CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND EQUATIONS

Q1. Is respiration a physical change or a chemical change? How?

Q2. Zinc pieces are added into dilute H2SO4 taken in a test tube and a burning candle is brought over the
mouth of the test tube. What will happen? Which gas is evolved?

Q3. Name two solutions which on mixing form a yellow precipitate and what is it due to?

Q4. Can we place copper sulphate solution in an iron vessel? Why or why not?

Q5. What is left behind on the photographic film when it is exposed to sunlight?

Q6. You are provided with two containers made up of copper and aluminium. You are also provided with
solutions of dilute HCl, dilute HNO3, ZnCl2 and H2O. In which of the above containers these solution can be
kept? Give reason

Q7. Why does blue colour of copper sulphate solution start fading when a zinc rod is dipped in it?

Q8. A brown metal ‘X’ on heating in air forms a black substance ‘Y’. When hydrogen is passed over heated
‘Y’, it again changes back into ‘X’.
i) Name the substances X and Y
ii) Name the chemical processes occurring during the two changes.
iii) Write the chemical equations.

Q9. What is a skeletal equation? What is the need to balance it?

Q10. Why should magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air?

Q11. Classify the following chemical reactions as exothermic or endothermic:

i) Water is added to quick lime
ii) Dilute sulphuric acid is added to zinc granules
iii) Decomposition of vegetable matter into compost
iv) Electrolysis of water
v) Silver chloride turns grey in the presence of sunlight to form silver metal

Q12. What are the conditions that promote corrosion?

Q13. When potassium iodide solution is added to a solution of lead (II) nitrate in a test tube, a precipitate is
formed.
i) What is the colour of the precipitate?
ii) Name the compound precipitated
iii) Write the balanced chemical equation for this reaction.
iv) What type of reaction is this?

Q14. In the electrolysis of water:

i) Name the gas collected at the cathode and the anode.
ii) Why is the volume of the gas collected at one electrode the double of that collected at the other?/
iii) What is the role of sulphuric acid?
Q15. Why do we store AgCl in dark bottles?

Q16. A substance 'X' on thermal decomposition gave a gas 'Y' and a compound 'Z'. When this gas was passed
through lime water, Substance 'X' was produced. The compound 'Z' is used in white washing. Identify 'X', 'Y'
and 'Z' and write the equations involved.

Q17. Will there be any change if a copper coin is placed in silver nitrate solution? If yes, then what change is
expected?

Q18. An aqueous solution of a metal nitrate 'P' reacts with sodium bromide solution to form a dull yellow
precipitate of a compound 'Q' which is used in black and white photography. 'Q' on exposure to sunlight
undergoes decomposition reaction to form a metal and a reddish brown gas. Identify 'P' and 'Q' and the
reactions involved. Also write the type of reaction in each case.

Q19. Consider the following reactions:

i) 3A + B2O3 → 3AO + 2B
ii) C + BCl3 → CCl3 + B
iii) 2C + 3ASO4 → C2(SO4)3 + 3A
Out of the metals A, B and C:
a) Which metal is the most reactive?
b) Which metal is the least reactive?
c) What type of reaction is taking place in these cases?

Q20. A metal nitrate 'A' on heating gives a yellowish metal oxide along with the evolution of a brown gas 'B'
and a colourless gas 'C'. Aqueous solution of 'A' on reaction with KI form a yellow precipitate of a compound
'D'. Identify 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D'. Identify the type of reaction taking place.

Q21. A pale green crystalline solid on strong heating turns reddish brown with the evolution of gases which
smell like burning sulphur.
a) Identify the compound
b) What type of reaction is taking place?
c) Mention the change(s) in colour that are observed during the process.
d) Write the equations involved in this reaction.

Q22. Balance the following equations and identify the species oxidised and reduced:
a) NH3 + O2 → NO + H2O
b) Fe2O3 + CO → Fe + CO2
c) Fe + H2O → Fe2O3 + H2
d) H2S + SO2 → S + H2O
e) CuO + H2 → Cu + H2O

Q23. The following reactions can be classified into more than one type of reaction. Identify and write the
types of reactions involved:
a) 2H2O → 2H2 + O2
b) 2Mg + O2 → 2MgO
c) AgNO3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO3

Q24. A solution of a substance ‘X’ is used for testing carbon dioxide. What is the reaction of this substance
with CO2? How can ‘X’ be prepared? Write the balanced chemical equations involved.

Q25. Identify the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent in the following reactions:
a) ZnO + C → Zn + CO
b) 2Cu + O2 → 2CuO
c) C + O2 → CO2