Transition elements: past paper questions
Real questions on transition elements
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- 0973/32 · May/June 2025 · Q7b[1]
Copper is a transition element. Tick (✓) the three correct statements about copper. copper acts as a catalyst copper forms coloured compounds copper has a low density copper has a low melting point
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · October/November 2024 · Q5a(iii)[1]
Name one metal from Table 5.1 that is a transition element.
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · October/November 2022 · Q8c[1]
Copper is a transition element. Transition elements have high densities, high melting points and high boiling points. They are all metals. State one other property of a transition element.
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · October/November 2021 · Q5a(i)[1]
Name the collection of metals in Period 4 that contains iron.
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · October/November 2020 · Q2d(ii)[1]
Predict whether the solution formed when copper( II ) oxide reacts with the acid is coloured or is colourless. Explain your answer.
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · May/June 2020 · Q8a(ii)[2]
Copper is a transition metal. Calcium is not a transition metal. State two properties of transition metals that are not properties of calcium.
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What examiners said
Most candidates gained partial credit on this question but many of these either did not complete the number of responses required or included an incorrect tick. There was no clear pattern in the incorrect responses and all the alternatives proved to be tempting to the candidates.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0973/32 Q7(b) (Cambridge)
Few candidates made the connection between transition metals and coloured compounds.
— Examiner report, October/November 2020, 0973/31 Q2(d)(ii) (Cambridge)
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