Metals and Acids

• Science
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Metals and Acids

Callum & Mackenzie

Which metal is the most reactive?

Tin (Sn)

Iron (Fe)

Magnesium (Mg)

Copper (Cu)

Zinc (Zn)

Calcium (Ca)

Why did you pick that metal?

Rules for naming salts.

Hydrochloric acid 

Nitric acid 

Sulfuric acid 

Chloride

Sulfate

Nitrate

Name the salt formed:

sodium + nitric acid

1. sodium nitrate
2. sodium chloride
3. potassium nitrate
4. potassium chloride

Name the salt formed:

lithium + sulfuric acid

1. magnesium chloride
2. lithium chloride
3. magnesium sulfate
4. lithium sulfate

Name the salt formed:

copper + hydrochloric acid

1. sodium chloride
2. copper chloride
3. sodium nitrate
4. copper nitrate

Complete the equation.

Nitric acid

+

Lithium 

+

Hydrogen

nitrate

chloride

sulfate

potassium

lithium

sodium

copper

Complete the equation.

Hydrochloric acid

+

Sodium 

+

Hydrogen

nitrate

chloride

sulfate

potassium

lithium

sodium

copper

Complete the equation.

Sulfuric  acid

+

Potassium

+

Hydrogen

nitrate

chloride

sulfate

potassium

lithium

sodium

copper

Give the word equation for the reaction of a metal with acid.

+

+

Metal

Acid

Hydrogen

Salt

Ca

Mg

Zn

Cu

Testing for hydrogen. 

1. Place a small piece of magnesium ribbon into a test tube.

2. Use a pipette to add 2-4 ml hydrochloric acid.

3. Cover the top of the tube with your thumb. It is important to stop the gas from escaping.

4. Wait for 1-2 minutes. Angling the test tube away from you and any other students, carefully put a lit splint into the top of your test tube.