Aiming for Grade 4 LOs:

• Recall a definition of a displacement reaction.
• Use the reactivity series to determine whether a reaction between a metal and a different metal salt will occur.
• Safely make and record observations.

Aiming for Grade 6 LOs:

• Explain why a displacement reaction occurs.
• Write word equations and straightforward balanced symbol equations for displacement reactions.
• Predict observations for the metals listed in the reactivity series reacting with a different metal salt.

Aiming for Grade 8 LOs:

• Describe displacement reactions using an ionic equation.
• Write balanced symbol equations, with state symbols, for displacement reactions.
• Determine and explain which species is oxidised and which species (metal atom or ion) is reduced in a displacement reaction in terms of electron transfer.