THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, DUBAI

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE

Year: 8

Name: ……………………………………… Date: …….

Topic: Metals and acids, metals and oxygen
Answer the following questions.
1. Students set up a practical and record the following observations.

Each container has hydrochloric acid in it along with a metal.

1 – magnesium 2 – copper 3 – zinc 4 – iron 5 – aluminium

(a) How do you know a reaction is happening in the containers?

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(b) What do the bubbles in the container mean are being produced in the reaction?
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(c) Which is the most reactive metal? How do you know?
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(d) Write a word equation for each reaction 1, 3, and 5.

(e) Describe a test that could be used to prove that hydrogen was the gas
being produced.
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2. Magnesium reacts with oxygen to make magnesium oxide.

a. What are the reactants of this reaction?

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b. What is the product of this reaction?
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c. Write a word equation for this reaction.
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3. Complete the equations for the following reactions.

a. copper + oxygen →………………………………….

b. sodium + ………………………………………..→ sodium oxide

c. aluminium + …………………………………..→ aluminium oxide

d. ………………………………………+ oxygen → potassium oxide

e……………………… + oxygen → calcium oxide

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the word

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6. Suggest what happens to hydrogen gas to produce the squeaky pop when a burning
splint is placed in the mouth of the test tube where hydrogen gas is produced.
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7. What happens to magnesium when left open in the air? Write the word equation and
chemical equation for the reaction.
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Place the metal in the order of reactivity: (Most reactive to least reactive)

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10. Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air?