Possible Answers: Seasoning, food preserving, melting snow, etc.
100
Name two places where salt has vastly influenced and supported the region.
Possible Answers: Egypt, America, China, etc.
100
What is the chemical formula for salt?
NaCl
100
Ethiopia used to use what as their currency?
Pound bars of salt called amoleh
100
Which has the lower of quality of salt?
Raw sea salt
brine salt
rock salt
raw sea salt
200
Explain why salt was so precious back then compared to today where it is incredibly cheap?
uses, supply and demand, etc.
200
What year was the structure of salt solutions explained?
1887
200
Of the two components Na and Cl which is positive and which is negative?
Na is positive
Cl negative
200
What percent of salt in the U.S is used for food? (5% range)
6%
200
Name one word that comes from the Latin root Sal, like salt.
Salary
Soldier
etc.
300
Name two types of salts and what they accomplish
Road salt- to clear snow
table salt- food
etc.
300
When was the Treaty Union of salt compromised with England and Scotland?
1707
300
When will salt not dissolve in water?
attractive forces between ions are greater than water to ion attraction
300
What was salt known as in Middle Age Europe?
White Gold
300
What are Brine Springs?
Springs underground with high salt concentration.
400
In ancient Egypt what were two uses of salt that are not used today?
Preservation of bodies and a form of currency
400
When did fishing almost cause the extinction of Grand Bank Cod due to salt?
1990
400
What is the chemical formula for Sodium Carbonate, and its use?
Na2CO3, soap
400
Salt is the only type of what to be eaten regularly by humans?
rocks
400
What are the three main methods of obtaining salt?
Evaporating seawater, boiling salt from brine springs, and mining rock salt.
500
How did salt impact the fishing industry?
Allowed for the expansion of fishery having people fish farther and preserve.
500
When did Britain double the salt tax for the rest of the world?
1923
500
Why does salt dissolve in water?
the hydrogen in H2O is slightly positive while the oxygen is slightly negative, allows positive sodium ions to attract to the negative part of H2O molecules.
500
Why does salt enhance flavor?
Due to saltiness being one of the 5 primary tastes of the human tongue.
500
What happens when you do not get enough salt?
Higher blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and kidney/ liver problems.