Chemical Reactions Practice Test
Chemical Reactions Practice Test
Name Class
7
1 Which two of these are chemical reactions? Tick two boxes.
F
You dissolve a spoonful of sugar in water.
Bread goes brown in the toaster.
You take an ice lolly out of the freezer and it starts to melt.
Frost forms on the grass on a cold night.
You strike a match to light a Bunsen burner.
[2 marks]
2 a Is burning a chemical reaction or a physical change? Tick one box.
chemical reaction physical change
[1 mark]
b Explain why you chose your answer to part a.
[1 mark]
3 Sara added acid to some calcium carbonate in a tube. The gas given off was bubbled
through the limewater and turned it milky after one minute.
acid
calcium
carbonate limewater
a Write down one thing that tells you a reaction has taken place.
[3 marks]
5 a Complete the missing words on this fire triangle:
FUEL
[2 marks]
b Why do we put these three words together in the ‘fire triangle’?
[1 mark]
c Give two examples of fuels.
[1 mark]
6 a You should never use water to put out an electrical fire. Why not?
[1 mark]
b You can put out a chip pan fire by putting a damp cloth over the pan.
Explain why this works.
[1 mark]
c Fires in forests can sometimes be stopped by cutting down trees to make a gap
(called a ‘fire break’). Which part of the fire triangle does this remove?
[1 mark]
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7F End of Unit Test (continued)
7
F
Magnesium burns with a very bright light. When the flame goes out, a white
powder is left.
a What is the name of the white powder?
[1 mark]
b Write a word equation for this reaction.
[1 mark]
c The mass of the strip of magnesium was 0.15 g. If you collected all the white
powder together, what would its mass be? Tick one box.
about 0.1 g about 0.15 g exactly 0.15 g about 0.25 g
[1 mark]
d Explain why you chose your answer to part c.
[2 marks]
8 Complete this word equation:
fuel + Æ + (+ energy)
[3 marks]
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