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Extraction Home Work
Extraction Home Work
Extracting metals
1 Which of the metals below was the first to be extracted from its ore? Put a circle around the
correct metal in the box.
3 Tin is extracted from tin oxide by heating the oxide with carbon. Write the word equation for
the reaction.
4 There are six metals in the box below. Write each one in the correct column in the table to
show the method used to extract the metal from its ore.
I can…
● explain why the method used to extract a metal is related to cost and the metal’s reactivity
● describe how metals are extracted from their ores by heating with carbon or by electrolysis
● explain what happens in oxidation and reduction reactions.