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The Reactivity Series

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name

Class

Date

The alkali metals are in group 1, on the far left of the periodic table. Which of these is NOT an alkali metal?

Lithium

Iron

Potassium

Francium

How can you tell that a metal is reacting with water?

Colour change

Bright light

Fizzing

It gets colder

What gas is always produced when a metal reacts with water?

Oxygen

Carbon Dioxide

Hydrogen

Carbon Monoxide

What else is produced when a metal reacts with water? (HINT: Water has the formula H₂O)

Metal Oxide

Metal Carbonate

Metal Hydride

Metal Hydroxide

When a metal salt reacts with a more reactive salt, what sort of reaction occurs?

Displacement

Neutralisation

Combustion

No Reaction

When potassium reacts with sulphuric acid, what is the name of the salt produced?

Potassium Sulphide

Potassium Sulphur

Potassium Sulphuric

Potassium Sulphate

When sodium reacts with hydrochloric acid, what is the name of the salt formed?

Sodium Hydride

Sodium Chloride

Sodium Hydrochloric

Sodium Chlorine

As well as a gas, there is another product made when an acid reacts with a metal. What is the name for this?

Salt

Water

Alkali

Carbon

Metals can also react with acids. This produces a gas. What is the name of this gas?

Hydrogen

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen

Oxygen

10.

When magnesium reacts with copper sulphate, there are two products. What are they?

Magnesium and Copper

Magnesium Sulphate and Copper

Magnesium Sulphate and Copper Sulphate

Magnesium and Copper Sulphate

11.

When copper and magnesium sulphate are mixed together, there is no reaction. Why?

Magnesium is more reactive than copper

Copper is more reactive than magnesium

Copper never reacts with metal salts

Magnesium Sulphate never reacts with metals

12.

Metals have many useful properties. For example, they...

...conduct electricity

...are malleable

...are good thermal conductors

All of these

13.

Another useful property of metals is that they are ductile. What does this mean?

The conduct heat well

They can be bent into shape

They have high melting points

They can be stretched into wires

14.

Which metal is more reactive than calcium?

magnesium

potassium

silver

aluminum

15.

Choose the least reactive metal

calcium

magnesium

iron

copper

16.

Magnesium chloride + Sodium → ?

Sodium chloride + Magnesium

Magnesium chloride + Sodium (No change)

Sodium magnesium + Chlorine

17.

Lithium chloride + Iron → ?

Lithium chloride + Iron (No change)

Iron chloride + Lithium

Lithium oxide + hydrogen

18.

Zinc sulphate + Magnesium → ?

Magnesium + Sulphur + Hydrogen

Zinc sulphate + Magnesium

Magnesium sulphate + Zinc

19.

Iron nails + copper oxide → ?

Iron nails + copper oxide

Iron oxide + copper oxide

Iron oxide + copper

Magic

20.

Which one of the following equations correctly represents the reaction of silver nitrate with copper metal?

CuNO₃(aq) + Ag(s) → Cu(s) + AgNO₃(aq)

Cu(s) + 2 AgNO₃(aq) → Cu(NO₃)₂(aq) + 2 Ag(s)

Cu(s) + AgNO₃(aq) → CuNO₃(aq) + Ag(s)

Cu(s) + Ag(NO₃)₂(aq) → Cu(NO₃)₂(aq) + Ag(s)

21.

What will be reaction if less reactive metal is added in a solution with more reactive metal compound?

vigorous reaction

fizzing gas produced

burns moderately

no reaction

22.

Which of the following will not undergo reaction?

zinc metal + zinc oxide

iron metal + copper oxide

zinc metal + iron oxide

magnesium + iron oxide

23.

When a metal reacts with oxygen gas, the product is ...

metal hydroxide

metal oxide

metal oxide and oxygen

metal hydroxide and hydrogen gas

24.

Alkali metal + Water —> _____________ + ____________

metal hydroxide and oxygen gas

metal hydroxide and hydrogen gas

metal oxide and oxygen gas

metal oxide and hydrogen gas

25.

Which of the following does not react with water?

Copper

Lithium

Sodium

Potassium

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The Reactivity Series

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

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