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Metal and Acids Lessons Year 8
Metal and Acids Lessons Year 8
Date work set: 27th April Date work to be completed by: 8th May
Learning outcomes:
8. Explain what composite materials are and why they are useful.
The following tasks are to help you understand the content of the ‘Metals and acids’ section
of our course. Please, do not attempt any of the experiments described in the activities/
websites or shown in the videos at home.
These websites contain notes and videos which may be helpful in addition to the kerboodle
pages listed in the activities. You can find the relevant sections by looking at the title of each
activity and finding the equivalent section of the website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqwmxnb/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/ztxnsbk/revision/1
Metal and acid reactions
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Tasks
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• Chemical change
2. Which is the most reactive metal? Iron, magnesium or copper. Why do you
think this? Use the table on page 89 to help you.
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Extension:
Please use pages 90-91 of the kerboodle textbook to complete this section of
activities. You will need to read through the pages before completing the activity.
Task 1: Write a description of the reaction between calcium and water using page 90 of
the kerboodle textbook.
Task 2: Write a description of the reaction between magnesium and steam using page
91 of the kerboodle textbook.
Task 3: Write down the ‘reactivity series’ of metals. This tells you the order of
reactivity of metals. Reactivity is a measure of how reactive different elements are.
Task 2: The table shows the observations made when four metals are added to
cold water and to dilute hydrochloric acid.
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(ii) Why was this grey deposit formed in test-tube B?
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Maximum 7 marks
Extension question:
Harry mixed zinc with copper sulphate solution in a test-tube.
A displacement reaction took place and the temperature increased.
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(b) Harry repeated the experiment with two other metals.
He wanted to calculate the temperature rise each time.
His results are shown below.
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(ii) Why was the rise in temperature obtained with zinc and
copper sulphate not much higher than the rise in
temperature obtained with iron and copper sulphate?
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Would there be a
mixture
rise in temperature?
aluminum +
sodium chloride
calcium +
zinc sulphate
lead +
zinc chloride
magnesium +
iron chloride
2 marks
maximum 6 marks
Extracting metals
1. What is an ‘ore’?
2. What does the word ‘extract’ mean? (In the context of page 94).
3. State the two stages involved in extracting metals from their ores.
Task 2: Read through the experiment below and answer the questions.
1. Write down the letters for each step in order of how the experiment
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2. Why do you think that the carbon displaces the iron from iron oxide?
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carbon?
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carbon? _________________________________________
Ceramics, polymers and composites
Extension: Add a short explanation of how monomers join together to produce polymers.
Composites