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The HSC Chemistry exam will assess a number of skills so it’s not just about spitting out memorised information. You will also be tested on your ability to relate chemical concepts, interpret questions, analyse data, successfully manage your time and communicate effectively.
It’s important that you learn to develop your examination technique, including answering questions effectively, eradicating careless errors, and using the correct terminology. We’ve got HSC Chemistry past papers from 2002 to 2019 to help you with this.
We’ve organised the past papers by course and year, naming the links as accurately as possible. If you find any errors, please let us know.
Sometimes, there is only a marking guide available, in others, the marking guide contains sample answers as well. The table usually shows each question and the criteria with each mark or mark range.
3 Tips to Help you Prepare for Your HSC Chemistry Exam
- Make the Syllabus Your Best Friend. Exam questions often require you to integrate knowledge from separate parts of the syllabus. If you know the syllabus well, you’ll more easily be able to identify topics in the syllabus to which questions relate.
- Memorise key Phrases and Equations. Throughout the year your teacher will give you basic terms that will make it easier for you to understand the topics you study. Memorise these and use them in your exam to help you demonstrate your knowledge. There are also various balanced chemical equations that you will need to memorise. The faster you learn and remember these, the better prepared you’ll be.
- Look for Patterns in Past Papers. Practice might not make perfect, but it can go a long way to prepare you for your exams. By completing past papers you will become familiar with common exam questions. Look for patterns that emerge in relation to topics and questions. Similar questions often come up again with only slight changes.
3 Tips to Help you Ace Your HSC Chemistry Exam
- Identify Verbs in Short Questions. The verbs in short questions tell you exactly what the marker is expecting in your answer. E.g. Assess means you must show evidence of evaluating in your answer, Identify means you should indicate or name something specific, and Analyse means you must examine, interpret and explain something.
- Communicate Effectively. When communicating with words, use Chemistry terminology. Keep answers relevant and to the point. When answers involve calculations, set your work out clearly and accurately, showing all your working out. When communicating visually, diagrams should be drawn to scale, ruled and clearly labelled.
- Plan and Check Your Answers. With longer answers, know what you’re going to write about before you start writing. Make sure you’re answering the question, not just regurgitating what you know. Make sure you’re answering all aspects of the question.
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2021 HSC Chemistry Exam Paper
2021 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answers
2020 HSC Chemistry Exam Paper
2020 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answers
2019 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/e9541cfe-0a5a-499c-9c25-ae06ffd3a2c0/2019-hsc-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-e9541cfe-0a5a-499c-9c25-ae06ffd3a2c0-n0ISV6t
2019 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/bc87fcf1-97f5-47aa-a2af-537d3b538e4e/2019-hsc-chemistry-mg.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-bc87fcf1-97f5-47aa-a2af-537d3b538e4e-n0ITdgx
2018 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/b17504ca-d354-4e45-ba86-e36a1bdb00ad/2018-hsc-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b17504ca-d354-4e45-ba86-e36a1bdb00ad-mrMhAnN
2018 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/603bf8c2-7d30-4c8f-acba-c6b4e59882ed/2018-hsc-chemistry-mg.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-603bf8c2-7d30-4c8f-acba-c6b4e59882ed-mtj3Jr2
2017 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/cb65ca25-fc28-4e21-8f2d-4886bf176ddd/2017-hsc-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-cb65ca25-fc28-4e21-8f2d-4886bf176ddd-lZ.o-ZW
2017 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/ab443489-7291-43cb-9e8e-daaeaabd31a2/2017-hsc-mg-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ab443489-7291-43cb-9e8e-daaeaabd31a2-m00rfv2
2016 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/e76232cd-1d84-4d3e-92ce-ea41546810f6/2016-hsc-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-e76232cd-1d84-4d3e-92ce-ea41546810f6-lBJsKUq
2016 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/818e942f-37a4-4ee9-a5ec-e40c59e01834/2016-hsc-mg-chemistry.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-818e942f-37a4-4ee9-a5ec-e40c59e01834-lJl54sm
2015 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/43f38e7e-ebc2-402c-ad14-2f26d611211d/chemistry-hsc-exam-2015.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-43f38e7e-ebc2-402c-ad14-2f26d611211d-lG908fx
2015 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/cdab154e-9d8e-4a20-a96b-5f3447472dfe/chemistry-hsc-mg-2015.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-cdab154e-9d8e-4a20-a96b-5f3447472dfe-lG90Z6H
2014 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/b4416065-974a-440c-a4bf-c65cd816bc55/chemistry-hsc-exam-2014.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b4416065-974a-440c-a4bf-c65cd816bc55-lG95-wc
2014 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/499e4b82-9766-49f5-bd35-83352ff16ee4/chemistry-hsc-mg-2014.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-499e4b82-9766-49f5-bd35-83352ff16ee4-lG96.uJ
2013 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/2faef657-b3bb-4934-a797-b55f5b655c7a/chemistry-hsc-exam-2013.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-2faef657-b3bb-4934-a797-b55f5b655c7a-lG9AkG9
2013 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/5643ee10-ccc1-4719-8b81-9a7eb06e7c33/chemistry-hsc-mg-2013.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-5643ee10-ccc1-4719-8b81-9a7eb06e7c33-lG9Al9b
2012 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/bcf60e86-5d2f-482f-b6ad-d4e6ba6535f3/chemistry-hsc-exam-2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-bcf60e86-5d2f-482f-b6ad-d4e6ba6535f3-lG9Ch4U
2012 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/675ccc3b-fdf3-435e-9e86-bf6c47233bf3/chemistry-hsc-mg-2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-675ccc3b-fdf3-435e-9e86-bf6c47233bf3-lG9Cht2
2012 HSC Chemistry Sample Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/6ec0ce0d-470b-4fc0-8dc5-c6b68f41f1f0/chemistry-hsc-sa-2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-6ec0ce0d-470b-4fc0-8dc5-c6b68f41f1f0-lG9CgIN
2011 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/bcaf3966-446c-47ac-95ec-a86c9bf2f917/chemistry-hsc-exam-2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-bcaf3966-446c-47ac-95ec-a86c9bf2f917-lG9Epwj
2011 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/d25f9ae8-9989-43f1-a078-1267f0b09a19/chemistry-hsc-mg-2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-d25f9ae8-9989-43f1-a078-1267f0b09a19-lG9Eqnd
2011 HSC Chemistry Sample Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/7d88f053-b1f1-43a6-9c0c-e3a4dc698ec9/chemistry-hsc-sa-2011.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-7d88f053-b1f1-43a6-9c0c-e3a4dc698ec9-lG9EqMC
2010 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/b23e1b1e-0a8d-4027-9a35-2b518f44b6e5/chemistry-hsc-exam-2010.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b23e1b1e-0a8d-4027-9a35-2b518f44b6e5-lGcDp-N
2010 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/ccb8a0cf-9299-4b2e-893f-4037cb298690/chemistry-hsc-mg-2010.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ccb8a0cf-9299-4b2e-893f-4037cb298690-lGcDqjZ
2010 HSC Chemistry Sample Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/1624f799-0cab-4534-9a77-6727c0ed95ac/chemistry-hsc-sa-2010.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-1624f799-0cab-4534-9a77-6727c0ed95ac-lGcDqJM
2009 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/f576d368-09c2-4c41-96ef-d00ef523cc55/chemistry-hsc-exam-2009.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-f576d368-09c2-4c41-96ef-d00ef523cc55-lGwzu-Y
2009 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/b202bee8-b57c-4f76-9a56-2cb4f8c51d32/chemistry-hsc-mg-2009.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b202bee8-b57c-4f76-9a56-2cb4f8c51d32-lGwzvi5
2009 HSC Chemistry Sample Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/af478429-50ab-40fc-a0db-e8b5ce92a28f/chemistry-hsc-sa-2009.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-af478429-50ab-40fc-a0db-e8b5ce92a28f-lGwzvwE
2008 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/186c36b2-431e-4b10-9685-208ec4b08677/chemistry-hsc-exam-2008.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-186c36b2-431e-4b10-9685-208ec4b08677-lGcvnzk
2008 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/51863dba-8563-46f4-9fd0-172674d49f71/chemistry-hsc-notes-2008.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-51863dba-8563-46f4-9fd0-172674d49f71-lGcvong
2007 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/1aacbf34-c201-4660-9602-9a7f458b985f/chemistry-hsc-exam-2007.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-1aacbf34-c201-4660-9602-9a7f458b985f-lGcwcJs
2007 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/8fcbe3d6-b19a-4c4b-8779-7771d4b6772e/chemistry-hsc-notes-2007.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-8fcbe3d6-b19a-4c4b-8779-7771d4b6772e-lGcwc..
2006 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/8463be13-c12a-4d06-ba8e-8260a90136c9/chemistry-hsc-exam-2006.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-8463be13-c12a-4d06-ba8e-8260a90136c9-lGdjUDv
2006 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/ffb559a7-d435-4258-b9fc-acf0a5e09889/chemistry-hsc-notes-2006.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ffb559a7-d435-4258-b9fc-acf0a5e09889-lGdjUY9
2005 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/07d64fc7-82dd-4785-a275-fadbeea46a29/chemistry-hsc-exam-2005.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-07d64fc7-82dd-4785-a275-fadbeea46a29-lGdiZGU
2005 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/b51b9a24-0622-438e-8cd8-090568780020/chemistry-hsc-notes-2005.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-b51b9a24-0622-438e-8cd8-090568780020-lGdi-01
2004 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/ae81ed21-e2e9-403d-b546-6b8255751ca2/chemistry-hsc-exam-2004.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ae81ed21-e2e9-403d-b546-6b8255751ca2-lGd7nOz
2004 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/367034c0-6e4b-4019-9ed5-b3d2e84ad95e/chemistry-hsc-notes-2004.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-367034c0-6e4b-4019-9ed5-b3d2e84ad95e-lGd7o8M
2003 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/a9a462e9-300e-4970-99a6-eed1137d41ab/chemistry-hsc-exam-2003.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-a9a462e9-300e-4970-99a6-eed1137d41ab-lGd8kko
2003 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/82d27606-ef57-40b9-99e9-4b68b01eb139/chemistry-hsc-notes-2003.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-82d27606-ef57-40b9-99e9-4b68b01eb139-lGd8kFA
2002 HSC Chemistry Exam Paperhttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/67656ea9-8b72-4cc9-bc70-7520338da0e6/chemistry-hsc-exam-2002.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-67656ea9-8b72-4cc9-bc70-7520338da0e6-lGdeurZ
2002 HSC Chemistry Guide + Answershttps://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/54c1a2df-568e-4189-9655-67828cf990b4/chemistry-hsc-notes-2002.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-54c1a2df-568e-4189-9655-67828cf990b4-lGdeuKE
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