Acids
Acids change litmus paper to this colour.
What is red?
Bases turn litmus paper this color...
What is blue?
T or F
Bases and Acids are usually used in their purest forms and/or their highest strengths.
What is false?
When and acid and base are mixed together what occurs?
What is a neutral solution?
The name is hydrochloric acid.
What is HCl?
Physical properties of acids include: conducts electrical current and usually has a __________ taste.
What is sour?
Physical properties of bases include: conducts electrical current and has a __________ taste.
What is bitter?
The reaction between an acid and base is called?
What is neutralization?
What substances react in a neutralization reaction?
The formula is KOH.
What is potassium hydroxide?
Acids increase the number of positively charged ______ ions when dissolved in water.
What is hydrogen?
Bases will accept this specific elemental ion.
What is a hydrogen?
______ have a pH around 1-2.
What are strong acids?
These are two ways I can measure the pH of a substance. Name one.
What is litmus paper and/or universal indicator?
The formula is Fe(OH)3.
What is iron (III) hydroxide?
When a bee stings you and puts formic acid into your body, what substance could you use to soothe the pain?
What is baking soda?
Which substance is a stronger base?
Either: Baking soda - pH 9, OR, Ammonia - pH 11
What is Ammonia?
_____ have a high pH of around 11-14.
What is strong bases?
Name two examples of an acid.
What is hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, lactic, amino, nucleic, folic, etc...
The name is sulfurous acid.
What is H2SO3?
This is the pH range of an acid.
What is 0 - 7?
This is the pH range of a base.
What is 7 - 14?
_____ have a pH between 5-10.
What is weak acids/bases?
What two products are made from a neutralization reaction?
What is a salt + water?
The formula is H3PO4.
What is phosphoric acid?