In our everyday lives we use all kinds of manufactured producs but have you ever wondered why they are made of the substances they are?
We will also look how metals react including looking at why it is that you bike ends up rusty if you leave it out in the rain.
Use look, cover, write, check to learn the answers to the core questions and the keywords for this topic.
Task 2a: Read through the slides
Task 2b: Make notes that:
Define the following:
A metal
A non-metal
Using a selection of household objects, write down what the object is and why it is made of that material.
List properties of metals metals
List the properties of non-metals.
Choose 2 of the following and explain what it is made of and why that material is used:
Car bodies
Electrical wiring
The case of a plug
The filament of a lightbulb
Saucepan handles
Task 2c: Complete and self mark the exam questions.
Task 3a: Read through the slides
Task 3b: Make notes that:
Compare transition metals and alkali metals.
Complete the table on slide 8.
Write a word equation for the reaction between potassium and water
Write the balanced symbol equation for this reaction.
Task 3c: Complete and self mark the exam question.
Task 4b: Using the videos copy and complete the table
Task 4c: Make notes that:
State the general word equation for reacting metals with oxygen.
List the following metals in order of reactivity and explain how you know this is the correct order:
Magnesium
Copper
Iron.
Define base.
Task 5a: Watch the videos and make notes to:
Describe what happened when water was added to the metals
Did they all react?
Describe what happened when Lithium was added to the water.
How was this different to the other metals?
Describe what was produced when the metals reacted with water.
Task 5b: Read through the slides
Task 5c: Make notes that:
Explain why different metals react differently in water.
Describe what happens when metals do react with water.
Give the general word equation for this reaction.
Write a word equation for the reaction between lithium and water
Write the balanced symbol equation for this reaction.
Describe how you test for hydrogen.
Name 3 common acids.
Task 5d: Watch the video and make notes that:
Give the general word equation for reacting a metal with an acid.
Write the word equation for the reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid
Write the balanced symbol equation for this reaction..
Name the different salts that could be produced depending on the acid involved in a reaction (Hint: there are 3).
List the following metals in order of reactivity and explain how you know this order is correct
Magnesium
Lithium
Copper
Zinc.
Task 5e: Complete the exam questions
Task 6a: Read through the slides
Task 6b: Watch the acid rain video and the simpsons video
Task 6c: Make notes that
Give the general word equation for a reaction between a metal carbonate and acid.
Explain how you test for:
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Task 6e: Complete the exam questions
Task 6d: Watch the metal carbonates and acid videos then make notes that:
Explain what happens when you add acid to a metal carbonate
Name the products (substances made in the reaction)
Name the type of salt made if you add a metal carbonate to:
Hydrochloric acid
Sulphuric acid
Nitric acid
Write the general word equation for metal carbonate + acid.
Write the word and balanced symbol equations for:
Copper carbonate + hydrochloric acid
Zinc carbonate + hydrochloric acid
Magnesium carbonate + hydrochloric acid
Sodium carbonate + hydrochloric acid
Task 6e: Answer the exam questions
Task 7c: Make notes that:
Define rusting
What is rusting also known as?
What metal does rust usually refer to?
Give the word equation for rusting
Give the balanced symbol equation for the reaction.
Task 7d: Watch the videos explaining why boats rust more quickly than trains and add to your notes:
List the ways we can prevent rusting.
Task 7e: Complete the bike rusting worksheet and the exam questions
Task 8a: Watch the videos.
CHALLENGE:
Task 8b: complete the following word equations AND write the balanced symbol equations:
Zinc carbonate + sulphuric acid →
Lithium + water →
Magnesium + nitric acid →
Copper + oxygen →
Sodium carbonate + nitric acid →
Task 8c: Complete the Seneca learning units
Task 8d: Make a mind map or single page revision summary of this topic and add it to your revision folder.
Complete the quiz to make sure you understand this unit.
Take a look at the GCSE content for this topic here