Acid, base and salt

What property do all three of these common household substances have in common?

• they are all basic
• they taste sour
• they have a pH below 7
• they all turn litmus paper red

Which of the following is a base?

• orange juice
• water
• vinegar
• dishwashing detergent

 Which of the following is an acid?

• shampoo
• baking soda
• orange juice
• water

When an equal strength acid and base are mixed, what kind of chemical reaction occurs?

• Neutralization

• Combustion

• Oxdation

• Decomposition

Feels slippery.

• Acids
• Bases
• All

Neutralization reactions

• formed from joining positive and negative ions 
• increases OH ions
• froms a salt and water
• increases H2O ions

Which of the following are the characteristics of a BASE?

• Very bitter in taste

• Liberate OH- ions when dissolved in water

• Have pH of less than 7

• Turns blue litmus red

The pH scale is used to determine the strength of

• acids and bases

• chemical bonds

• electrical charges

• particles in a solution

Which of the following word pairs correctly completes the sentence below?
_______ are corrosive substances characterized as having a strong smell, a sour taste, and a _______.

• Acids; pH less than 7
• Acids; pH greater than 7
• Bases; pH greater than 7
• Bases; pH less than 7

Which of the following is a soluble salt

• AgNO₃

• AgCl

• Ag₂CO₃