Tests and reinforces the principle of metal displacement by other metals (and carbon) on the first sheet. The second sheet then asks pupils to consider the practical significance of smelting and the fact that carbon (in the form of eg. charcoal) is a cheap and readily available resource that can be used to extract metals below it in reactivity series, whilst metals above it require the more energy intensive (and therefore expensive) method of electrolysis for their extraction.
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