ACIDS
BASES
pH
ACIDS AND BASES
Definitions/
Vocabulary
100

Acidic compounds give foods a  _____ taste

What is sour?

100

A compound that produces hydroxide ions in a solution. It has a pH that is...

What is greater than 7?

100

A number used to determine the hydrogen-ion concentration, or acidity, of a solution

What is pH?

100

Feels waxy and slippery to the touch

What is a base?

100

This paper that has been treated with a chemical and allows us to determine if a solution is an acid or a base.

What is Litmus paper?

200

An acid is a compound that produces hydrogen ions in a solution. It has a Ph that is...

What is less than 7?

200

Bases have plenty of OH ions (T/F)

What is True? 

200

Healthy environments, especially aquatic ones, have a pH of about this.


What is a pH of 7

200

All solutions can be classified as an acid or a base (T/F)

What is false?

200

A compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH less than 7

What is an acid?

300

The part of the pH scale that determines an acid.

What is a pH of 0 - 6

300

The part of the pH scale that determines a base.

What is 8 - 14?

300

The meaning of the letter H in pH.

What is hydrogen?

300

Distilled water has a pH of 8 (T/F)

What is false?

300

When in the air, these compounds combine with water droplets to form

What is acid rain?

400

Acids are classified as strong or weak depending on the degree to which they ionize in ______

What is water?

400

These are two examples of bases

What is Cleaning products, soap, baking soda, ammonia, Borax

400

Neither acidic nor basic

What are neutral solutions

400

Can be damaging to human tissues when strong.

What is both acids and bases?

400

The reaction between an acid and base to help change the pH to neutral

What is Neutralization?

500

Two examples of acids are

What is vinegar, lemons, pop, coffee, batteries?

500

Of these two, this is the strongest base:

Solution A with a pH of 13 or Solution B with a pH of 8

What is Solution A with a pH of 13?

500

Name the three ways PH can be measured

What is Litmus Paper, Universal pH Paper, a pH meter and cabbage juice?

500

Can be corrosive?

What is both acids and bases

500

This happens when factories emit pollution into the atmosphere, causing a chemical change with the water vapor in the sky.

What is acid rain?