Help with chemistry question!!!?

OK, so our teacher gave us these pics with 4 test tubes showing reactions with metals and dilute sulfuric acidOne had a LOT of fizz, the next had none, the third had only a few and the last had just a bit less than the firstShe told us the metals were iron, magnesium, X and YY was right below aluminium in the reactivity seriesFind X and YI know Y is ZincWhat is X??? ( You also needed to match the test tubes with the correct metal).

I used to use cotton stuff that I bought in a pet store and put it in its cage to snuggle inMake sure whenyou buy it that you spread it out and fluff it so it can go in and nestle up in itYou can also use blankets but make sure you leave at least a little open so that it can breath easyAlso, you can buy a space heater for your room and it runs on little electricity If you are confortable without a blanket, or almost confortable then your hamster will be tooGoodluck!

It is a common misconception to assume that the kinetics of the reaction of a metal is somehow related to its position in the activity seriesThat sometimes doesn't end wellFor instance sodium has a much more vigorous reaction with water than does calcium, yet calcium is more active than sodiumNotice that calcium is above sodium in the activity seriesThe ONLY way to really determine the positions of the metals in the activity series is to react them with each other, NOT with an acidThe rate of reaction with an acid is not a good indicator of the position in the activity seriesThe reaction rate can depend on the surface area of the metal, or on a passivating layer on the metalYou said, Y was right below aluminum in the reactivity seriesFind X and YI know Y is ZincAnd yet on the activity series that I'm looking at, manganese is right below aluminum, followed by zincUnfortunately, your teacher's demonstration is completely bogusAll it really tells you is that there are three metals above H in the activity series and one below HThat's the one which didn't react at allAs for the relative amounts of fizz, that is essentially meaninglessYour teacher needs a better experiment to rank the elements in the activity seriesIt is sad that the biggest group of folks who propagate misconceptions and misinformation are teachersThey are well-meaning teachers who are not trained in chemistry, but end up teaching chemistry anyway, who pass on the same misconceptions and misinformation that they learned.

As long as she is not wet and is out of drafts, she'll be fineShe lives in a fur coat rememberI assume she has a nest box of some sort and newspapers or rags for beddingIt wouldn't hurt to cover her cage with a blanket or towel at nightGood name!

it might help if you layer blankets around the outside of the cage so it wont get coldi know it wants to see out of the cage but also stuff cloth around the inside.of the cagealso lay a blanket on top of the cage at nightkeep him away from the coldest wall in your house it will be ok.foxi

Put her in the warmest area of the roomNot against a source of heat though, that's too hotJust provide her with fluffy bedding like a bunch of paper towels and she'll keep herself warm.

it might help if you layer blankets around the outside of the cage so it wont get coldi know it wants to see out of the cage but also stuff cloth around the inside.of the cagealso lay a blanket on top of the cage at nightkeep him away from the coldest wall in your house it will be ok.foxi

Put her in the warmest area of the roomNot against a source of heat though, that's too hotJust provide her with fluffy bedding like a bunch of paper towels and she'll keep herself warm.

As long as she is not wet and is out of drafts, she'll be fineShe lives in a fur coat rememberI assume she has a nest box of some sort and newspapers or rags for beddingIt wouldn't hurt to cover her cage with a blanket or towel at nightGood name!

I used to use cotton stuff that I bought in a pet store and put it in its cage to snuggle inMake sure whenyou buy it that you spread it out and fluff it so it can go in and nestle up in itYou can also use blankets but make sure you leave at least a little open so that it can breath easyAlso, you can buy a space heater for your room and it runs on little electricity If you are confortable without a blanket, or almost confortable then your hamster will be tooGoodluck!

It is a common misconception to assume that the kinetics of the reaction of a metal is somehow related to its position in the activity seriesThat sometimes doesn't end wellFor instance sodium has a much more vigorous reaction with water than does calcium, yet calcium is more active than sodiumNotice that calcium is above sodium in the activity seriesThe ONLY way to really determine the positions of the metals in the activity series is to react them with each other, NOT with an acidThe rate of reaction with an acid is not a good indicator of the position in the activity seriesThe reaction rate can depend on the surface area of the metal, or on a passivating layer on the metalYou said, Y was right below aluminum in the reactivity seriesFind X and YI know Y is ZincAnd yet on the activity series that I'm looking at, manganese is right below aluminum, followed by zincUnfortunately, your teacher's demonstration is completely bogusAll it really tells you is that there are three metals above H in the activity series and one below HThat's the one which didn't react at allAs for the relative amounts of fizz, that is essentially meaninglessYour teacher needs a better experiment to rank the elements in the activity seriesIt is sad that the biggest group of folks who propagate misconceptions and misinformation are teachersThey are well-meaning teachers who are not trained in chemistry, but end up teaching chemistry anyway, who pass on the same misconceptions and misinformation that they learned.