IGCSE Chemistry 0620, topic 2.7
Metallic bonding: past paper questions
14 Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry 0620 questions on Metallic bonding (2.7) from 14 papers, 2023 to 2026. Mostly multiple choice. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 14
- Papers
- 14
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 65
- Average per question
- 4.6 marks
- Largest question
- 17 marks
By type: Multiple choice 10 · Structured 4
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply2
- Analyse2
- Not banded10
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
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- nameRecall3 questions
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- describeApply2 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- explainAnalyse2 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- giveRecall2 questions
produce an answer from a given source or recall / memory
- identifyRecall2 questions
name / select / recognise
- determineApply1 question
establish an answer using the information available
- show thatApply1 question
- useApply1 question
- writeRecall1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20261
- 20256
- 20242
- 20235
By session
- May/June7
- Oct/Nov7
By paper
- Paper 12
- Paper 28
- Paper 44
Questions on this topic
Showing 12 of 14, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2026, paper 21Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
Which row describes the structure of a solid metal and explains the property?
- Try this questionQuestion 7Oct/Nov 2025, paper 21Multiple choice1 mark
Which statement explains why solid magnesium is a good conductor of electricity?
- Try this questionQuestion 8Oct/Nov 2024, paper 21Multiple choice1 mark
Which statement about the structure of metals explains why metals are malleable?
- Try this questionQuestion 27Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
Which pair of diagrams represents both a pure metal and an alloy?
- Try this questionQuestion 9Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
Which row describes the structure and bonding in cobalt?
- Try this questionQuestion 9Oct/Nov 2024, paper 22Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
Which row explains the malleability and electrical conductivity of a solid metal?
- Try this questionQuestion 25May/June 2023, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
The diagram represents the structure of a solid. Which solids does the diagram represent?
- Try this questionQuestion 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 41Structured17 marks
Calcium is an element in Group II of the Periodic Table. Identify the element in Group II which has only five occupied electron shells.
- Try this questionQuestion 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 43Structured8 marks
Table 2.1 shows the melting points, boiling points and electrical conductivities of seven substances, A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Table 2.1…
- Try this questionQuestion 5May/June 2023, paper 22Multiple choice1 mark
Substance P conducts electricity when solid. Which particles move in solid P so that it can conduct electricity?
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2025, paper 41Structured15 marks
This question is about copper and compounds of copper. Describe the bonding in a metallic element such as copper.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2025, paper 43Structured15 marks
This question is about zinc and compounds of zinc. Zinc is held together by electrostatic forces of attraction between particles. Name the type of bonding in zinc.