CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 9 UNIT 2: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

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Worksheet 2.1
Using the correct word
Complete the statements about the Group 1 metals using the words shown here.
You may use each word once, more than once or not at all.

calcium down easily hard hydrogen oxygen

chlorine less more lithium magnesium potassium

oil reactive sodium soft unreactive up

1 Three elements in Group 1 are magnesium ,potassium and lithium .

2 The elements in Group 1 are very soft. They can easily be cut with a
knife.

3 The elements in Group 1 are stored under oil because they are very
reactive .

4 When these elements react with water, they form the gas hydrogen _.

5 The elements are more reactive with water as you go up the group.

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Complete the statements about the elements in Groups 7 and 8 using the words shown here.
You may use each word once, more than once or not at all.

chlorine down eight fluorine gases hydrogen less

liquids more one reactive seven solids unreactive

up argon helium larger less neon smaller

The two elements in Group 7 are chlorine and flourine .

6 The first two elements in Group 7 are gas at room temperature.

7 The three elements in Group 8 are neon ,argon and helium .

8 All the elements in this group are liquids at room temperature.

9 The elements in Group 8 are unreactive and do not form compounds with other elements.

10 The elements in Group 7 are less reactive as you go up the group.

11 The elements in Group 7 haveseven electrons in their highest energy level shell.

12 The size of the atoms in Group 8 getslaeger as you go down the group.

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Worksheet 2.2
Matching words and meanings and
distinguishing between terms
1 Draw lines to match the following terms with their meanings.

the number of protons in an

Lattice 3 atom; each type of atom has a
unique number

the number of protons

electrostatic forces 5 and neutrons in an atom
added together

a regular repeated three-

dimensional arrangement of
chemical bonds 4
atoms, ions or molecules in a metal
or other crystalline solid

ways in which elements are joined

dot and cross diagram
together to form compounds
6

forces of attraction between

atomic number 1 particles with opposite electrical
charges

a way of showing atoms sharing

mass number 2
electrons to form a covalent bond

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2 Explain the difference between the following terms:

a an atom of sodium and an ion of sodium

b a covalent bond and an ionic bond

c a molecule and a macromolecule.

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