Question

Recall Activity , where a magnesium ribbon burns with a dazzling flame in air (oxygen) and changes into a white substance, magnesium oxide. Is magnesium being oxidised or reduced in this reaction?

Answer 1

magnesium is oxidised in this reaction .

Answer 2

It is being oxidised.
As magnesium is clearly reacting with oxygen in the atmosphere (by burning) to form magnesium oxide, the process is naturally oxidation.