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when potassium metal is placed in water, a large amount of energy is released as potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas are produced in the reaction 2k(s) + 2h2o(l) → 2koh(aq) + h2(g). your lab partner says this is a redox reaction and a combustion reaction. do you agree? defend your answer by explaining whether or not it meets the requirements of each type of reaction.

Redox but not combustion

Explanation:

2K(s) + 2H₂O(l) → 2KOH(aq) + H₂(g)

This is a redox reaction, because the oxidation number of K increases from 0 to +1, while that of H decreases from +1 to 0.

It is not a combustion reaction, because combustion is the reaction

with O₂.

The equation for the combustion of potassium would be

4K(s) + O₂(g) ⟶ 2K₂O(s)

air quality

poor drinking water

and heavy polution

can lead to poor health

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.