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Understanding metal
Fe-4 extraction
Cut out the statements in the boxes in the left-hand column of the table. Cut out the explanations in
the boxes in the right-hand column of the table.
Match each statement with the correct explanation and stick them down together.

Statement Explanation

When carbon forms carbon dioxide, it is


carbon is more reactive than tin.
oxidised because …

Tin can be extracted from tin oxide by heating carbon is not reactive enough to remove the
with carbon because … oxygen from the metal oxide.

Iron is not extracted from iron oxide by it exists as the metallic element in the Earth’s
electrolysis because … crust.

When lead oxide forms lead, it is


it gains oxygen.
reduced because …

Aluminium is extracted from aluminium oxide


electrolysis is too expensive.
by electrolysis because …

Gold does not need to be extracted from an


it loses oxygen.
ore because …

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.

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