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Carbonates

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

When limestone is heated it forms lime (calcium oxide) and carbon dioxide.

CaCO3(s) → CaO(s) + CO2(g)

Which statement is NOT correct?

a)

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas which may contribute to climate change.

b)

Slaked lime is used to neutralise industrial waste.

c)

The lime can be used to treat alkaline soil.

d)

This reaction is an example of thermal decomposition.

2.

Lime (calcium oxide) is used to treat waste water from a factory. Which substance is removed by the lime?

a)

ammonia

b)

sodium chloride

c)

sodium hydroxide

d)

sulfuric acid

3.

Which process is used to make lime (calcium oxide) from limestone (calcium carbonate)?

a)

chromatography

b)

electrolysis

c)

C fractional distillation

d)

thermal decomposition

4.

When compound X is heated, it changes colour from green to black. Compound Y is formed and a gas is given off which turns limewater milky.

X and Y are ......................................, respectively.

a)

calcium carbonate and calcium oxide

b)

copper carbonate and carbon

c)

copper carbonate and copper oxide

d)

copper sulfate and copper oxide

5.

In which process is carbon dioxide not formed?

a)

burning of natural gas

b)

fermentation

c)

heating lime

d)

respiration

6.

Carbon dioxide is produced when dilute hydrochloric acid reacts with

a)

calcium sulfate.

b)

carbon.

c)

copper(II) carbonate.

d)

limewater.

7.

Two industrial processes that involve heating are

1. extracting iron from its ore using a blast furnace

2. making lime.

In which of these processes is calcium carbonate used?

a)

Process 1

b)

Process 2

c)

Both 2 processes

d)

None of the processes

8.

Limestone can be used to

a)

make lime

b)

make cement

c)

mix with hematite to blast furnace

d)

neutralise acidic soil

9.

Subsatnce is used to treat industrial waste.

What is X and which type of reaction occur during the treatment?

a)

Calcium oxide (lime), neutralisation reaction

b)

Calcium oxide (lime), redox reaction

c)

carbon, neutralisation reaction

d)

carbon, redox reaction

10.

The diagram shows the soil pH range over which a vegetable grows well.

The pH of the soil to be used is 5.5.

Why is lime added to the soil before planting the vegetable?

a)

The lime acts as a catalyst.

b)

The lime changes the soil acidity.

c)

The lime is an indicator.

d)

The lime supplies nitrogen.