Acids and bases
What is a property of bases?
slippery touch
How do acidic solutions taste?
sour
What substance would do the best job of cleaning pots and pans?
substance with pH of 8
A hydronium ion is like a(n) ______ molecule with an extra hydrogen atom.
water
What might happen if you mixed a strong acid with an equally strong base?
wind up with pH-netural substance
What happens immediately after you dissolve acid in water?
Positively charged ions are realesed
An extremely strong base would have a pH of
14
Healthy environments for life have a pH closest to:
7
What is the most likely pH of a tube of toothpaste?
9
Acids are caustic to the touch. In this context, what does "caustic" mean?
Stinging or Burning
Which of the following substances is basic?
Baking Soda
Which of the following substances is acidic?
Lemon juice
What do acids and bases have in common?
They both conduct electricity
What might happen if acidic chemicals were emitted into the air by factories? Choose the best answer.
acid rain might destroy ecosystem and farmland
How is a standard hydrogen atom different from a hydrogen ion?
hydrogen has a missing electron
Which of these substances is acidic?
lemon
were are the weakest acids and bases on the ph scale
near the middle
scale from 0-14 to indicate the acidity or alkalinity of a substance
pH scale
pH stands for
potential hydrogen