Properties of Acids and Bases
This property describes how acids taste
What is sour?
This is the name of HCl(aq).
What is hydrochloric acid?
The pH scale measures this property of a solution.
What is the concentration of hydrogen ions (acidity)?
Human blood has a pH around this value.
What is 7.4?
A neutralization reaction occurs between these two types of compounds.
What are an acid and a base?
Bases feel this way to the touch.
What is slippery?
The correct name for H₂SO₄(aq) is this.
What is sulfuric acid?
A neutral solution has this pH value.
What is 7?
This household product is basic and often used for cleaning (pH ≈ 12).
What is ammonia (NH₃) or bleach?
The general equation for neutralization is: acid + base → this + this.
What is salt and water?
Acids react with metals to produce this gas. (Example: Zn + HCl → ZnCl₂ + ___ )
What is hydrogen gas (H₂)?
NaOH(aq) is commonly known as this strong base.
What is sodium hydroxide?
A solution with [H⁺] = 1 × 10⁻9 M has this pH.
What is pH = 9?
Farmers test soil pH to decide whether to add this compound that raises soil pH.
What is lime (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃)?
Write the balanced neutralization equation for HCl and NaOH.
What is HCl + NaOH → NaCl + H₂O?
This type of compound turns blue litmus paper red.
What is an acid?
When naming acids, anions ending in “-ate” become this suffix.
What is “-ic”?
If a base has a pH of 10, its [OH⁻] concentration is approximately this. (Use 1 × 10⁻¹⁴ = [H⁺][OH⁻])
What is 1 × 10⁻⁴ M?
Acid rain can lower the pH of lakes, harming fish. Adding this base can restore balance.
What is calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)₂)?
This reaction helps treat acid indigestion by neutralizing stomach acid.
What is an antacid reaction?
In aqueous solution, acids release these ions, while bases release these ions.
What are H⁺ (hydrogen) ions and OH⁻ (hydroxide) ions?
The correct formula for phosphoric acid is this.
What is H₃PO₄?
A decrease of one pH unit means the solution becomes this many times more acidic
What is 10 times more acidic?
A buffer solution resists this when small amounts of acid or base are added.
What is a change in pH?
Farmers use Ca(OH)₂ to neutralize acidic soil. Write the reaction with H₂SO₄.
What is H₂SO₄ + Ca(OH)₂ → CaSO₄ + 2H₂O?