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Write one example for the following:

A lustrous non-metal.

Important Questions on Metals and Non-metals

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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 1
Some pieces of copper and zinc are added into separate test tubes each containing dilute hydrochloric acid. Describe what would be expected to see happening in each test tube.
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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 2

State three reasons for the following fact:

Sulphur is a non-metal.

One of the reasons must be supported with a chemical equation.

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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 2

State three reasons for the following fact:

Magnesium is a metal.

One of the reasons must be supported with a chemical equation.

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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 3
Hydrogen is not a metal, but it has been assigned a place in the reactivity series of metals. Give reason.
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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 4
Why does aluminium not react with water under ordinary conditions?
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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 5
There are three unknown metals A, B, and C. C displaces B from its oxide while with oxide of A, there is no reaction. Give the reactivity order of A, B, and C.
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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 6
When calcium metal is added to water, the gas evolved does not catch fire, but the same gas evolved after adding potassium metal to water catches fire. Explain why? 
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Science Chemistry>Chapter 3 - Metals and Non-metals>Practice Questions>Q 6
Name a metal that displaces hydrogen gas from nitric acid.