C1 Limestone

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Total cards: 23•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

What is limestone made from?

Back (Answer)

Calcium carbonate

Front (Question)

Give the formula for limestone?

Back (Answer)

CaCO3

Front (Question)

What is unreacted limestone used for?

Back (Answer)

Building materials

Front (Question)

What is thermal decomposition?

Back (Answer)

Using heat to break down a compound

Front (Question)

What are the products of thermal decomposition of limestone?

Back (Answer)

Calcium Oxide and Carbon Dioxide

Front (Question)

What products do metal carbonate produce when they are thermally decomposed?

Back (Answer)

Metal oxide and Carbon dioxide

Front (Question)

Can all group 1 carbonates be decomposed using the Bunsen burner?

Back (Answer)

No Sodium carbonate cannot be broken down easily

Front (Question)

If calcium oxide if reacted with water what is the product?

Back (Answer)

Calcium hydroxide

Front (Question)

If calcium oxide if reacted with water is the product acid or alkali?

Back (Answer)

alkali

#10

Front (Question)

If calcium oxide if reacted with water what can this product be used for?

Back (Answer)

Testing for carbon dioxide

#11

Front (Question)

What is limewater?

Back (Answer)

Calcium hydroxide solution

#12

Front (Question)

If limewater reacted with carbon dioxide what does it produce?

Back (Answer)

Calcium carbonate

#13

Front (Question)

If limewater reacted with carbon dioxide what do you see?

Back (Answer)

Goes cloudy

#14

Front (Question)

What can limewater be used for?

Back (Answer)

Testing for carbon dioxide

#15

Front (Question)

If a metal carbonate reacts with an acid what are the products?

Back (Answer)

Metal salt, carbon dioxide and water

#16

Front (Question)

Give an equation for the reaction of calcium carbonate with hydrochloric acid?

Back (Answer)

CaCO3 +2HCl → CaCl2 +CO2 +H2O

#17

Front (Question)

What type of pollution is limestone damaged by?

Back (Answer)

Acid rain

#18

Front (Question)

Limestone is heated with what to make cement?

Back (Answer)

Clay

#19

Front (Question)

What is produced when cement is mixed with sand?

Back (Answer)

Mortar

#20

Front (Question)

What is produced when cement is mixed with sand and aggregate?

Back (Answer)

Concrete

#21

Front (Question)

Give 2 advantages of quarrying limestone.

Back (Answer)

Increased jobs More limestone resources

#22

Front (Question)

Give 3 disadvantages of quarrying limestone.

Back (Answer)

Noise pollution Eyesore Dust

#23

Front (Question)

Give an advantage and disadvantage of using limestone as a building material.

Back (Answer)

Strong but difficult to transport and effected by acid rain