All About That Base
Not Gonna Lye
Taking pHantastic measures
Noteworthy Innovators
Name That Number
100

Bases, like soap, feel this way to the touch.  

What is slippery?

100

It makes sense that acids taste this way, considering lemon juice is a citric acid.

What is sour?

100
Litmus paper is made from these organisms consisting of fungus and algae.  

What are lichens?

100

This scientist discovered that acids and bases are electrolytes.

Who is Michael Farraday?

100

Distilled water

What is 7?

200

If you were to taste a base, it would trigger this taste receptor in your mouth.  

What is bitter?

200

Acids dissolve these elements found on the left side of the periodic table.  

What are metals?

200

Sorensen was able to create a pH scale by using a set of these dyes that change color as pH changes.  

What are indicators?

200

This Spanish alchemist was the first one to use litmus paper to test for acids and bases.

Who is Arnaldus de Villa Nova?  

200

Battery Acid

What is 0?

300

Bases react with metals to form these insoluble solids that emerge from liquid solutions.  

What are precipitates?  

300

This other name for stomach acid has a chemical formula of HCl.  

What is HCl or hydrochloric acid?

300

This indicator turns pink when the pH is greater than 9.  

What is phenolphthalein?

300

in 1934, this scientist became the inventor of the first successful pH meter.

Who is Arnold Beckman?

300

Milk

What is 6?

400

Having a pH of 14 makes sodium hydroxide, commonly known as this substance used in making soaps, one of the strongest bases.  

What is lye?

400

Vinegar is the common name for this type of acid.  

What is acetic acid?

400

A pH meter works by measuring this in a water solution.

What is electrical resistance?  

400

This Danish chemist introduced the pH scale.

Who is Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen?

400

Bleach

What is 13?

500

in 1884, Svante Arrhenius showed that bases produce these ions in water.  

What are hydroxide ions?  

500

Acids produce these ions in water.  

What are hydrogen ions ?

500

This indicator is blue when the pH is neutral, but turns yellow in an acid.  

What is bromothymol blue?

500

This Iranian alchemist who lived circa 721-815 AD discovered HCl and aqua regia.

Who is Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan?

500

Soda

What is 3?