ALKALINE EARTH METALS

1. Name the ore from which radium was discovered?

2. Out of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals which has higher
density?
3. Arrange alkaline earth metals in order of density?
4. Which is more harder, alkali metal or alkaline earth metals?
5. Why alkaline earth metals have low m.pt and b.pt?
6. Arrange alkaline earth metals in order of melting and boiling points?
7. In according to IE, alkaline earth metals should form +1 OS but they
form +2. Why?
8. Arrange alkaline earth metals in order of reducing agents?
9. Why Be and Mg do not impart color to the flame?
10. What are colors imparted by alkaline earth metals to flame?
11. Give reaction of alkaline earth metals with Hydrogen? How will you
prepare BeH2?
12. What is the nature of alkaline earth metals hydrides?
13. Arrange hydrides of alkaline earth metals in order of stability?
14. What happens when hydrides of alkaline earth metals are treated
with water?
15. Give reaction of alkaline earth metals with water? which alkaline
earth metal do not react with water?
16. Arrange alkaline earth metals in order of reactivity?
17. Give reaction of alkaline earth metals with oxygen?
18. Explain acidic and basic nature of hydroxides of alkaline earth
metals?
19. Explain the solubility of hydroxides of alkaline earth metals in water?
20. How will you prepare BeCl2 from its oxide?
21. How does state of BeCl2 differs in solid and vapour state?
22. How will you prepare carbonates of alkaline earth metals from their
chlorides?
23. What happens when carbonates of alkaline earth metals are
decomposed?
24. Out of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals whose sulphates are
more soluble?
25. What happens when sulphates of alkaline earth metals are heated?
Arrange them in order of stability?
26. What is lithopone?
27. Give reaction of alkaline earth metals with nitrogen?
28. What happens when nitrides of alkaline earth metals are treated
with water?
29. What are carbides? How are they formed?
30. What is the physical state of carbides?
31. Give reaction of Be and Ca carbide with water?
32. Explain the tendency of alkaline earth metals to form complexes?
33. What is the formula of beryl and chrysoberyl?
34. How will you extract Be from beryl?

35. What are the uses of Be?

36. What is the use of Be in nuclear reactions?
37. What is the formula of magnesite, carnallite, dolomite and kieserite?
38. How much Mg is present in sea water?
39. How will you prepare anhydrous MgCl2 from carnallite?
40. What happens when carnallite is heated?
41. Explain the electrolysis of MgCl2?
42. What is the formula of gypsum, limestone, marble, fluorspar and
dolomite?
43. Explain the preparation of Ca by electrolysis?
44. Explain diagonal relationship of Be with Al?
45. Arrange various oxides of alkaline earth metals in order of acidic
strength?
46. What do you mean by baryta?
47. Explain type of bonding in various hydrides of alkaline earth metals?
48. What is the structure of BeH2 in solid and vapour phase?
49. Explain why beryllium halides have low melting and boiling point?
50. Explain the solubility of alkaline earth metal sulphates?
51. What happens when carbonates and bicarbonates of alkaline earth
metals are heated?
52. What do you mean by methanide, acetylide and allylide?
53. Give reaction of beryllium carbide, magnesium carbide and calcium
carbide with water?
54. Give reaction of magnesium nitride with water?
55. What do you mean by Mg(Oxine)2?
56. What do you mean by burnt lime?
57. How will you prepare quick lime?
58. What are the conditions by which we get good yield of quick lime by
heating calcium carbonate?
59. How will you convert quick lime to slaked lime?
60. What do you mean by milk of lime and lime water?
61. What is bleaching powder? How will you prepare it?
62. How will you prepare calcium carbide from calcium oxide?
63. What are the uses of quick lime?
64. What is slaked lime?
65. Explain solubility of slaked lime in water?
66. What is the action of CO2 on lime water?
67. What is the action of chlorine on slaked lime in various conditions?
68. What is the action of ammonia on slaked lime?
69. What are the uses of slaked lime?
70. How will you prepare calcium carbonate commercially?
71. How will you prepare calcium carbonate in lab?
72. What are the two crystalline forms of calcium carbonate?
73. Explain solubility of calcium carbonate in water?
74. What is gypsum?
75. How will you prepare calcium sulphate from calcium chloride?
76. Explain preparation of plaster of paris from gypsum?

77. How will you increase or decrease the setting time of plaster of
paris?
78. Give reaction showing action of heat on plaster of paris?
79. How will you convert gypsum to anhydrous calcium sulphate?
80. What do you mean by dead burnt plaster?