Year 10 Metals Quiz

What is a property of non metals?

• Low density

• High melting point

• Shiny when polished

• electrical conductors

What is above sodium in the reactivity series?

• Magnesium

• Zinc

• Calcium

• Potassium

What colour flame would be produced when potassium reacts with water?

• blue flame

• yellow flame

• Lilac flame

• orange flame

What is a redox reaction?

• A chemical reaction in which neither oxidation or reduction occurs.

• A chemical reaction in which both reduction and oxidation occurs at the same time.

• A chemical reaction in which only oxidation occurs.

• A chemical reaction in which only reduction occurs.

Which Statement is true about the Alkali metals?

• The alkali metals are highly unreactive

• As atomic number increases so does the melting point

• As atomic number increases so does density

• Reactivity decreases down the group

In which of the following the metals correctly ordered by reactivity?

• Gold, Lead, Magnesium, Potassium

• Copper, Zinc, Mercury, Calcium

• Tin, Zinc, Sodium, Aluminium

• Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper

Rust on iron is:

• an oxide

• a nitride

• a sulfide

• a chloride

Metals tend to form:

• anions

• cations and anions

• cations

• do not form ions

A reducing agent:

• Is less reactive than the oxidising agent

• Does not affect the reaction

• Gains electrons

• Is the substance that is oxidised

Which of these gases are needed for iron to rust?

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide