28   Year 9 Science Learning Workbook

Limestone (page 110)

pH State
Substance Colour Acidic / Neutral / Basic Solid / Liquid / Gas
Water Colourless Neutral Liquid
Calcium carbonate White Neutral Solid
Calcium oxide White Basic Solid
Carbon dioxide Colourless Acidic Gas

The carbonate family (page 111)

Part One: The test for carbonates
Results
They all fizz (gave off a gas).
Conclusions
1. When the three carbonates were mixed with dilute acid, they had the same reaction. This reaction was:
They all fizzed and gave off a colourless gas.
2. carbon dioxide.
3. It fizzes and gives off CO2 when mixed with an acid.
Results
Sample Observation Sample Observation
Limestone Fizzing Granite No reaction
Marble Fizzing All shells Fizzing
Basalt No reaction All bones No reaction
Greywacke No reaction
Conclusions
Limestone, marble, all shells…
How an oyster makes its shell
1. The limewater goes milky.
2. Carbon dioxide.
3. Calcium carbonate.
4. Heat it, or add acid.
5. The heat of the volcanoes decomposes them.

Is matter made up of particles (little bits)? (page 115)

1. He would eventually reach a tiny piece which could not be cut into smaller pieces.
2. It seems like common sense!

Purple particles (page 116)

Conclusions
1. The crystal must be made up of tiny bits/particles which spread out/diffuse through the water when it dissolves.
2. half.