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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science November 2021 Paper 3

  • J250/03
  • Foundation
  • Chemistry 1
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme: on the OCR website.

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  • Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles
  • Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model
  • Ionic and covalent bonding
  • Acids, salts and pH
  • Conservation of mass and relative formula mass
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What it tested

  • Bonding and structure18 marks
  • Atomic structure and the periodic table12 marks
  • Energy changes12 marks
  • Chemical changes10 marks
  • Quantitative chemistry7 marks
  • Chemical analysis1 marks
  1. Q1The periodic table, metals and noble gases1 mark
  2. Q2Metallic bonding1 mark
  3. Q3Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes1 mark
  4. Q4Purity, formulations and chromatography1 mark
  5. Q5Conservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
  6. Q6Electrolysis1 mark
  7. Q7Conservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
  8. Q8Reactivity, extraction and reduction1 mark
9 more questions
  1. Q9Atomic size, relative mass and electron structure1 mark
  2. Q10Ionic and covalent bonding1 mark
  3. Q11Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic modelPurity, formulations and chromatography4 marks
  4. Q12Conservation of mass and relative formula massAcids, salts and pH5 marks
  5. Q13Acids, salts and pH8 marks
  6. Q14States of matter and properties of substancesPurity, formulations and chromatography6 marks
  7. Q15Ionic and covalent bonding9 marks
  8. Q16Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic modelAtomic size, relative mass and electron structure6 marks
  9. Q17Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profilesIonic and covalent bonding12 marks

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