This document discusses metals reacting with acids to form salts and hydrogen gas. The key points are: 1) Metals react with acids according to the general equation: Metal + Acid → Salt + Hydrogen. 2) Salts have the metal as the first name and acid as the last name, such as magnesium chloride from magnesium and hydrochloric acid. 3) Copper is less reactive than magnesium and zinc based on experiments showing these metals reacting with hydrochloric and sulfuric acids to form salts and hydrogen while copper did not react.