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The document describes an experiment conducted by a Year 8 class to investigate the reaction rates of magnesium with sulfuric and nitric acids, measuring the time taken for magnesium to completely dissolve. It includes results from multiple groups and prompts for analysis, such as identifying faster reacting acids, ensuring fair testing, and discussing accuracy and repeatability of results. Additionally, it provides word equations for the chemical reactions involved in the experiment.

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Group 2 Task

The document describes an experiment conducted by a Year 8 class to investigate the reaction rates of magnesium with sulfuric and nitric acids, measuring the time taken for magnesium to completely dissolve. It includes results from multiple groups and prompts for analysis, such as identifying faster reacting acids, ensuring fair testing, and discussing accuracy and repeatability of results. Additionally, it provides word equations for the chemical reactions involved in the experiment.

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A Year 8 class set up the experiment shown to


investigate the reactions of magnesium with two
different acids.
20 cm3 of acid was placed in a test tube. A 1 cm
piece of cleaned magnesium ribbon was added.
The time it took for the magnesium to completely
disappear was measured. This procedure was
repeated three times with each acid.
The class results are shown below.

Group 1 Sulfuric Nitric Group 2 Sulfuric Nitric Group 3 Sulfuric Nitric


acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s)
1st try 34 50 1st try 37 52 1st try 78 100
2nd try 38 54 2nd try 38 54 2nd try 80 95
3rd try 36 49 3rd try 38 52 3rd try 76 103

Group 4 Sulfuric Nitric Group 5 Sulfuric Nitric Group 6 Sulfuric Nitric


acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s) acid (s)
1st try 34 52 1st try 17 50 1st try 34 50
2nd try 37 49 2nd try 18 46 2nd try 15 47
3rd try 35 54 3rd try 19 52 3rd try 36 48

1 From the results, which acid reacts faster with magnesium? Explain your choice.
2 Name three variables that should have been kept the same to make the test fair.
3 Suggest one reason why the repeated experiments didn’t always get the same result.
4 Using group 1’s results, calculate the mean time for metal to disappear in each acid.
5 The mean value for the time taken is likely to be more accurate than any individual result.
What does ‘accurate’ mean when talking about experimental results?
6 Explain why group 2’s results can be described as the most ‘repeatable’.
7 Which of group 6’s results is anomalous? Explain your answer.
8 Compare the results for groups 1 and 4. Do the results look reproducible? Explain your answer.
9 One of the groups used a solution of sulfuric acid that was twice as concentrated as the acid
used by the other groups. Identify which group used the more concentrated acid and explain
your choice.
10 One group didn’t read the instructions properly and used 2 cm pieces of magnesium instead of
1 cm pieces of magnesium. Identify the group that used the larger pieces of magnesium and
explain your choice.
11 Copy and complete the word equations for the two reactions used in the experiment.

a magnesium + sulfuric acid → + .

b magnesium + nitric acid → + .

I can...
● explain what is meant by the terms: accurate, reliable, repeatable and reproducible
● describe the reactions of different metals with acids in words and using word equations.

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