Chemical Reactions Revision Sheet

1. From the list below, circle which are chemical reactions

a] Separating chalk from water

b] Making magnesium and oxygen from magnesium oxide

c] A puddle evaporating

d] A solid forming when two solutions are added together

e] Adding calcium to water – it fizzes and gets hot

2. List three changes which indicate that a chemical reaction has taken place.

Temperature change, colour change, new solid is formed

3. a) Tom reacted lumps of calcium carbonate with hydrochloric acid.

State 3 ways Tom could increase the speed of this reaction.

1. increase the temperature,

2. use powder instead,
3. increase the amount of acid

b) Tom tried to write out the definition for a catalyst his statement is below:

“A catalyst is a substance that decreases the speed of reaction

and is used up in the reaction”

Underline the mistakes in Tom’s definition and rewrite a correct definition

underneath.

A catalyst is a substance that increases the speed of a reaction and is not

used up in the reaction.

4. a) State the name given to biological catalysts?

_______________enzymes.__________
 b) Give 2 reasons why catalysts are used in industry?

1. ____________to produce things faster

2. ___________they are re-useable

5. a) Make a general word equation using the underlined words in the following
statement.

When an acid and an alkali react a salt and water are produced.

Acid + alkali= salt + water

b) Use your knowledge of naming salts to complete the following table

Acid Name Alkali Name Salt Name

Nitric acid Sodium Hydroxide Sodium nitrate
Sulfuric acid Potassium Hydroxide Potassium sulfide
Hydrochoric acid Lithium Hydroxide Lithium chloride
Sulfuric acid Sodium hydroxide Sodium Sulfate

(c) State the name of the reaction taking place when an acid reacts with an
alkali

neutralisation