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Metals: revision quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can be beaten into thin sheets

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Flexible

2.

Can be drawn into wires

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Flexible

3.

Can bend easily without breaking

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Flexible

4.

Another word for shiny

a)

Ductile

b)

Sonorous

c)

Malleable

d)

Lustrous

5.

The only 3 magnetic metals are:

a)

Iron

b)

Cobalt

c)

Magnesium

d)

Nickel

6.

The only liquid metal at the room temperature

a)

Francium

b)

Sodium

c)

Mercury

d)

Cobalt

7.

Which one is not a metal?

a)

Magnesium

b)

Nickel

c)

Mercury

d)

Nitrogen

8.

Which one is not a property of most metals?

a)

Ductile

b)

Malleable

c)

Magnetic

d)

Sonorous

9.

Choose the more reactive metal

a)

sodium

b)

potassium

10.

Choose the least reactive metal

a)

calcium

b)

magnesium

c)

iron

d)

copper

11.

Choose the most reactive metal

a)

calcium

b)

magnesium

c)

iron

d)

copper

12.

Choose the less reactive metal

a)

copper

b)

gold

13.

Aluminium + Iron oxide -->

a)

aluminium

b)

oxide

c)

aluminium oxide and iron

d)

iron

14.

gold + copper iodide-->

a)

gold iodide and copper

b)

No reaction

c)

gold copper

d)

gold iodide

15.

sodium + potassium nitrate-->

a)

sodium potassium

b)

sodium nitrate

c)

no reaction

d)

sodium nitrate and potassium

16.

iron + silver chlorate -->

a)

silver iron

b)

iron silver

c)

iron chlorate and silver

d)

no reaction

17.

In a displacement reaction a MORE reactive metal displaces a LESS reactive metal from its compound

a)

True

b)

False

18.

When you add oxygen to another element it is called...

a)

oxidation

b)

reduction

c)

neutralisation

d)

displacement reaction

19.

magnesium + oxygen

a)

magnesium oxide

b)

no reaction

20.

platinum + oxygen

a)

platinum oxide

b)

no reaction

21.

The most reactive metals make what 2 things when they react with water?

a)

metal oxide and oxygen

b)

metal hydroxide and oxygen

c)

metal hydroxide and hydrogen

d)

metal hydroxide and carbon dioxide

22.

Potassium sets on fire when you drop it in water

a)

true

b)

false

23.

potassium + water --> ............................................... + hydrogen

a)

potassium oxide

b)

potassium hydroxide

24.

gold + water --> no reaction

a)

true

b)

false

25.

All alkali metals change the colour of the universal indicator from green to purple when you place them in water

a)

true

b)

false

26.

sodium + .......................--> sodium hydroxide + ................

a)

water, hydrogen

b)

hydrogen, water

c)

carbon dioxide, water

d)

potassium, oxygen

27.

Platinum will displace potassium from potassium bromide

a)

Yes

b)

No

28.

How much oxygen is there in the air?

a)

1%

b)

79%

c)

21%

d)

100%

29.

Some metals are so reactive with oxygen that they have to be kept in containers with oil.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

sodium + oxygen -->

a)

oxygen sodium

b)

sodium oxide

c)

sodium oxygen

31.

Aluminium + Hydrochloric acid -->

a)

aluminium oxide

b)

aluchloride

c)

aluminium chloride

d)

aluminium chloride + hydrogen

32.

metal + acid -->

a)

salt + hydrogen gas

b)

salt

c)

salt + water

d)

no reaction

33.

Sodium + Sulfuric acid -->

a)

Sodium sulfide

b)

Sodium chloride

c)

Sodium sulfate

d)

Sodium sulfate + hydrogen

34.

Gold + hydrochloric acid -->

a)

gold chloride and hydrogen

b)

no reaction

c)

gold chlorate

d)

gold oxide and hydrogen

35.

Lithium

a)

Li

b)

Be

c)

Na

d)

Mg

36.

Na

a)

Lithium

b)

Calcium

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

37.

Potassium

a)

Li

b)

Na

c)

Rb

d)

K

38.

Which gas is released when the alkali metals react with water?

a)

hydrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

hydroxide

d)

carbon dioxide

39.

Which alkali metal is the least reactive?

a)

lithium

b)

sodium

c)

potassium

d)

rubidium

40.
Alkali metals are found in which group of the periodic table?
a)
Group 1
b)
Group 2
c)
Group 7
d)
group 8 
41.
Which of the following is the most reactive in water?
a)
Lithium
b)
Sodium
c)
Potassium
42.

______________is released when alkali metal react with water.

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Metahne

d)

Carbon dioxide

43.

Lithium, sodium, potassium- which alkali metal sets alight when in contact with water?

a)

lithium

b)

sodium

c)

potassium

44.

When you drop potassium to a bowl of water the colour of the universal indicator changes from

a)

green to purple

b)

purple to green

c)

red to green

d)

red to purple

45.

Metals are usually locked in compounds with oxygen. These compounds are called:

a)

oxates

b)

ores

c)

oxidating agents

d)

reducing agents

46.

Which metal would be extracted from its ore with electrolysis?

a)

potassium

b)

iron

c)

silver

d)

gold

47.

Which metal is found pure in the earth's crust?

a)

potassium

b)

aluminium

c)

sodium

d)

gold

48.

Which metal would be extracted from its ore by heating it with carbon

a)

potassium

b)

iron

c)

sodium

d)

gold

49.
When an object changes shape when struck by a hammer.
a)
luster
b)
malleable
c)
brittleness
d)
ductile
50.

If you have a material that can conduct electricity well it is probably a...

a)

Metalloid

b)

Matter

c)

Non-metal

d)

Metal