Properties of Acids and Bases

Reacts with metals

• acid

• base

• both acid and base

Has a pH more than 7

• acid

• base

• both an acid and a base

Has a pH less than 7

• acid

• base

• both an acid and a base

Soap is a(n)

• acid

• base

• an acid and a base

Which is the correct set of acid properties?

• sour taste, reacts with metals, change litmus paper blue

• sour taste, reacts with metals, change litmus paper red

• bitter taste, slippery, change litmus paper red

• sour taste, slippery, change litmus paper red

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.

Which of the following are properties of acids?

• Acids taste bitter.

• Acids taste sour.

• Acids feel slippery.

• Acids turns litmus paper red.

Which of the following are properties of bases? (choose all that apply)

• taste bitter.

• taste sour.

• feel slippery

• react with metals

• have a pH of more than 7.

A substance that produces H+ ions in solution is a (n)

• Acid

• Base

• Neutral

• sour

A substance that produces hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution is a

• Acid

• Base

• Neutral

• Bitter