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Grade 8 Chemical Reactions Quiz

1. State the Law of Conservation of Mass.

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2. Isaac and Beza have two identical beakers with a mass of 20 grams each. Beza pours a
different liquid reactant into each beaker. The total mass of the two beakers with the
reactants is 50 grams. Next, they combine Reactant 1 and Reactant 2 into one of the
beakers. A chemical reaction produces a product.

If all of the reactants are consumed and no gases are produced, what is the total mass
of the product and one beaker?

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3. Henoch and Abenezer combined calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid in a beaker. A
gas is produced and bubbles form. During the analysis they notice that the reactants
weighed 20 g when they started and the product weighed 18 g.

a) Write the word equation for the reaction.

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b) Has the Law of Conservation of Mass been broken? Explain the reason for your
answer.

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 4. Balance the following equations

_______ CrO3 _______ Cr2O3 + ______O2

______ MnO2 + HCl  ______ MnCl2 + ________ H2O + _______ Cl2

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5. The following table summarizes the reaction of some metals with water.

Metal Reaction with water

zinc only reacts with steam

copper no reaction
metal moves rapidly across surface and
lithium
bursts into flames
magnesium slow reaction with water

a) Place the metals in order of how strongly they react with water with the MOST
reactive first.

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b) Name another metal that reacts in a similar way to lithium

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c) Why is copper used for roofs of buildings but magnesium is not.

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