1. Y8 Chemical Reactions - Metals

2. Lesson 1 – The Reaction of Metal with Oxygen

3. Why do metals react with oxygen? Do all metals react with oxygen? What happens to metals when they react with oxygen?

4. This is the reaction of magnesium with oxygen What observations can you make? Describe the starting materials – magnesium and oxygen Describe the product What do you think the product might be called? Write a word equation for the process.

5. Using what you have learned from the elements, compounds and mixtures topic write a short description of the reaction using some key words from that topic Magnesium + Oxygen → Magnesium Oxide

6. Look at the reactions of the other metals in the Bunsen Burner – for the metals that react write a word equation