Acids and Bases Vocabulary

What are properties of acids?

• Bitter, slippery, ph above 7

• Sour, reacts with metals, ph below 7

• Sour, reacts with metals, ph above 7

• Bitter, ph of 7, does not react with metals

Explain what happens when a strong acid and a strong base are poured into the same container.

• they form separate layers

• they mix physically but not chemically

• they break apart into separate elements

• they react chemically to form a salt

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which statement is true when acids and bases are mixed together?

• acids become stronger

• bases become stronger

• there is no change

• they neutralize each other

What are properties of a base?

• Slippery, bitter, does not react with metals, pH above 7.

• Slippery, bitter, reacts with metals, pH below 7.

• Sour, reacts with metals, pH below 7

• Sour, reacts with metals, pH above 7.

Any substance that produces hydrogen ions, H+, in a water solution.

• base

• solute

• acid

• solvent

Substance with a pH greater than 7

• base

• acid

• solute

• solvent

Substance with a pH less than 7

• solvent

• base

• acid

• solute

Chemical reaction that occurs when the H+ ions from an acid react with OH- ions from a base to produce water molecules.

• electrolyte

• supersaturated

• neutralization

• indicator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A measure of the concentration of hydronium ions in a solution using a scale ranging from 0 to 14, with 0 being the most acidic and 14 being the most basic.

• base

• supersaturated

• pH

• acid

Any substance that forms hydroxide ions, OH-, in a water solution.

• neutral

• solvent

• acid

• base