken from the soil by different plants, so there are always sufficient nutrients for each crop as the land has time to recover. Also, crops can be staggered throughout the year and there isn't time for pests to build up
Crops can be grown throughout the year, so the minerals in the soil are always being used
10. What is the definition of nitrogen fixation?
The conversion of nitrogen gas into soluble nitrogen compounds
The addition of NPK fertiliser to soil
The conversion of soluble nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas
The use of nitrogen compounds by plants for growth
11. What are the principles of green chemistry?
Minimise waste, only use energy from renewable sources, dispose of all hazardous waste safely
Minimise waste (high atom economy + percentage yield or recycling unreacted reactants), minimise the use of environmentally hazardous products such as heavy metal catalysts, maximise energy efficiency
Minimise the time taken for a reaction to occur, donate money towards environment initiatives to compensate for the large carbon footprint of an industrial process, only produce useful products
Use naturally occurring reactants and catalysts extracted from living organisms to reduce human impact on the environment
12. What is the name given to the pesticide which kills weeds?
Insecticide
Herbicide
All pesticides are called pesticides
Weedicide
13. What are the problems associated with persistent pesticides?
They take many years to degrade into harmless substances so are more dangerous if released into water supplies; continue to kill organisms after the crop has been harvested; more likely to bioaccumulate and kill top predators
They will last for longer in water supplies and so kill humans as well as pests
None - persistent pesticides last for longer so the crop is protected for longer, thus reducing costs
They take many years to degrade into harmless substances so may harm the crop as well as the pest
14. What is the shape and bond angle of a complex with six ligands around the central ion?
Octahedral, 90
Hexahedral, 60
Bipyramidal, 120 or 90
Pyramidal, 109
15. Which chemical species are produced by nitrifying bacteria in the soil?
NO3-, NO2- aqueous ions
NO2-, NH4+ aqueous ions
N2, N2O gasses
NO3-, NH4+ aqueous ions
16. What is the formula of the Nitrate (V) ion
NO3(2-)
NO5-
NO3-
NO2-
17. Where does the position of equilibrium lie if Kc < 1?
On the left
Kc cannot be less than 1
On the right
In the middle
18. What is a systematic fungicide?
A fungicide which spreads throughout the whole of the plant, including new growth
A fungicide which works gradually through a crop to remove fungi
A fungicide which targets only specific fungi
A fungicide which works only on the existing leaves of plants and doesn't protect new growth
19. What is the equation for the lightening fixation of nitrogen and oxygen gas to form nitrogen (II) oxide?
N2 + 3O2 = 2NO3-
N2 + O2 = 2NO
N2 + 2O2 = 2NO2
2N2 + O2 = 2N2O
20. Giant covalent lattice structures' solubilities in water are...?