Chapter-1 Chemical Reactions and Equations. Five marks Question 1. Give reasons for the following : (i) Keeping food in air tight containers help in preventing rancidity (ii) Moist air and acidic gases are not good for some metals. (ii) Manufactured chips usually flush bags of chips with nitrogen gas. (iv) Sodium acts as an oxidising agent while chlorine acts as a reducing agent in the following reaction : 2Na(s) + Cl,(g) > 2NaCI(s) (v) White coloured silver chloride turns gray when kept in sunlight What interpretations can be made about type of reaction from the following reactions: (i) CH,(g) + 20;(g)—> CO, (g) (i) 2AgBr(s) —> 2Ag\s) + Br,(9) (iii) Zn(s) + CuSO , (aq) ZnSO , (aq) + Cu(s) (iv) Na,S0, (ag) + BaCl,(ag) —~ BaSO, (s) + 2NaCl(aq) (v) $O,(g)+2H,S(g)——> 3s(s) + 2H,O(¢) When a green iron salt is heated strongly its colour finally changes to black and odour of burning sulphur is given out, (i) (i) (iii) (iv) (v) Name the iron salt. Name the type of reaction that take place. Name the compound which changes into Brownish black colour. Name the compound which is responsible for its odour. Write the chemical equation of the above statement. 45Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions : (i) Barium chloride reacts with zinc sulphate forming zinc chloride and precipitates of Barium sulphate. (i) Aluminium metal displaces mangenese in liquid form when heated with mangenese dioxide. (iii) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. (iv) Aluminium chloride reacts with ammonium hydroxide to form a gelatinous white precipitate of aluminium hydroxide and a salt of ammonium chloride. (v) When Co, is passed in excess in lime water the white precipitate formed will dissolve in excess of CO, to form water soluble calcium bicarbonate ? Blance the following chemical equations (a) Al+Cl,——>alcl, (b) KCN+H,SO, ——>K,SO, +HCN (c) NaOH+CuSO, —~>Cu(OH), +Na,SO, (a) Al,(SO,), +NaOH——> Al(OH), + Na,SO, (e)__NH,Cl= Ca(OH), ——>CaCl, +NH, +H,0 Three marks question 6. A chemical is heated in a test tube brown fumes comes out and a black residue is left behind. (a) Name the chemical which gives brown fumes. (b) Write the equation. (c) Name the compound which gives black residue. Give an example of a reacton in which a less reactive non-metal is displaced by more reactive non-metal ? Give one example of decompositon reaction which is carried in the presence of: 4610. (i) electrical energy (i) Sunlight (iii) Heat energy A nail, under the influence of humidity change its colour to reddish brown. Name this process and write the chemical reation. Give two examples of everyday life situations where redx reaxtion are taking place. ‘Two marks question 11. Why does the blue colour of copper sulphate solution change when a piece of iron dropped into it ? 13. _In the reactions given below identify the substances that act as oxidising and reducing agent. (i) 4Na+O,——+2Na,0 (i) 2n0+€—+2n+C0 14. What do you mean by precipitation reaction give e.g. 15. _ State any two ways to prevent the rancidity of food containing fats and oil ? One mark questions 16. Fe,0, +2Al——>Al,0, + 2Fe The above reaction is an example of (a) combination reaction. (b) double displacement reaction (c) | decompositon reaction (a) displacement reaction. 17. Why respiration is exothermic reaction ? 18. A shiny brown coloured element X on heating in air becomes black in colour. Name the element X and the black coloured compound formed 19. Whatare anti-oxidents ? 20. Why should magnesium ribben be cleaned before buming in air ? 47