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Question 1:

Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped in it?

Answer:

When an iron nail is placed in a copper sulphate solution, iron displaces copper from copper sulphate solution forming iron sulphate, which is green in colour.

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Therefore, the blue colour of copper sulphate solution fades and green colour appears.

 

Question 2:

Give an example of a double displacement reaction other than the one given in Activity 1.10.

Answer:

Sodium carbonate reacts with calcium chloride to form calcium carbonate and sodium chloride.

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In this reaction, sodium carbonate and calcium chloride exchange ions to form two new compounds. Hence, it is a double displacement reaction.

 

Question 3:

Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances that are reduced in the following reactions.

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Answer:

(i) Sodium (Na) is oxidised as it gains oxygen and oxygen gets reduced.

(ii) Copper oxide (CuO) is reduced to copper (Cu) while hydrogen (H2) gets oxidised to water (H2O).