1. Give the chemical name and formula for limestone.
What is a thermal decomposition reaction?
Describe a positive test for carbon dioxide.
Write word and symbol equations to show what happens when water is added to calcium oxide.
C1.2 Limestone and
Building Materials
Give 2 environmental problems with the extraction of limestone.
Use the following formula CaCO3to complete the table below:
Write word and symbol equations for the thermal decomposition of limestone
Symbol
Element
Number of atoms in compound Ca C O
Why don’t all the group 1 metal carbonates decompose in the lab?
Complete the following equations
Calcium Carbon
Hydroxide Dioxide
Ca(OH)2 + CO2
Give an advantage to residents of having a limestone quarry in the local area.
Complete the flow chart to show how different substances can be made from limestone.
Limestone
Complete the following equations to show what happens when an acid reacts with a carbonate.
Magnesium + Hydrochloric
Carbonate Acid
Copper Carbon + Water
Sulphate Dioxide
+ Nitric Zinc Water
Carbonate Acid Nitrate
Heat with clay
Mix with ______
____________
Mix with sand
Concrete
Give one use of calcium hydroxide

2. Mix with sand and aggregate
Give the chemical name and formula for limestone.
Calcium carbonate
CaCO3
What is a thermal decomposition reaction?
Breaking down a substance using heat
Describe a positive test for carbon dioxide.
Limewater turns from clear to cloudy
Write word and symbol equations to show what happens when water is added to calcium oxide.
Calcium + Water Calcium
Oxide hydroxide
CaO + H2O Ca(OH)2
C1.2 Limestone and
Building Materials
Give 2 environmental problems with the extraction of limestone.
Quarries destroy habitats
Vehicles used to transport limestone increase carbon dioxide emissions
Dust pollution
Use the following formula CaCO3to complete the table below:
Write word and symbol equations for the thermal decomposition of limestone
Calcium Calcium + Carbon
carbonate oxide dioxide
CaCO3 CaO + CO2
Symbol
Element
Number of atoms in compound Ca
Calcium 1 C
Carbon O
Oxygen 3
Why don’t all the group 1 metal carbonates decompose in the lab?
Bunsen burner does not reach high enough temperatures
Complete the following equations
Calcium Carbon Calcium Water
Hydroxide Dioxide Carbonate
Ca(OH)2 + CO2 CaCO H2O
Give an advantage to residents of having a limestone quarry in the local area.
Provides jobs
Increases local trade
Complete the flow chart to show how different substances can be made from limestone.
Limestone
Complete the following equations to show what happens when an acid reacts with a carbonate.
Magnesium + Hydrochloric Magnesium + Carbon + Water
Carbonate Acid Chloride Dioxide
Copper Sulphuric Copper Carbon + Water
Carbonate Acid Sulphate Dioxide
Zinc Nitric Zinc Carbon + Water
Carbonate Acid Nitrate Dioxide
Heat with clay
Cement
Mix with sand and aggregate
Mix with sand
Concrete
Mortar
Give one use of calcium hydroxide
Neutralising acidic soils or lakes

3. Give the chemical name and formula for limestone.
What is a thermal decomposition reaction?
Describe a positive test for carbon dioxide.
Write word and symbol equations to show what happens when water is added to calcium oxide.
C1.2 Limestone and
Building Materials
Give 2 environmental problems with the extraction of limestone.
Use the following formula CaCO3to complete the table below:
Write word and symbol equations for the thermal decomposition of limestone
Symbol
Element
Number of atoms in compound Ca C O
Why don’t all the group 1 metal carbonates decompose in the lab?
Complete the following equations
Calcium Carbon
Hydroxide Dioxide
Ca(OH)2 + CO2
Give an advantage to residents of having a limestone quarry in the local area.
Complete the flow chart to show how different substances can be made from limestone.
Limestone
Complete the following equations to show what happens when an acid reacts with a carbonate.
Magnesium + Hydrochloric
Carbonate Acid
Copper Carbon + Water
Sulphate Dioxide
+ Nitric Zinc Water
Carbonate Acid Nitrate
Heat with clay
Mix with ______
____________
Mix with sand
Concrete
Give one use of calcium hydroxide

4. Give the chemical name and formula for limestone.
What is a thermal decomposition reaction?
Describe a positive test for carbon dioxide.
Write word and symbol equations to show what happens when water is added to calcium oxide.
C1.2 Limestone and
Building Materials
Give 2 environmental problems with the extraction of limestone.
Use the following formula CaCO3to complete the table below:
Write word and symbol equations for the thermal decomposition of limestone
Symbol
Element
Number of atoms in compound Ca C O
Why don’t all the group 1 metal carbonates decompose in the lab?
Complete the following equations
Calcium Carbon
Hydroxide Dioxide
Ca(OH)2 + CO2
Give an advantage to residents of having a limestone quarry in the local area.
Complete the flow chart to show how different substances can be made from limestone.
Limestone
Complete the following equations to show what happens when an acid reacts with a carbonate.
Magnesium + Hydrochloric
Carbonate Acid
Copper Carbon + Water
Sulphate Dioxide
+ Nitric Zinc Water
Carbonate Acid Nitrate
Heat with clay
Mix with ______
____________
Mix with sand
Concrete
Give one use of calcium hydroxide