Properties of Acids & Bases

Reacts with metals

• acid

• base

• both acid and base

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Produces a salt and water in a neutralization reaction

• acid

• base

• both an acid and a base

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Tastes bitter

• acid

• base

• both an acid and a base

Conducts electricity (has electrolytes)

• acid

• base

• both an acid and a base

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Water found near sources of air pollution tends to be:

• Acidic.

• Basic.

• Neither. Air pollution doesn't alter the pH of water.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an acid?

• sour taste
• corrosive
• it feels slippery
• it can burn the skin

when a metal reacts with an acid it will produce:

• oxygen gas

• hydrogen gas

• sodium chloride

• a base

to make an acid you could add together:

• a carbonate and water

• an active metal and water

• a metal oxide and water

• a non-metal oxide and water

True or False.

A hydrogen ion H⁺ is also known as a proton.

• True

• False

A proton or H⁺ (hydrogen ion) reacts with water to form a

• hydroxide ion OH^-

• hydronium ion H₃O⁺

• carbonate ion CO₃^2-

• hydrogen carbonate HCO₃^-