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100
the tastes of acids and bases
What are sour acids and bitter bases?
100
The strongest base has a pH of ____________.
What is 14?
100
cleaning products such as soaps are mostly made of
What are bases?
100
human saliva is a base/acid
What is a base?
100
the measure of how acidic or basic something is
What is pH?
200
Bases feel ________________.
What is slippery?
200
Acids and bases increase in strength as their pH numbers ___________
What is move further from 7? (higher or lower)
200
very strong acids such as hydrochloric acid are used in a process called pickling which involves cleaning
What are metals,concrete, and brick?
200
burning of fossil changes the pH of the air causing this which can chemically weather buildings and statues
What is acid rain?
200
the reaction of an acid with a base in which equal numbers of positive ions from the acid solution and negative ions from the base solution react
What is neutralization?
300
very corrosive to metals
What are acids?
300
Which is stronger, a substance with a pH of 6 or a pH of 8?
Neither substance is stronger.
300
oven cleaner and drain cleaner are very strong
What are bases?
300
Chemical wreathing due to acids in water can carve through rock formations causing this
What is a cave?
300
compounds that react with acidic and basic solutions and produce certain colors depending on their strengths
What is an indicator?
400
these give away hydrogen atoms and become positively charged H+
What are acids?
400
The strength of an acid or base is related to ___________
What is how easily the acid or base separates into ions?
400
Fertilizers are made using one of these type of acids
What are nitric or sulfuric acids?
400
formed from in caves from solutions containing carbonic acid
What are Stalactites and stalagmites?
400
this is what pH stands for
What is potential hydrogen?
500
when mixed with water, bases form
What are hydroxide ions?
500
How much stronger is an acid with a pH of 3 than an acid with a pH of 5?
100 times stronger
500
The human body needs this type of acid
What is ascorbic acid or vitamin C?
500
Weak acids such as vinegar, and the juices of lemons and limes, contain this
What is acetic acid?
500
when mixed with water, acids form
What are hydronium ions?