SHS General Science · Year 1
Exploring Materials practice questions
Elements, metals, non-metals and semi-metals; the periodic table; properties of solids, reactivity and corrosion.
22 questions in this topic: 12 recall and 10 applying skills and concepts. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
The tendency of a metal to undergo chemical reactions such as oxidation or displacement is its
- areactivity
- bdensity
- ccolour
- dweight
- Question 2Skills & concepts
Metals that are soft enough to be cut with a knife are the
- aalkali metals
- bhalogens
- csemi-metals
- dnoble gases
- Question 3Recall
Metals form positive ions (cations) by
- adonating electrons in a chemical reaction
- bgaining electrons
- closing protons
- dgaining neutrons
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