Developing a reactivity series for metals

12 questions

1. Why is the metal gold used to make jewellery?
2. Metals lose electrons to form ___ ions.
3. When a metal reacts with an acid, one of the products is a salt. What is the other product?
4. When magnesium reacts with nitric acid what is the name of the salt produced?
5. Potassium, sodium and lithium are highly reactive metals. Which of the following statements about these metals are correct?
6. Match the following keywords to the correct definition.
7. What is the name of the reaction where a more reactive element will take the place of a less reactive element in a compound?
8. Which of the following statements about the reaction shown are correct?calcium + iron sulfate → calcium sulfate + iron
9. Why is potassium more reactive than iron?
10. The non–metal carbon is positioned between which two metals in the reactivity series?
11. Which of the following substances are products of the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid?
12. Which of the following substances are products of the reaction between lithium and water?

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