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Question 1 [1 mark]

Transition metals are found

Question 2 [1 mark]

Compared with Group 1 metals, transition metals are generally

Question 3 [1 mark]

Iron can form Fe2+ and Fe3+. This shows transition metals

Question 4 [1 mark]

A typical colour of copper(II) compounds in solution is

Common mistakes

Aluminium and zinc sit next to the block but are not treated as typical transition metals on this course. Do not dump Group 1 water-fizz stories as if they were Fe / Cu chemistry.
A catalyst is not used up. Do not write that it is a reactant that gets remade later unless you are describing a mechanism AQA does not ask for. Colourless Group 1 salts are the contrast, not the exception that kills the rule.
Do not swap the catalyst examples. Nickel is hydrogenation, not Haber. Iron is Haber, not household wiring. Copper is wiring, not the Haber catalyst.
CO2 is not a nanoparticle. Nanoparticles are clusters of atoms in the 1-100 nm range, not individual small molecules.

Answers and working

Q1. in the central block of the periodic table

Q2. harder and less reactive with water

Q3. can form ions with different charges

Q4. blue

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