Acid Names and Formulas

What is the formula for Nitrous acid?

• HNO₂

• H₂NO

• H₂NO₂

What is the formula for Hydroelectric acid?

• HCl₂

• H₃Cl₄

• HCl

What is the formula for Phosphorous acid?

• H₃PO₄

• H₃PO₃

• HPO₂

What is the formula for Sulfuric acid?

• H₂SO₄

• HSO

• H₃SO₃

Oxoacids contain hydrogen, oxygen, and one other element?

• True

• False

Do Binary acids consist of oxygen, hydrogen, and one other element?

• True

• False

When the anion has a suffix of -ide, what will the acid name be?

• ___ic Acid

• ___ous Acid

• Hydro___ic Acid

What is the suffix of an anion when the acid name includes ___ous Acid?

• -ate

• -ite

• -ide

When the suffix is -ate, what does the acid name include?

• Hydro___ic Acid

• ___ous Acid

• ___ic Acid

Which correctly describes what type of compound an acid is?

• an ionic compound which breaks into ions when it dissolves water

• a molecular compound which breaks into ions when it dissolves in water

• an insoluble molecular compound

• an insoluble ionic compound