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NOVEMBER 2023
GRADE 10
MARKING GUIDELINES
PHYSICAL SCIENCES: CHEMISTRY (PAPER 2)
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Physical Sciences Grade 10 P2 Gauteng November 2023 Memo
Grade 10 Physical Sciences Paper 2 memorandum from the Gauteng November Exam 2023 (English), 6 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
Physical Sciences · Grade 10 · Gauteng November Exam · 2023 · English. Memorandum, 6 pages. Read online or download the PDF.
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES: CHEMISTRY
MARKING GUIDELINES (PAPER 2) GRADE 10
QUESTION 1 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.1 D ✓✓ (2)
1.2 C ✓✓ (2)
1.3 D ✓✓ (2)
1.4 C ✓✓ (2)
1.5 A ✓✓ (2)
1.6 B ✓✓ (2)
1.7 A ✓✓ (2)
1.8 B ✓✓ (2)
1.9 C ✓✓ (2)
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QUESTION 2
2.1 2.1.1 OH– ✓ (1)
2.1.2 Si ✓ (1)
2.1.3 Ni ✓ (1)
2.1.4 C✓ (1)
2.1.5 Brass ✓ (1)
2.1.6 Br2 ✓ (1)
2.2 C has greater ionisation energy than Si. ✓ (1)
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES: CHEMISTRY
MARKING GUIDELINES (PAPER 2) GRADE 10
2.3
3P4
3S2
2P6
2S2
1S2
✓ energy level 1 ✓ energy level 2 ✓ energy level 3 (3)
2.4 2.4.1 Free of water. ✓✓ (2)
2.4.2 CuSO4∙x H2O → CuSO4 + xH2O
10g 6,4g ∆m = 10 – 6,4 = 3,6 g ✓
6,4
n (CuSO4) = m/M = ✓ = 0,04 mol
159,5
n(CuSO4) : n(H2O)
3,6 0,04 : 0,2
18 ✓ = 0,2 mol
n (H2O) =
1:5
∴x=5✓ (4)
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QUESTION 3
3.1 The temperature at which a solid, given sufficient heat, becomes a liquid. ✓✓ (2)
3.2 1,013 x 105 Pa or 101,3 kPa or 1 atm or 1 bar or pressure at sea level ✓ (1)
3.3 Thermometer ✓ (1)
3.4 Liquid ✓ (1)
3.5 – Temperature remains constant, phase change is taking place (liquid to
gas). ✓
– All the heat absorbed is used to weaken the intermolecular forces. ✓
– Kinetic energy remains constant, but potential energy increases. ✓ (3)
3.6 – Ethanol will boil faster than water. ✓
– Ethanol boils at 78 °C and water boils at a higher temperature, 100 °C at
standard pressure. ✓
– The water molecules need more energy to overcome the stronger forces. ✓ (3)
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QUESTION 4
4.1 Atoms of the same element, with the same number of protons but different
number of neutrons. ✓✓ (2)
4.2 Sr ✓ (1)
4.3 2✓ (1)
4.4 – Atomic radius decreases across the period and increases down the
group. ✓
– Strontium's atomic radius is bigger than that of Magnesium. ✓ (2)
(84×0,56) + (86×9,86) + (87×7) + (88×82,58)✓
4.5 Average atomic mass =
100 ✓
= 87,71
≈ 88 ✓ (3)
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QUESTION 5
5.1 The simplest whole-number ratio of atoms in a compound. ✓✓ (2)
5.2 5.2.1 0,73 g ✓ (1)
5.2.2 m
n= ✓
M
1,09
n = ✓ = 0,09 mol C
12
0,18
n= ✓ = 0,18 mol H
1
0,73
n = ✓ = 0,046 mol O
16
0,09 0,18 0,046
: : ✓
0,046 0,046 0,046
2:4:1
Empirese formule = C2H4O ✓ (6)
5.3 Empirical formula molar Mass = 44 g.mol-1 ✓
88
ratio = =2✓
44
Molecular formula = C4H8O2 ✓ (3)
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MARKING GUIDELINES (PAPER 2) GRADE 10
QUESTION 6
6.1 Na2CO3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O ✓✓ (2)
6.2 Carbon (IV) oxide or carbon dioxide ✓ and CO2 ✓ (2)
6.3 6.3.1 CO2 ; H2O of HCl ✓✓ (Any TWO) (2)
6.3.2 NaCl ✓ and Na2CO3 ✓ (2)
6.4 6.4.1
✓✓ (2)
6.4.2
✓✓ (2)
6.5 M(Na2CO3) = (2 x 23) + 12 + (3 x 16)
= 106 g.mol-1 ✓✓ (2)
6.6 m
n = ✓
M
3
𝑛 = ✓
106
n = 0,028 mol ✓ (3)
6.7 N
n =N ✓
A
N
0,028 = 6,02 x 1023 ✓ N = 1,7 x 1022 formula units ✓
n(Na2CO3 ) : n (O)
1:3
1,7 x 1022 : 5,11 x 1022 oxygen atoms ✓ (4)
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES: CHEMISTRY
MARKING GUIDELINES (PAPER 2) GRADE 10
QUESTION 7
7.1 The amount of substance containing the same number of elementary particles
(atoms, ions or molecules) as there are atoms in 12 g of carbon-12.✓✓ (2)
7.2 45 cm3 or 0,045 dm3 ✓✓ (2)
7.3 Bubbles/Effervescence of hydrogen gas in the conical flask. ✓ (1)
7.4 V
n= ✓
Vm
0,045 ✓
=
22,4 ✓
= 0,002 mol or 2,0 x 10-3 mol ✓ (4)
7.5 n(Mg) : n(H2)
1:1
0,002 : 0,002 ✓
m
n= ✓
M
𝑚
0,002 = =✓
24
m = 0,048 g or 0,05 g ✓ (4)
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