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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Green copper carbonate powder was heated. The powder started bubbling and it turned black.

State two signs that a chemical reaction took place.

Important Questions on Chemical Reactions

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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Green copper carbonate powder was heated. The powder started bubbling and it turned black. One of the products was gas. How can you tell? 
HARD
Lower Secondary Stage 8
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A piece of magnesium with a mass of 2.4 g was heated in air to form magnesium oxide with a mass of 4.0 g. Calculate the mass of oxygen that reacted with the magnesium.
EASY
Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Explain why combustion is an example of oxidation reaction.
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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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A carbonate was added to an acid to make a salt.potassium chloride. Write the word equation for this.
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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Deep added an unknown compound (X) to some hydrochloric acid. Bubbles were formed.

Describe how he could find out if the gas was hydrogen or carbon dioxide.

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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Deep added an unknown compound (X) to some hydrochloric acid. Bubbles were formed. He discovers that the gas is carbon dioxide.What does this show about compound X. 
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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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Deep added an unknown compound (X) to some hydrochloric acid. Bubbles were formed. He can not name compound X. Explain why.
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Lower Secondary Stage 8
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A teacher measured the mass of a piece of iron wool (fine strands of iron) as 3.6 g. She used tongs to hold the iron in a Bunsen flame. She noticed it turned darker and dull in colour. She let it cool and then measured the mass again. It was now 3.9 g.

Describe what happened to the mass of the iron when it was heated.