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Acids and Bases
solutes and solvents
Solutions
pH scale
100
What does polar mean?
That the molecule is positively charged on one end and negatively charged on the other. Example: Water
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What is the substance on the pH scale when it produces hydrogen ions?
It is an acid
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What speeds up the dissolving of a solid solute in water?
stir the solution
100
In a solution, what is the substance that is being dissolved?
solute
100
Cabbage changed color in the presence of acids and bases. What was the cabbage called in the experiment?
indicator
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The amount of solute that can be dissolved in a specific amount of solvent at a given temperature is its ______.
solubility
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What is a substance on the pH scale when it produces hydroxide ions?
it is a base
200
How do you increase the boiling point of a solution?
by adding more solute to the solvent
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The ocean is an example of what type of solution?
liquid
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What measures an acid or a base?
the pH scale - potential of hydrogen
300
What is H30?
hydronium ions
300
A bitter taste and slippery feel identifies an acid or a base?
base
300
When dissolving a gas in a liquid, how can it dissolve faster?
by cooling the liquid
300
When a solution contains all the solute it can hold at a given temperature, what can be said about it?
It is saturated
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pH measures the _____________ of hydronium ions in a solution.
concentration
400
A _____ is a compound formed in solutions from the negative ion of an acid and the positive ion of a base.
SALT
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How can a weak base be identified?
it only partly ionizes in a solution; therefore it measures as a weak base.
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Where does the dissolving of a solid in a liquid occur?
at the surface
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When a solution contains a large abount of solute in the solvent, how can it be described?
It is concentrated
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What 2 ways can the pH of a solution be determined?
pH paper or an indicator (like our red cabbage juice)
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What is water often called?
the "universal solvent"
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What measure is neutral on the pH scale?
7
500
What term is used to describe a solution when it cannot hold or dissolve any more solute?
supersaturated
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What speeds up the rate of a solid in a solution?
increasing the surface area of that solid
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What is the pH of a solution that is neither acidic or basic?
neutral