Acids, Bases, and Solutions

What might happen if you mixed a strong acid with an equally strong base?

• You would see an explosive chemical reaction.
• The acid would destroy the base.
• The base would destroy the acid.
• You'd wind up with a pH-neutral substance.

Which of the following substances is basic?

• soda - pH of 3

• lemon juice - pH of 2

• soap - pH of 9

• vinegar - pH of 2.5

What happens immediately after you dissolve acid in water?

• Positively charged hydrogen atoms are released.

• Hydroxide ions are released.

• Negatively charged hydrogen atoms are released.

• Neutrally charged hydrogen atoms are released.

What is a property of bases?

• Slippery touch
• Sour taste
• Ability to dissolve metal
• Ability to form hydronium ions

How do acidic solutions taste?

• Delicious
• Sweet
• Bitter
• Sour

Neutralization reactions

• formed from joining positive and negative ions

• increases OH ions

• froms a salt and water

• decreases H2O ions

Acids are __________, which means they "eat away" at other materials.

• transitional metal

• alkaline

• flammable

• corrosive

Acidic solutions exhibit a higher ratio of H₃O⁺ ions, known as...

• neutrons

• hydroxide

• electrons

• hydronium

A homogeneous mixture in which the minor component (Solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (solvent)

• solution

• solubility

• Acid

• Base

A substance doing the dissolving, usually the part of a solution present in the larger amount

• solvent

• solute

• solution

• solubility