Chemistry Quiz: Salts

What are the three main types of salts?

• Neutral salts, acidic salts, and basic salts

• Hot salts, cold salts, and lukewarm salts

• Sweet salts, sour salts, and bitter salts

• Solid salts, liquid salts, and gas salts

Name a type of salt that is commonly used in cooking.

• Sea salt

• Epsom salt

• Table salt

• Rock salt

What is the process called when a salt is made by reacting an acid with a base?

• Hydration

• Decomposition

• Neutralization

• Oxidation

What are the two main ingredients used to make common table salt?

• potassium and magnesium

• sodium and chlorine

• carbon and nitrogen

• hydrogen and oxygen

True or False: Neutralization reactions release heat.

• Sometimes true, sometimes false

• False

• Only in certain conditions

• True

What is the term used to describe the reaction between an acid and a base to form a salt and water?

• Hydration

• Oxidation

• Neutralization

• Combustion

What is the chemical formula for sodium chloride?

• CO2

• NaCl

• H2O

• NaOH

What is the name of the salt formed when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide?

• Hydrochloric sodium

• Sodium chloride

• Sodium hydroxide chloride

• Hydrogen chloride

What is the energy change that occurs during a neutralization reaction?

• Endothermic

• Chemical energy

• Exothermic

• No change in energy

What is the term used to describe a reaction that releases heat to its surroundings?

• thermal reaction

• exothermic reaction

• endothermic reaction

• cold reaction