REVIEW (Grade 8)
I. Learning objectives
use the reactivity series of metals to predict which metals will displace others from a solution of
their salts
carry out some displacement reactions
use displacement reactions to identify an unknown metal
learn about some useful displacement reactions.
II. Vocabulary
Key words
reactivity molten
reactivity series ores
displacement reaction
III. Content
Question 1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Some metals are more reactive than others by looking at the reactions of metals with oxygen, water (or
steam), and dilute acid. By investigating these reactions, metals are placed in order of their __________. This
list is called the _______________ in which the most reactive metals are at the _____ of the series and the
least reactive metals are at the __________.
If a clean iron nail is placed in a beaker containing copper sulphate solution, the ______ solution changes
to a slightly ______ colour. The nail becomes coated with __________. This result means that ______ is
more reactive than ______, and ______ replaces ______ in the copper sulphate solution. This type of reaction
is called ____________________. It is because ______ is more reactive than ______, then if copper is placed
in an iron sulphate solution there is ______ reaction to take place.
Word and symbol equations for this reaction are:
_______________ + ______ → _______________ + __________
(___ + ______ → ______ + ___)
Question 2. Use the information to make some predictions.
a) Sodium burns brightly when heated, and forms an oxide.
Does magnesium react more vigorously or less vigorously
than sodium?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
b) Copper reacts very slowly when heated. Suggest how
silver reacts when heated.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
c) Iron reacts very slowly with dilute acid. How do you
expect zinc to react with dilute acid, compared with iron?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Question 3.
a) If an iron nail is put in a solution of copper sulphate, there is a reaction. This is the word equation:
copper sulphate + iron → iron sulphate + copper
Iron is more reactive than copper, so it 'pushes out' or displaces the copper from the sulphate.
If you place a copper nail in a solution of iron sulphate, will there be a displacement reaction?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Explain your answer.
____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
b) Metal X displaces silver in a solution of silver chloride. However, metal X does not displace zinc in a
solution of zinc chloride. Suggest what metal X could be.
____________________________________________________________________________________
c) Look at the possible reactions described below. Write yes next to those that will happen and no next to
those that will not.
zinc and copper sulphate, to give copper
iron and magnesium chloride, to give magnesium
copper and zinc chloride, to give zinc
zinc and iron chloride, to give iron
iron and silver nitrate, to give silver
d) Write the word equation of the reaction between magnesium and zinc chloride.
_______________ + _______________ → _______________ + _______________
Question 4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
a) Aluminium is a metal that is above zinc and below magnesium in the reactivity series. Aluminium will
displace iron from solid iron oxide if it is heated.
_______________ + _______________ → _______________ + _______________
This reaction releases a lot of energy. It is an __________ reaction.
The temperature gets so high that the iron that is produced is __________ (in a liquid state). The melting
point of iron is 1535 °C.
b) Carbon is not a metal, but it can be used to displace some metals from their compounds. Carbon will
displace zinc, iron, tin and lead from their ______. An ___ is a rock that contains a metal compound.