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Required practicals practice (methods, variables, graphs, evaluation)

Sixty original marks on the practical skills examiners love: apparatus choices, variables, graphs and evaluation across salt-making, titration, temperature changes, electrolysis, rates, chromatography and water analysis.

In the style of The required practical / core practical skills examined across the GCSE Chemistry specifications. These are original QuizQuip questions written against the DfE GCSE subject content — not AQA, Pearson Edexcel or OCR past-paper questions, and QuizQuip is not affiliated with any of the boards.

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Total marks
60
Time
1 h 10 min
Format
15 structured questions
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The shared GCSE Chemistry practicals: making salts, titration, temperature changes, electrolysis, rates of reaction, chromatography and water analysis — methods, variables, graphs and evaluation

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Required practicals practice paper

60 marks · 1 h 10 min · 8 pages

10 multiple-choice questions and structured questions with answer lines. The shared GCSE Chemistry practicals: making salts, titration, temperature changes, electrolysis, rates of reaction, chromatography and water analysis — methods, variables, graphs and evaluation.

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Model answers with a mark for each creditworthy point — for marking at home or in class.

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Chapters in this paper

How to use

Work through it like the real exam

  1. 1Print the paper, or open the PDF and write your answers on paper.
  2. 2Set a timer and work without notes — the real thing is timed and closed-book.
  3. 3Mark your work with the mark scheme, one marking point at a time, including M marks for method.
  4. 4Redo every question you lost marks on, then revise that chapter.

Preview

The opening questions

Section A: Multiple-choice questions[10 marks]

Choose one answer for each question. Each question is worth 1 mark.

  1. 1

    The apparatus for adding acid drop by drop in a titration is the

    1. Ameasuring cylinder
    2. Bburette
    3. Cpipette filler
    4. Devaporating basin
    ( )
  2. 2

    A temperature-change practical measures the temperature of the

    1. Aflame
    2. Bbunsen
    3. Csurroundings (the solution mixture)
    4. Dthermometer case
    ( )
  3. 3

    In the rate experiment with a gas syringe, the independent variable for a concentration study is the

    1. Aacid concentration
    2. Bgas volume
    3. Ctime
    4. Dtemperature of the lab
    ( )
  4. 4

    The chromatography baseline is drawn in pencil because pencil is

    1. Adarker
    2. Binsoluble and will not move
    3. Ccheaper
    4. Deasier to erase
    ( )
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Revision

Before you sit the paper

  • Revise every chapter this paper covers, using the free notes pages.
  • Do the quick quiz on each chapter and note where you lose marks.
  • Practise the topical questions with the mark schemes.
  • Calculators are allowed on every chemistry paper, and the periodic table is printed — learn the formulae that are not given, such as mol = mass ÷ Mr, Rf = distance moved by substance ÷ distance moved by solvent, and percentage yield.

Tips

Exam tips

Method marks are real marks

  • Show every line of working — method marks are awarded for correct steps even with a slip in the arithmetic.
  • Give mole and concentration answers the units the question asks for: g, mol, g/dm³ or mol/dm³.
  • Check chemical equations balance — an unbalanced equation usually costs the answer mark.
  • Give answers the accuracy asked for, typically 2 or 3 significant figures, and quote a sensible unit with every quantity.

Questions

About the Required practicals practice

Which practicals does this set cover?

The shared GCSE Chemistry practical skills: making salts, titration, temperature changes, electrolysis, rates of reaction, chromatography and the water-analysis practical — the methods, variables, graphs and evaluation questions that appear on every paper.

How should I mark my answers?

One credit per marking point. For method questions, award a point only if the step is actually stated — "filter it" earns the filtering point, "clean it up" does not.

Is this a real exam paper?

No. It is original QuizQuip practice material in the style of the required-practical questions — not an AQA, Pearson Edexcel or OCR past paper or practical-handbook extract, with no affiliation to any awarding body.