Question |
Answer |
What type or types of matter are Acids? |
Compounds |
What is the taste of an acid? |
Sour |
What do acids react with? |
Metals, carbonates, bases, and indicators |
What happens to blue litmus paper when in the presence of an acid? |
It turns red |
what does corrosive mean? |
Eating away at other materials |
What type of ion makes acid reactive? |
Hydrogen ion or H+ |
What does a hydrogen ion look like? |
An atom of hydrogen that lost its electron or a proton |
What is the taste of a base? |
Bitter |
How a base react with red litmus paper? |
It turns it blue |
How do bases and acids differ in water solutions? |
Acid forms a hydrogen ion and a base forms a hydroxide ion |
What ion do bases form in water? |
Hydroxide or OH- |
What ion do acids form in water? |
Hydrogen or H+ |
The concentration of hydrogen ions is measured on what? |
The pH scale |
What will a strong acid have that a weak acid won't? |
A low pH |
What is the reaction called between an acid and a base? |
Neutralization |
What is the process of breaking down large food molecules into smaller ones called? |
Chemical digestion |
What are the products of neutralization reaction? |
Water and salt |
What does a hydroxide ion look like? |
OH- |
What is the universal solvent? |
Water |
What is the charge and mass of a proton? |
+ charge and mass of 1 |
What is the charge and mass of a neutron? |
0 charge and mass of 1 |
What numbers do acids range from? |
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 |
What numbers to bases range from? |
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 |
What number is neutral? |
7 |
Is water neutral? |
Yes |
What is water's pH? |
7 |
What number is the strongest acid? |
0 |
What number is the strongest base? |
14 |
If a substance has a pH of 13 what would it be classified as? |
Strong Base |
If a substance has a pH of 6 what would it be classified as? |
Weak acid |
If a substance has a pH of 7 what would it be classified as? |
Neutral |