ACIDS
What type of taste do acids generally have?
A sour taste
What flavor and feel to bases have?
Bitter flavor and slippery feel
Why are acids and bases often studied together?
Because they react and neutralize.
How do carbon atoms form chains or a "backbone"?
By covalently combining
What is the pH scale used for?
To quantify how acidic or basic a solution is
True or false, acids react with metals.
True
True of false, bases are not able to conduct electricity?
False
Ammonium chloride, a product of a neutralization reaction between hydrochloric acid and ammonia, is used in what?
some types of batteries
What does the term organic mean in chemistry?
something that is living or once was living
What number on a pH scale is neutral?
7
What color does an acid change bromothymol blue to?
Yellow
What color does a base change bromothymol blue to?
What is formed when an acid and base combine?
Water and a salt
more than what percentage of all compounds are members of organic compounds? (compounds containing carbon)
90%
A solution with a pH of less than 7 is _______.
acidic
How are hydronium ions formed?
When the H+ ion combines with H20 (water) to form H30+
How can hydroxide ions form (OH-)?
When NH4OH breaks apart to form NH4 and OH-
What is the meaning of antacid?
A base
Why are organic compounds so abundant?
Because of the structure of the carbon atom
A solution with a pH greater than 7 is _______.
basic
What type of ions does an acid increase?
hydronium ions
What type of ions does a base increase?
hydroxide ions
What is the formula in neutralization between acids and bases?
H+ + OH- = H20
What is the structure of the carbon atom?
four outer electrons meaning it can bond with four other atoms
What does pH measure?
how much hydronium is in a solution