What is Fire?

Developing: Define the term combustion.

Secure: Identify the components required for combustion.
Exceeding: Produce a word equation for the reaction.
Entrance Activity
Select three of the keywords
below and practice spelling
them in your books.
Tool Box – Key Words
Combustion
Reactants
Products
Hydrocarbon
Cobalt chloride paper
 Water?
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Woo
d?
Cold? Fuel?
What are the three things we require to start a
fire?

Carbon Oxygen?
dioxide?
Chocolate?
Air? Heat?
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Teach
Wo rd A lert!
Key

Fuel
A chemical or substance
that reacts with oxygen to
release energy (Burn).

Try and name 5 fuels

Fire Triangle
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Which chemicals listed below are

fuels?
Wood
Petrol
Water
Paper
Methane
Gold
Electricity
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Key Word

Combustion
Combustion is another name for burning.
This is when a fuel reacts with oxygen to
release energy. (Light/heat)
Which of these pictures is an example of combustion?
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Teacher De

Whoosh Bottle
Your teacher will now
demonstrate a Whoosh bottle
experiment. Whilst he/she is
doing the experiment, think
about which chemicals are
needs for the experiment and
which chemicals are produced
at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Vkl1YnNFs
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Combustion
Complete the Fire
triangle activity sheet
by placing the answers
in the correct boxes.
 What is Fire?
Developing: Define the term combustion.
Secure: Identify the components required for combustion.
Exceeding: Produce a word equation for the reaction.
Entrance Activity
Select three of the keywords
below and practice spelling
them in your books.
Tool Box – Key Words
Combustion
Reactants
Products
Hydrocarbon
Colbalt chloride paper
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Stude

Combustion Recipe
Combustion (burning) is a chemical reaction. This means
that two different chemicals are reacting together to
make two new chemicals. We can therefore write a word
equation to express this chemical reaction.
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Combustion Recipe
Carbon
_____+
Fuel _______ Water +_____
Oxygen  _____ dioxide

Reactants Products

e t h e fo l lo w i n g Fuel
Plac
in t h e co rr e c t Carbon Dioxide
words
place for the Water
b us ti o n w o rd Oxygen
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equation
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Assessm

Spot the Mistake

Fuel + Carbon dioxide  Oxygen + Water

Fuel + Oxygen  Carbon monoxide + Water

Fuel + Oxygen = Carbon dioxide + Water

Fuel + Oxygen  Carbon dioxide + Water

Products Reactants
 What is Fire?
Developing: Define the term combustion.
Secure: Identify the components required for combustion.
Exceeding: Produce a word equation for the reaction.
Entrance Activity
Select three of the keywords
below and practice spelling
them in your books.
Tool Box – Key Words
Combustion
Reactants
Products
Hydrocarbon
Colbalt chloride paper
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