History of Acids and Bases
Ions
pH
100

He won a Nobel Prize for the first theory of acids and bases.

Who is Svante Arrhenius?

100

An H+ ion is really just this.

What is a proton?

100

In general, this pH range indicates and acid.

What is <7?

200

A shortcoming of the original theory of acids and bases is that some bases don't have this.

What is (OH)- ion?

200

A base does this thing with an ion.

What is "accepts a proton"?

200

A base will turn litmus paper this color.

What is blue?

300

They improved on the original acid-base theory by concentrating on just one ion.

Who are Bronsted and Lowry?

300

An acid does this with an ion.

What is "donates a proton"?

300

An acid will turn litmus paper this color.

What is red?

400

The acid-base theory resulted in the awarding of this in 1903.

What is the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

400

This word meaning "connected" describes an acid-base pair.

What is "conjugate"?

400

Bases usually have this taste.

What is bitter?

500

This ion is now the one that is used to determine whether a substance is an acid or a base.

What is H+ ion?

500

When an acid loses a proton, it becomes this.

What is a conjugate base?

500

Acids usually have this taste.

What is sour?