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Extracting Metals Worksheet
This worksheet accompanies Extracting Metals Summary.
1. The reactivity of a metal determines which method should be used to extract it from
an ore. Place the metals lead, calcium, copper, zinc and aluminium into the reactivity
series below.
potassium
Increasing reactivity
sodium
magnesium
(carbon)
iron
(hydrogen)
silver
gold
platinum
2. Which metal could be used to displace sodium from sodium chloride?
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3. Name two metals that can only be extracted by electrolysis.
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4. Name a metal that could be extracted from its ore using carbon.
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5. Suggest a reason why iron is extracted using carbon rather than by electrolysis.
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6. Suggest a reason why gold is expensive, even though it is found native in rock.
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