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Mary’s School, Class VIII; Subject: Science; Unit-II: Lesson 4- Metals and Non- Metals

I: Answer the following questions:

1. Based on which property of metals can they given different shapes?
2. Name the two most malleable metals.
3. Name two metals that are comparatively poor conductors of heat.
4. Name the alkali metals that are so soft that they can be cut with a knife.
5. Why are cooking utensils made from metals?
6. Which property of metals makes them suitable for use in jewellery?
7. Why are metals used for making electrical cables?
8. Why is rusting of iron an undesirable change?
9. Why do copper vessels turn green with the passage of time?
10. Why do silver objects turn black on exposure to air?
11. Write one use each of any two metals and non-metals.
12. Compare the reaction of metals and non-metals with oxygen.
13. How does the sodium metal react with water? Give two examples of metals that do not react
with water.
14. Define the following:
a. Corrosion
b. Malleability
c. Ductility
d. Sonority
II: Answer the following questions in detail:
15. Write word equations and chemical equations for the following:
a. Reaction of Zinc with hydrochloric acid
b. Reaction of magnesium with hydrochloric acid
c. Reaction of aluminium with hydrochloric acid
16. What is a displacement reaction? Explain the statement ‘Iron can displace copper from its salt
solution, but copper cannot displace iron from its salt solution.
17. Based on the activity series of metals, predict how these metals will react with each of the
following salt solution:
Metal: magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, and potassium
Salt solution: magnesium sulphate, zinc sulphate, copper sulphate, iron sulphate and
potassium sulphate.
Example: Magnesium will replace metals from copper sulphate, Zinc sulphate, and Iron sulphate.
Mg+CuSO4⟶MgO4+Cu Mg+ZnSO4⟶MgSO4+Zn Mg+FeSO4⟶MgSO4+F

18. Describe the reaction of metal and non-metal with acid and bases.
19. Write chemical equations for the following:
a. Carbon burns in oxygen
b. Sulphur burns in oxygen
20. What happens when:
a. Magnesium reacts with sulphuric acid.
b. Aluminium reacts with hydrochloric acid.