Sample questions - guiding Earth towards a sustainable future - AQASentence completion

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Sentence completion

Foundation tier papers may include questions in which you have to complete a sentence. Some of these questions include words to choose from in a box. You do not have to use all the words - some of them will be wrong.

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Sample question 1 - Foundation

Question

Crude oil is a mixture of many different carbon compounds.

Crude oil can be separated into useful fractions by fractional distillation.

The image shows a column used to separate crude oil.

A furnace column used in the process of fractional distillation

Use words from the box to complete the sentences. [2 marks]

condenseevaporatefreeze
condense
evaporate
freeze

Crude oil is heated so that most of the compounds ______.

At different temperatures the compounds cool and ______.

Sample question 2 - Foundation

Question

Use the correct word from the box to complete the sentence. [1 mark]

cross linksa giant ionic latticestrong covalent bonds
cross links
a giant ionic lattice
strong covalent bonds

Graphite has a high melting point because graphite has ______.