4.1 Reactivity of Metals 2 QP

Q1.A student investigated the temperature change when zinc reacts with copper sulfate solution.
The student used a different concentration of copper sulfate solution for each experiment.
The student used the apparatus shown below.
The student:
• measured 50 cm3 copper sulfate solution into a glass beaker
• measured the temperature of the copper sulfate solution
• added 2.3 g zinc
• measured the highest temperature
• repeated the experiment using copper sulfate solution with different concentrations.
The equation for the reaction is:
Zn(s) + CuSO4(aq) Cu(s) + ZnSO4(aq)
zinc + copper sulfate solution copper + zinc sulfate solution
(a) The thermometer reading changes during the reaction.
Give one other change the student could see during the reaction.
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(b) Suggest one improvement the student could make to the apparatus.
Give a reason why this improves the investigation.
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Reason ...........................................................................................................
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(c) In this question you will be assessed on using good English, organising information clearly
and using specialist terms where appropriate.
The student’s results are shown in the table.
Table
Concentration of
Experiment Increase in temperature in
copper sulfate
number °C
in moles per dm3
1 0.1 5
2 0.2 10
3 0.3 12
4 0.4 20
5 0.5 25
6 0.6 30
7 0.7 35
8 0.8 35
9 0.9 35
10 1.0 35
Describe and explain the trends shown in the student’s results.
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Q2.A student investigated displacement reactions of metals.
The student added different metals to copper sulfate solution and measured the temperature
change.
The more reactive the metal is compared with copper, the bigger the temperature change.
The apparatus the student used is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
(a) State three variables that the student must control to make his investigation a fair test.
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(b) Figure 2 shows the thermometer in one experiment before and after the student added a
metal to the copper sulfate solution.
Figure 2
Before adding metal After adding metal
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Use Figure 2 to complete Table 1.
Table 1
Temperature before adding metal in °C ...............
Temperature after adding metal in °C ...............
Change in temperature in °C ...............
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(c) The student repeated the experiment three times with each metal.
Table 2 shows the mean temperature change for each metal.
Table 2
Mean
Metal temperature
change in °C
Cobalt 4.5
Gold 0.0
Magnesium 10.0
Nickel 3.0
Silver 0.0
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(i) On Figure 3, draw a bar chart to show the results.
Figure 3
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(ii) Why is a line graph not a suitable way of showing the results?
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(iii) Use the results to work out which metal is the most reactive.
Give a reason for your answer.
Most reactive metal ..................................................
Reason ..................................................................................................
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(iv) Explain why there was no temperature change when silver metal was added to the
copper sulfate solution.
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(v) It is not possible to put all six metals in order of reactivity using these results.
Suggest how you could change the experiment to be able to put all six metals into
order of reactivity.
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(Total 16 marks)
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Q3.Metals are extracted from their ores.
Many copper ores contain only 2% of copper compounds.
(a) Copper is now extracted from ores containing a low percentage of copper compounds.
Suggest two reasons why.
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(b) Chalcocite, an ore of copper, contains copper sulfide.
The flow diagram shows how copper metal is extracted from chalcocite.
(i) Suggest one reason why it is difficult to dispose of the waste rock.
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(ii) The reaction in the furnace could cause environmental pollution.

Explain how.
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(iii) The extraction of pure copper is expensive.

Give one reason why.
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(iv) Pure copper is produced by electrolysis of copper sulfate solution.
Which electrode do the copper ions move towards?

Give a reason for your answer.
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(v) Large areas of land are contaminated with copper compounds.

Phytomining can be used to remove these copper compounds from the land.
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What is used in phytomining to remove copper compounds from the land?
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(Total 9 marks)
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Q4.Lithium is in Group 1 of the periodic table.
Lithium reacts with water to produce a gas and an alkaline solution.
(a) (i) Name the gas produced.
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(ii) Which ion causes the solution to be alkaline?
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(b) Potassium is also in Group 1 of the periodic table.

Potassium reacts with water in a similar way to lithium.
Write down two differences you would see between the reactions of potassium and lithium
with water.
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(Total 4 marks)
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Q5.Cans for food and drinks are made from steel or aluminium.The main metal in steel is iron.
By Sun Ladder (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL],

via Wikimedia Commons
(a) Iron is extracted by heating a mixture of iron oxide and carbon in a blast furnace.
(i) Name this type of reaction.
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(ii) Balance the symbol equation for this reaction.
2Fe2O3 + ........... C → ........... Fe + ........... CO2

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(b) Aluminium ore, bauxite, contains aluminium oxide, iron oxide and silicon dioxide.
Aluminium is extracted by electrolysis of aluminium oxide.
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The 'red mud' which is dumped in very large ponds contains:
Name of solid Percentage (%)
Aluminium oxide 10
Iron oxide 65
Silicon dioxide 25
(i) 100 tonnes of bauxite produced 50 tonnes of pure aluminium oxide and 50 tonnes of
'red mud'.
What percentage of aluminium oxide did the bauxite contain?
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(ii) Apart from the solids shown in the table, name one other substance that would be in
the 'red mud'.
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(iii) The purification of the aluminium oxide is usually done near to the bauxite quarries.
Suggest one reason why.
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(c) Aluminium is used to make many things including cans.
During one year in the USA:
• 100 billion aluminium cans were sold
• 55 billion aluminium cans were recycled.
Give one environmental impact of recycling aluminium cans and one ethical or social
impact of recycling aluminium cans.
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(Total 7 marks)
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Q6. Read the information.
Alumina is a white solid. In 1800, scientists thought that alumina contained an

undiscovered metal. We now call this metal aluminium. At that time, scientists
could not extract the aluminium from alumina.
In 1825, Christian Oersted, a Danish scientist, did experiments with alumina.
Step 1 He reacted a mixture of hot alumina and carbon with chlorine to form
aluminium chloride. The reaction is very endothermic.
Step 2 The aluminium chloride was reacted with potassium. He was left with
potassium chloride and tiny particles of aluminium metal.
Other scientists were not able to obtain the same results using his experiment and
his work was not accepted at that time.
In 1827, Friedrich Wöhler, a German chemist, made some changes to Oersted’s

experiment. He obtained a lump of aluminium. He tested the aluminium and
recorded its properties.
(a) Suggest why scientists in 1800 could not extract aluminium from alumina.
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(b) Oersted’s experiment in 1825 was not thought to be reliable.
Explain why
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(c) Why must the reaction in Step 1 be heated to make it work?
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(d) Complete the word equation for the reaction in Step 2.
aluminium + potassiu →............................... + ...............................

chloride m
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(e) Suggest how Wöhler was able to prove that he had made a new metal.
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Q7. Steels are used to make cars, bridges and knives.
The main element in steel is iron.
(a) Iron is extracted from an ore that contains about 60% iron oxide, Fe2O3
(i) What is the meaning of ore?
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(ii) In a blast furnace, iron oxide reacts with carbon monoxide to produce iron.
The word equation for this reaction is:
iron oxide + carbon monoxide → iron + carbon dioxide
Complete and balance the chemical equation for this reaction.
Fe2O3 + ........ CO → ............... + ...............

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(iii) Name the type of reaction that produces a metal from its metal oxide.
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(b) Steels are produced from molten iron in two stages:
Stage 1 blowing oxygen into molten iron from the blast furnace.
Stage 2 adding other metals to make different steels.
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(i) In Stage 1, suggest how the oxygen removes most of the carbon from the molten
iron.
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(ii) Stage 2 produces different steels.
Suggest why different steels are needed.
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(c) Old 5p and 10p coins in the UK were made from cupro-nickel.
Cupro-nickel is 75% copper and 25% nickel.
New 5p and 10p coins in the UK are now made from nickel-plated steel and not from
cupro-nickel.
Explain why.
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Q1.A student investigated the temperature change when zinc reacts with copper sulfate solution.

The student used the apparatus shown below.

The equation for the reaction is:

Zn(s) + CuSO4(aq) Cu(s) + ZnSO4(aq)

zinc + copper sulfate solution copper + zinc sulfate solution

(a) The thermometer reading changes during the reaction.

Give a reason why this improves the investigation.

The student’s results are shown in the table.

Describe and explain the trends shown in the student’s results.

The apparatus the student used is shown in Figure 1.

Before adding metal After adding metal

Temperature before adding metal in °C ...............

Temperature after adding metal in °C ...............

Change in temperature in °C ...............

Table 2 shows the mean temperature change for each metal.

(i) On Figure 3, draw a bar chart to show the results.

Give a reason for your answer.

Most reactive metal ..................................................

Many copper ores contain only 2% of copper compounds.

Suggest two reasons why.

(b) Chalcocite, an ore of copper, contains copper sulfide.

(ii) The reaction in the furnace could cause environmental pollution.

(iii) The extraction of pure copper is expensive.

(iv) Pure copper is produced by electrolysis of copper sulfate solution.

Which electrode do the copper ions move towards?

(v) Large areas of land are contaminated with copper compounds.

Lithium reacts with water to produce a gas and an alkaline solution.

(a) (i) Name the gas produced.

(ii) Which ion causes the solution to be alkaline?

(b) Potassium is also in Group 1 of the periodic table.

By Sun Ladder (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL],

(i) Name this type of reaction.

(ii) Balance the symbol equation for this reaction.

2Fe2O3 + ........... C → ........... Fe + ........... CO2

Name of solid Percentage (%)

What percentage of aluminium oxide did the bauxite contain?

Suggest one reason why.

(c) Aluminium is used to make many things including cans.

During one year in the USA:

• 100 billion aluminium cans were sold

• 55 billion aluminium cans were recycled.

Ethical or social .............................................................................................

Alumina is a white solid. In 1800, scientists thought that alumina contained an

In 1825, Christian Oersted, a Danish scientist, did experiments with alumina.

In 1827, Friedrich Wöhler, a German chemist, made some changes to Oersted’s

(b) Oersted’s experiment in 1825 was not thought to be reliable.

(c) Why must the reaction in Step 1 be heated to make it work?

(d) Complete the word equation for the reaction in Step 2.

aluminium + potassiu →............................... + ...............................

(i) What is the meaning of ore?

iron oxide + carbon monoxide → iron + carbon dioxide

Complete and balance the chemical equation for this reaction.

Fe2O3 + ........ CO → ............... + ...............

(b) Steels are produced from molten iron in two stages:

Stage 2 adding other metals to make different steels.

(ii) Stage 2 produces different steels.

Suggest why different steels are needed.

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