S3 Chemistry – Metals – Worksheet 2

Section 1 – Displacement (slides 1 – 8)

1. Organise the metals below into order of reactivity (least reactive first).
You should use P.10 of your data booklet to help you.
Magnesium, lithium, copper, calcium, iron, gold, lead.
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2. Write the rule for displacement.

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3.Complete the results table below by using the rule for displacement.
Yes, a reaction will take place = Y No, a reaction will NOT take place = N
The first answer has been done as an example.

Metal Solution
Name of Metal Copper sulfate Iron sulfate Zinc sulfate Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium Y

Zinc

Iron

Copper

4. List 2 signs that a displacement reaction has occurred.

a.
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b.
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Section 2 – Corrosion (slides 9 – 12)

4. What happens to metals when they corrode?
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5. Like other metals, iron corrodes.
a. What is the other name for the corrosion of iron? _____________________________________
b. What two substances are required for the corrosion of iron to take place?
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c. What substance will speed up the corrosion or iron?
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Section 3 – Protecting Iron (slides 13 - 21)

6. Complete the table below.
Organise the methods of protecting iron below into physical or chemical protection.
Electroplating, sacrificial protection, painting, greasing, cathodic protection, plastic
coatin

Physical Protection Chemical Protection

7. Complete the table below.

State which means of protecting iron would be most suitable for the following objects.

Object Method of Protection

Fencing
Bike chains
Car body
Ship hulls

8. How do physical methods of protecting iron stop iron corroding?

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9. How do sacrificial and cathodic protection protect iron?
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10. Draw the experimental set up for electroplating.
Remember to use a ruler.
11. Name the indicator used to show the corrosion of iron is taking place.
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12. What is the colour change when the indicator detects the corrosion of iron?
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13. The following experiment was set up.

Iron nail Iron nail Iron nail

only wrapped in wrapped in
Aluminium. silver.

All three experiments have had ferroxyl indicator added.

a. Which experiment will see the most rust? _____________________________________________

b. How are you able to tell which experiment has the most rust?
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c. Which experiment will see NO rust? __________________________________________________
d. Explain your answer to part C.
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Section 4 – More practise of SVSDF and equations

Reminder! Write the chemical formula of calcium sulfide
S – Symbol Ca S
V – Valency 2 2
S – Swap 2 2 (makes no difference here)
D – Divide 1 1
F – Formula CaS
14. Using SVSDF reminder write the chemical formulas of the following compounds.
a. Sodium oxide b. Aluminium bromide c. Nitrogen sulfide

d. Potassium chloride e. Magnesium chloride f. Lithium phosphide

Reminder! Required general word equations.

(i) Metal + oxygen → metal oxide
(ii) Metal + water → metal hydroxide + hydrogen
(iii) Metal + hydrochloric acid → chloride salt + water

15. Complete the following word equations.

a. lithium + oxygen →
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b. calcium + water →
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c. zinc + hydrochloric acid →
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16. Write chemical equations for the following word equations.

Reminder, formula for hydrochloric acid is HCl
(No need to balance the equations)
a. Magnesium + hydrochloric acid → magnesium chloride + hydrogen
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b. Aluminium + oxygen → aluminium oxide
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