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CC10/11/13 Obtaining and using metals + Dynamic Equilibria

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which list shows the metals in the correct order of increasing reactivity?

a)

Iron < aluminium < zinc

b)

Iron < zinc < aluminium

c)

Zinc < aluminium < iron

2.

What products are formed when zinc metal reacts with steam?

a)

Zinc hydroxide + water

b)

Zinc chloride + hydrogen

c)

Zinc oxide + hydrogen

3.

Which of these combinations of metals and metal compounds will produce a displacement reaction?

a)

Copper + magnesium sulfate solution

b)

Iron chloride solution + magnesium

c)

Aluminium + sodium chloride solution

4.

When a metal is extracted from its ore using carbon, what is oxidised?

a)

Carbon

b)

Metal

c)

Metal oxide

5.

Why can heating with carbon not be used to extract aluminium from aluminium ores?

a)

Aluminium is unreactive

b)

Aluminium forms an oxide

c)

Aluminium is too reactive

6.

What gas forms at the positive electrode during the extraction of aluminium by electrolysis?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Aluminium

7.

Most metals can be extracted from their ores by electrolysis. What is the main reason that copper metal is not extracted from its ore by electrolysis?

a)

The process produces dangerous waste gases

b)

The process requires a lot of electrical energy

c)

The copper ore is particularly difficult to mine

8.

It was found that metal X did not react with dilute acids. What does this definitely tell us about the position of metal X in the reactivity series?

a)

It is at the bottom of the reactivity series

b)

It is below hydrogen in the reactivity series

c)

It is above carbon in the reactivity series

9.

What factor does the biological extraction of copper, using phytoextraction, depend on?

a)

That copper compounds are poisonous

b)

That plants can take in copper compounds from the soil

c)

That photosynthesis stores energy in plants

10.

HIGHER TIER - Magnesium can displace iron from solutions of iron(II) sulfate. Which of the following represents the ionic equation which takes place during this reaction?

a)

Mg(s) + Fe2+(aq) → Mg2+(aq) + Fe(s)

b)

Mg(s) + FeSO4(aq) → MgSO4(aq) + Fe(s)

c)

Mg(s) + Fe2+(aq) + SO42-(aq) → Mg2+(aq) + SO42-(aq) + Fe(s)

11.

What does electrolysis mean?

a)

Splitting by electricity

b)

Adding by electricity

c)

Splitting the atom

d)

Electric shock

12.

Electrodes are usually?

a)

Short

b)

Always positive

c)

Positive and negative

d)

Always negative

13.

What do we call the positive ions in the electrolyte solution

a)

Cation

b)

Cathode

c)

Anion

d)

Anode

14.

What doe we call the substance that is being broken down by electrolysis?

a)

Anode

b)

Cathode

c)

Electrolyte

d)

Anion

15.

The reactivity series shows us what?

a)

The mass of metals

b)

How reactive metals are

c)

Types of reactions

d)

What metals react with strong acids

16.

If you react a metal and cold water, what gas do you produce?

a)

Air

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon dioxide

17.

Displacement means?

a)

More reactive metals are replaced with less reactive metals

b)

Less reactive metals are replaced with unreactive metals

c)

Less reactive metals are replaced with more reactive metals

d)

Nothing happens

18.

During electrolysis of a substance, where do new substances form?

a)

Power supply

b)

Electrodes

c)

Beaker

d)

On the test tubes

19.

What is formed when a metal reacts with oxygen?

a)

Metal oxide

b)

Metal hydroxide

c)

Metal carbonate

d)

Metal nitrate

20.

Which of the following metals will not react with cold water?

a)

Sodium

b)

Calcium

c)

Magnesium

d)

Iron

21.

What is the main product when a metal reacts with an acid?

a)

Metal oxide

b)

Metal hydroxide

c)

Salt and hydrogen gas

d)

Salt and water

22.

Which of the following metals can be extracted from its ore using carbon?

a)

Aluminium

b)

Iron

c)

Sodium

d)

Potassium

23.

Where are the transition metals found in the periodic table?

a)

On the left of the periodic table, in groups 1 and 2

b)

In the middle of the periodic table, between groups 2 and 3

c)

On the right of the periodic table, in groups 7 and 8

24.

Which of the following is a transition metal?

a)

Zinc

b)

Sodium

c)

Aluminium

25.

Which of these is a typical property of all transition metals?

a)

Malleable

b)

Brittle

c)

Low melting point

26.

What two things must be present for iron to rust?

a)

Oxygen and heat

b)

Water and oxygen

c)

Water and salt

27.

How does electroplating iron objects prevent them from rusting?

a)

Electroplating galvanises the iron and stops it rusting

b)

The metal coating stops the iron rusting by sacrificial protection

c)


The expensive metal coating keeps out air and water

28.

Which metal could be used for sacrificial protection of iron?

a)

Tin

b)

Lead

c)

Magnesium

29.

Which of the following is an alloy?

a)

Copper

b)

Steel

c)

Lead

d)

Vanadium

30.

Which of these properties of aluminium is most important for explaining its use in overhead electrical cables?

a)

Low density

b)

High thermal conductivity

c)

Malleable

31.

Why is gold used to plate the plugs used to connect hi-fi speaker cables to a stereo amplifier?

a)

High melting point

b)

Good conductor of electricity

c)

High density

32.

Why are alloys typically stiffer than pure metals?

a)

The metallic bonding is stronger in alloys

b)

The metal atoms are all very regularly arranged in an alloy

c)


The layers of metal atoms in the alloy cannot slide over each other very easily