A student adds a piece of magnesium ribbon to dilute hydrochloric acid in a test tube.
Complete the word equation for the reaction.
magnesium + hydrochloric acid →\rightarrow→ ......................... + .........................
The student repeats the experiment using dilute sulfuric acid in place of dilute hydrochloric acid. Name the salt produced.
Give one change that the student would see in the test tube during the reaction.
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 4.2 Reactions of acids, covering 4.2.1a Reactions of acids with metals, 4.2.1b Redox in acid-metal reactions, 4.2.2 Neutralisation of acids and salt production, 4.2.3 Soluble salts, 4.2.4 The pH scale and neutralisation, 4.2.5a Titrations, 4.2.5b Calculating quantities in titrations, and 4.2.6 Strong and weak acids. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.