Year 7 Chemistry Homework

Year 7 Chemistry Homework

In this booklet you will find copies of the homework question that
will be set throughout Year 7 for chemistry. If you lose your
homework, please print out the corresponding pages and complete
the questions.

• HWK 7C1 States of Matter Pages 2-3

• HWK 7C2 Diffusion and Gas Pressure Pages 4-5

• HWK 7C3 Compounds and Solutions Pages 6-7

• HWK 7C4 Separation Techniques Pages 8-9

• HWK 7C5 The Periodic Table Pages 10-11

• HWK 7C6 Atomic Number and Mass Number Pages 12-13

• HWK 7C7 Chemical Reactions and Word Equations Pages 14-15

• HWK 7C8 Reactions of Metals Pages 16-17

• HWK 7C9 Acids and Neutralisation Pages 18-19

• HWK 7C10 Weathering and Erosion Pages 20-21

• HWK 7C11 Types of Rock Pages 22-23

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 Year 7 Chemistry Homework

Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.
Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Boiling Condensation Freezing Melting
Particle Solid Liquid Gas

Scientific vocabulary Definition

A very tiny object, such as an atom or molecule, that materials

are made from. They are too small to be seen with a microscope.

In this state, a substance can flow and can also be compressed.

The particles move apart quickly in all directions.

In this state, a substance can flow but cannot be compressed. The

particles can move but stay touching each other.

In this state, a substance cannot be compressed and it cannot

flow. The particles cannot move, they only vibrate on the spot.

The change of state from liquid to solid at the melting point of a

substance.

The change of state from gas to liquid. It can happen at any

temperature below the boiling point.

The change of state from solid to liquid at the melting point of a

substance.

The change of state from liquid to gas that occurs when bubbles
of the substance in its gas state form throughout the liquid.

1 Cross out the wrong words to complete these sentences.

a Solids have shapes that (change easily / are big / stay the same).
b Solids have volumes that (change easily / are big / stay the same).
c It is (very easy / fairly easy / very hard) to compress a solid.

2 Tick ‘true’ or ‘false’.

Liquids are able to change shape. Liquids do not have a fixed volume.

true  true

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false  false

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3 The diagram below shows particles in a gas, a solid and a liquid.

Each arrow, A, B, C and D, represents a change of state.

(i) Choose from the following words to complete the sentences below.

boiling condensing distilling evaporating filtering freezing melting

Change of state A is called .................................................................. .

Change of state B is called .................................................................. .

Change of state C is called .................................................................. .

Change of state D is called .................................................................. .

4 A test tube of crushed ice is taken out of a freezer and left in a warm room. The graph
shows how the temperature in the test tube changes.

(a) What is happening to the ice at stage B?

......................................................................................................................

(b) Four descriptions of the ways molecules could move are given below.

They vibrate around fixed points.

They move past each other and are close together.

They move in straight lines, colliding occasionally.

They all move in the same direction at the same speed.

(i) How do the molecules move at stage A? Write A in the correct box above.

(ii) How do the molecules move at stage C? Write C in the correct box above.

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.
Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Density Diffusion Gas Pressure

Scientific vocabulary Definition

The process by which particles in liquids or gases spread out
through random movement from a region where there are
many particles to one where there are fewer.
The force exerted per unit area on the walls of a container. It is
caused by collisions of particles with the walls.

The mass of a material in a certain volume.

Q1. Name the process that causes the water to change colour when you add a tea bag.

Q2. Complete the passage below to explain why the water changes colour.
Use the words: Colour Lower Higher
When a tea bag is added to hot water, the substances in the tea bag move from an

area where they are in concentration to an area where they

are in concentration.

This causes the water to change .

Q3. Does this process happen faster in a liquid or a gas? Tick one box.

A In a gas, because particles in a gas move faster than particles in a liquid.

B In a gas, because particles in a liquid move faster than particles in a gas.

C In a liquid, because particles in a liquid move faster than particles in a gas.

D In a liquid, because particles in a gas move faster than particles in a liquid.

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Q4. What is the meaning of the word ‘vacuum’? Tick one box.

A A space which contains only air.

B A space which contains no particles.

C A space which contains no air.

D A space which contains only very small particles.

Q5. Describe what happens to gas pressure when the temperature changes.

______________________________________________________________

Q6. Describe what happens to gas pressure when the volume changes.

______________________________________________________________

Q7. Use the words in the box to describe how a bottle collapses when heated, in terms of gas
pressure.

LOWER PRESSURE COLLIDE DECREASES FEWER

To start, the bottle is heated.

The air molecules inside the bottle _______________ with the inside of the bottle, exerting

gas _______________. When the bottle is removed from the water bath, the temperature

inside the bottle _______________, so there are _______________ collisions between the

molecules and the inside of the bottle. As a result, the gas pressure inside the bottle

becomes _______________ than the atmospheric pressure outside the bottle, which

causes the bottle to collapse.

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.
Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Dissolve Insoluble Mixture Pure Substance

Soluble Solute Solution Solvent

Scientific vocabulary Definition

Made up of two or more pure substances that are mixed (not

chemically joined) together. Its properties are different from the
properties of the individual substances that make it up.

A single material with no other substances mixed with it. It has the
same properties all the way through.

The solid or gas that is dissolved in a liquid.

A substance, normally a liquid, that dissolves another substance.

A substance that can dissolve in a given solvent.

A substance that cannot dissolve in a given solvent.

The complete mixing of a solute with a solvent to make a solution.

A mixture of a solute dissolved in a solvent. All parts of the mixture are

the same.

Q1. The diagrams represent the arrangement of atoms

or molecules in four different substances, A, B, C and D.

Each of the circles, , and represents an atom of a

different element.

(i) Which substance is compound? …………

(ii) Which substance is a mixture? …………

(iii) Which two substances are elements? ………… and …………

(iv) Which two substances could be good conductors of heat? ………… and …………

(v) Which substance could be carbon dioxide? …………

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Q2. Amy’s family are at the beach during the summer.

Amy and her sister have a bucket containing seawater and
sand.

Read the following statements.

Which are true and which are false?

Tick one box for each statement.

true false

Water is a solvent for salt.

Sand sinks in water because water is more dense than sand.

When a solid dissolves in water, the solid is called a solute.

Q3 A compound contains:
A. only one type of atom.
B. only one element.
C. only two elements joined together.
D. at least two elements joined together.

Q4 The particle diagram opposite shows:

A. an element.
B. a compound.
C. a mixture of elements.
D. a mixture of compounds.

Q5 What do you see when a solid dissolves in a liquid?

a the solid disappears
b the solid sinks to the bottom of the liquid
c the liquid evaporates
d the liquid changes colour

Q6 A solution is saturated with a solid solute. What happens when more solute is stirred into it?
A. The added solute dissolves.
B. The added solute disappears.
C. The added solute evaporates.
D. The added solute sinks to the bottom.

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 Year 7 Chemistry Homework

Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Chromatogram Chromatography Distillation
Filtrate Filtration Residue

Scientific vocabulary Definition

A way of separating pieces of solid that are mixed with a liquid or

solution by pouring through filter paper.

The liquid or solution that collects in the container after the mixture
has passed through the filter paper.

The solid that collects in the filter paper during filtration.

A technique that uses evaporation and condensation to obtain a

solvent from a solution.

A technique to separate mixtures of liquids (often coloured) that are

soluble in the same solvent.

An image obtained from chromatography.

Q1 This apparatus can be used to evaporate a solution.

What is the name of the piece of equipment labelled A? Tick one box.

A watch glass

B boiling tube

C pipette

D evaporating basin

Describe two hazards of doing this experiment.

ii

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Q2. Gary wanted to find out if some food colourings contained a banned food dye. He put a drop of
each food colouring and the banned food dye onto some special paper. He hung the paper in a
beaker of water.

After 10 minutes, the banned food dye and some of the dyes from the food colourings had moved up
the paper. Gary’s results are shown above right.

(a) Gary wrote the labels on the paper in pencil. Why should he not write them in ink?

........................................................................................................................

(b) Which method did Gary use to separate the dyes? Tick the correct box.

chromatography distillation

evaporation filtration

Q3.Chris collected some sea water near a beach. The sea water had salt
dissolved in it. It had sand mixed in it.

Chris separated the sand from the salt water as shown below.

(i) What is this method of separation called? ……………………….

(ii) What is substance A? ............................................

(iii) What is the part labelled B?...................................

Q4. Rema used the apparatus below to distil 100 cm3 of water-soluble ink.

(a) Which processes occur during distillation?

Circle the correct letter.

A - condensation then evaporation

B - evaporation then condensation

C - melting then boiling

D - melting then evaporation

(b) Give the name of the colourless liquid that collects in the test-tube. ………………………..

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Group Metal Non-Metal Period Periodic Table

Scientific vocabulary Definition

An arrangement of elements in the order of their atomic numbers,
forming groups and periods.

All the elements in the columns (labelled 1 to 7 and 0) in the periodic

table.

A horizontal row in the periodic table.

Elements on the left of the stepped line of the Periodic Table. Most are
shiny, good conductors of electricity and heat, malleable and ductile,
and solid at room temperature.

Elements on the right of the stepped line of the Periodic Table. Most
are dull, poor conductors of electricity and heat, brittle, and solid or
gaseous at room temperature.

Q1.
The diagram shows an outline of part of the Periodic Table of Elements.

(a) What is the name of the element with the symbol H? ………………………………

(b) In which regions of the Periodic Table are the following types of element found?

(i) non-metals (such as oxygen and chlorine); Region …………

(ii) very reactive metals (such as sodium and potassium); Region …………

(iii) less reactive metals (such as copper and zinc). Region …………

(c) Why is copper sulphate not found in the Periodic Table?

……………………………………………………………………………………….

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Q2. Elements can be represented by symbols.

Complete the table below by adding the missing names and symbols.

Element Symbol

Helium

Copper

Mg

Cl

Iron

Sulfur

Na

Al

Q3 Which of the following lists contains only elements?

A. air, iron, iodine, magnesium
B. zinc, gold, aluminium, oxygen
C. nitrogen, copper, mercury, water
D. chlorine, argon, sodium, limestone

Q4 Which list contains only non-metal elements?

A. oxygen, nitrogen, argon, silicon
B. chlorine, oxygen, sulfur, iron
C. bromine, helium, carbon, air
D. gold, silver, platinum, mercury

Q5 Metals like aluminium are used to make cooking pots because they are …
A. brittle and good conductors of heat.
B. malleable and good conductors of heat.
C. brittle and poor conductors of heat.
D. malleable and poor conductors of heat.

Q6 All metals are …

A. solids.
B. strong.
C. brittle and easily broken.
D. conductors of electricity.

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Atom Atomic Number Element Mass Number

Scientific vocabulary Definition

A substance made up of only one type of atom. It cannot be

broken down chemically into any simpler substance.

The smallest part of an element that can still be recognised as

that element.

The number of protons (which equals the number of electrons) in

an atom. It is sometimes called the proton number.

The number of protons plus neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.

Q1.
In the 19th Century, a scientist called John Dalton used symbols to represent atoms. The
symbols he used for atoms of three different elements are shown below.

The diagrams below show different combinations of these atoms.

(i) Give the letter of the diagram which shows a mixture of two elements ............

(ii) Give the letter of the diagram which shows a mixture of two compounds .............

(iii) Give the letter of the diagram which shows a mixture of an element and a compound .............

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Q2: Using a copy of the periodic table find the atomic number and the mass number for the
following elements.

Element Atomic Number Mass Number

Hydrogen

Calcium

Sodium

Magnesium

Oxygen

Carbon

Q3: Using the numbers found in the previous question, calculate the number of neutrons for each
element.

Remember: Neutron number = Mass number – Atomic Number

Element Calculation (show your working) Neutron Number

Hydrogen

Calcium

Sodium

Magnesium

Oxygen

Carbon

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 Year 7 Chemistry Homework

Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Chemical Symbol Word Equation Reactant Product Chemical Reaction Reactive

Scientific vocabulary Definition

A change in which atoms are rearranged to create new substances.

A one- or two-letter code for an element that is used by scientists in all

countries.

A way of representing a chemical reaction simply. The reactants are on

the left of an arrow, and the products are on the right. The arrow means
reacts to make.

A substance that is made in a chemical reaction.

A starting substance in a chemical reaction.

A substance that reacts vigorously with substances such as dilute

acids and water.

Q1. The table shows the observations

made when four metals are added to
cold water and to dilute hydrochloric acid.

(a) Write the names of these four metals in the order of their reactivity.

most reactive ..................................................

..................................................

.................................................

least reactive ..................................................

(b) Give the name of another metal, not in the table, which reacts in a similar to potassium.

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Q2: Lithium reacts with water. Look at the word equation for this reaction.

lithium + water → lithium hydroxide + hydrogen.

(a) One of the reactants is a liquid. Which one? ................................................................

(b) One of the products is a compound. Which one? ..........................................................

(c) One of the products is a gas. Which one? ....................................................................

Q3: Write word equations for each of the following reactions.

(a) Sodium reacting with chlorine to make sodium chloride.

...................................................................................................................................................

(b) Heating copper carbonate to make copper oxide and carbon dioxide

...................................................................................................................................................

(c) Reacting magnesium hydroxide and dilute sulphuric acid to make magnesium sulphate and water.

...................................................................................................................................................

Q4 A teacher mixed iron filings with sulphur on a metal tray.

She heated the mixture in a fume cupboard.
Sulphur is yellow. Iron filings are grey.

The mixture glowed very brightly. The teacher turned off the Bunsen burner.
The glow spread through the mixture.
When the mixture cooled, a black solid called iron sulphide was left.

(a) From this information, give one way you can tell that a chemical reaction took
place.

................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................

(b) (i) When iron is heated with sulphur, iron sulphide is formed.
Give the name of the solid formed when zinc is heated with sulphur.

................................................................................................................

(ii) Some fossil fuels contain sulphur. When fuels burn, sulphur reacts with oxygen.
Complete the word equation for this reaction.

sulphur + oxygen → .............................................................................

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Oxidation Reactivity Series Chemical Property Salt

Scientific vocabulary Definition

How a substance behaves in its chemical reactions.

A chemical reaction in which a substance combines with oxygen.

A list of metals in order of how vigorously they react.

A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of an acid are replaced by

atoms of a metal element.

Q1. (a) Magnesium chloride is formed when magnesium reacts with an acid.

(i) Complete the word equation for the reaction between magnesium and this
acid.

magnesium + ...............................→ + ...............................

(ii) Suggest why magnesium chloride can be made by mixing magnesium with
this acid but copper chloride cannot be made by mixing copper with this
acid.

.............................................................................................................

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(b) Copper sulphate is made by adding copper oxide to a different acid.

Give the name of the acid which is used.

..............................................................

Magnesium burns in air giving a very bright light.

(c) Complete the word equation below to show this reaction.

magnesium + ............................................. → ...........................................

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Q2. The table contains information about five metals, A, B, C, D and E.

(a) Use the information in the table to arrange the metals in order of reactivity.

most reactive ............................. Metal how it reacts how it reacts

with cold water with hot water
.............................
A no reaction extremely slowly

............................ B no reaction no reaction

............................. C hardly at all slowly

D slowly quickly
least reactive ............................
E quickly very violently

(b)(i) Which metal in the table could be copper?

..............................................

(ii) Which metal in the table could be sodium?

..............................................

(iii) Which metal in the table could be iron?

..............................................

Q3. The flow chart shows how zinc sulphate can be obtained.

(a) In the reaction zinc oxide → zinc an element is removed from zinc oxide to
leave zinc. Give the name of the element.

........................................................

(b) (i) Zinc sulphate can be made in a reaction between zinc and an acid.
Give the name of the acid.

.............................................................................................................

(ii) In the reaction between zinc and the acid, hydrogen is formed.
Describe the test for hydrogen and the result if hydrogen is present.

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.

Indicator Neutralisation pH Scale Acid Alkali Salt Base

Scientific vocabulary Definition

A solution with a pH value less than 7.

A soluble base.

A substance that neutralises an acid – those that dissolve in water are

called alkalis.

Substances used to identify whether unknown solutions are acidic or

alkaline. The colour is different in acidic and alkaline solutions.

In this reaction, an acid cancels out a base or a base cancels out an

acid.

This shows whether a substance is acidic, alkaline, or neutral. An acid

has a pH between 0 and 7. An alkaline has a pH between 7 and 14. A
solution of pH 7 is neutral.

A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of an acid are replaced by

atoms of a metal element.

Q1. Dilute acids react with many things.

Tick the four boxes by the correct descriptions.

Tick no more than four boxes.

Acids always dissolve glass. Acids turn universal indicator

solution blue.

Acids can be burned as fuels. Acids may harm your skin.

Acids damage teeth. Acids react with limestone.

Acids react with metals such as Acids are always poisonous.

magnesium.

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Q2. pH paper is used to show whether a solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.

One type of pH paper shows the following range of colours.

colour of pH paper red orange yellow green blue purple

pH value 0-4 5 6 7 8 - 10 11 - 14

Some solutions were tested with pH Paper. The results are shown below.

(a) Complete the following table by placing a tick in the correct column for each
substance.

colour of pH
substance acidic neutral alkaline
paper

orange juice red

egg white blue

oven cleaner purple

milk yellow

(b) Which substance was the most alkaline?

.....................................................................................................................

(c) Equal amounts of egg white and milk are mixed. What is the most likely pH
of the mixture? Tick the correct box.

pH2 pH6 pH7 pH14

Q3.
The chemical formula for hydrochloric acid is HCl. The chemical formula for sodium
hydroxide is NaOH.

When they react together, two products are formed. The chemical formula for one
product is NaCl.

(i) Complete the word equation below with the names of both products.

(ii) On the dotted line, give the chemical formula of the other product.

sodium + hydrochloric _______________ + _______________

hydroxide acid
NaOH HCl NaCl ...............

(iii) What is this type of reaction called?

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.
Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Porous Uplift Erosion Deposition Transport
Sediment Weathering

Scientific vocabulary Definition

The settling of sediments that have moved away from their original
rock.

The breaking of a rock into sediments and their movement away

from the original rock.

This type of material has small gaps that may contain substances in
their liquid or gas states. Water can soak into a porous material.

Pieces of rock that have broken away from their original rock.

Movement of sediments far from their original rock.

This process happens when huge forces from inside the Earth push
rocks upwards.

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by physical, chemical

or biological processes.

Q1. The diagram gives information about some of the layers that make up the Earth.

What name is given to the outer layer of the Earth labelled X?

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Q2.
(a) Helen weighed three pieces of rock and soaked them in water.
The next day, she weighed them again.
Her results are shown below.

mass before mass after

rock
soaking in water (g) soaking in water (g)
granite 26.3 26.3

marble 20.4 20.4

sandstone 25.5 27.6

Rocks that have lots of small spaces are described as porous.

What evidence is there in the table that sandstone is porous, but granite
and marble are not porous?

.......................................................................................................................
..

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(b) Helen put the soaked sandstone into a freezer for 24 hours.

Water in the spaces in the sandstone froze and expanded.

(i) What would happen to the sandstone as the water

froze and expanded?

................................................................................................................

(ii) In the winter this process happens in rock in the countryside.

What is the name of this process?

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(c) Helen placed fresh pieces of granite, marble and sandstone in beakers of
dilute sulphuric acid. Only the marble reacted with the acid.
Only the marble reacted with the acid.

Use Helen’s results to explain why granite is more suitable than marble for
a statue in a city centre.

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..

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Name: Due Date

Match the scientific vocabulary below to the definitions in the table.

Try to make sure you can spell and remember what each word means.
Magma Rock Cycle Igneous Rock Mantle Lava
Metamorphic Rock Sedimentary Rock

Scientific vocabulary Definition

Formed when liquid rock (lava or magma) cools or freezes. Their

minerals are arranged in crystals. Examples are granite, basalt, and
obsidian.

Liquid rock that is above the Earth’s surface.

Liquid rock below the Earth’s surface.

The layer of Earth that is below the crust. It is solid but can flow
very slowly.

Formed from existing rocks exposed to heat and/or pressure over a

long time. Examples are marble, slate, and schist.

Sequence of processes where rocks change from one type to

another, over a timescale of millions of years.

Formed from layers of sediment, which can contain fossils.

Examples are chalk, limestone, and sandstone.

Q1. The photograph shows a piece of sandstone.

(i) The sandstone in the photograph contains a fossil.

What is a fossil?

..........................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................

(ii) What group of rocks does sandstone belong to?

..........................................................

(iii) Granite and basalt are igneous rocks. They contain crystals but no fossils.
Explain why igneous rocks do not contain fossils.

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Q2. The diagram shows four different layers of sedimentary rock in a cliff.

(a) Which layer of , A, B, C or D, is probably the oldest?

.......................................

(b) Igneous rock is formed when magma cools.

Choose from the following words to complete the sentences below.

gas liquid metal solid

(i) Igneous rock is a ...............................................................................

(ii) Magma is a ........................................................................................

(c) Rocks are put into groups according to the way they are formed. The groups are
igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

(i) To which group does sandstone belong ..........................................

(ii) In which group are fossils never found? ...................................................

Q3. The diagram below shows a section through a volcano. Magma is moving up
from a magma chamber. Some of the magma erupts to form lava. The liquid lava
cools and becomes solid rock.

As the magma cools underground, it solidifies and crystals are formed.

(i) In what way will these crystals be different from the crystals
formed when lava solidifies above ground?

..................................................................

(ii) Give the reason for your answer.

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