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Chem 3 A

The document is a chemistry worksheet containing questions about Group 1 elements of the periodic table and a lab experiment investigating the chemical properties of sodium and iron. The worksheet asks students to identify Group 1 elements as alkali metals, state a physical property as being soft with low density, and explain how potassium and rubidium would react similarly in air due to their single outer electron. It also asks how Group 1 metals should be stored. The lab experiment asks students to explain why sodium should not be added to water with bare hands, state observations of sodium reacting with water, test the pH of the resulting solution, state the observation of adding an iron nail to water, and explain why sodium and iron do not belong to

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Chem 3 A

The document is a chemistry worksheet containing questions about Group 1 elements of the periodic table and a lab experiment investigating the chemical properties of sodium and iron. The worksheet asks students to identify Group 1 elements as alkali metals, state a physical property as being soft with low density, and explain how potassium and rubidium would react similarly in air due to their single outer electron. It also asks how Group 1 metals should be stored. The lab experiment asks students to explain why sodium should not be added to water with bare hands, state observations of sodium reacting with water, test the pH of the resulting solution, state the observation of adding an iron nail to water, and explain why sodium and iron do not belong to

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The Group I elements of the Periodic Table are shown below.

Li
Na
K
Cs
Rb
Fr

(a) What is the name of Group I elements? (1 mark)

(b) State ONE physical property of Group I elements. (1 mark)

(c) Potassium burns in air to form a white solid. What do you expect when rubidium
burns in air? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

(d) Suggest how Group I metals are stored in the school laboratory. (1 mark)

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(a) Alkali metals 1
(b) They are soft / have low densities. 1
(c) Rubidium burns in air more vigorously to form white solid. 1
Rubidium and potassium have one outermost shell electron so they have similar
chemical properties. Reactivity of Group I elements increases down the group. 1
(d) They should be stored under paraffin oil. 1
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To investigate whether sodium and iron show similar chemical properties, a student
added a piece of sodium and an iron nail to a trough of water respectively.

(a) (i) Explain why the student should not add the piece of sodium to water by
hands. (1 mark)

(ii) Suggest how the student should add the piece of sodium to water. (1 mark)

(b) State TWO observable changes when sodium is added to water. (2 marks)

(c) What would be observed when a piece of pH paper is dipped into the resultant
solution? (1 mark)

(d) State the observation when an iron nail is added to water. (1 mark)

(e) Do you think sodium and iron belong to the same group in the Periodic Table?
Explain briefly. (2 marks)

(a) (i) Sodium is a corrosive metal. 1


(ii) The student should add the piece of sodium to water with a pair of
forceps. 1
(b) Any TWO:
It floats on water. 1
It melts to a silvery ball which moves about on the water surface. 1
A colourless gas is given out. (1)
(c) The paper turns blue. 1
(d) The iron nail sinks to the bottom. 1
(e) They do not belong to the same group in the Periodic Table 1
as they show different chemical properties. 1
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