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Salts (Characteristics and How to Make Salts)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the following word equation:

Metal + Acid -->

a)

Salt + water

b)

Salt + hydrogen

c)

Salt + Water + Carbon dioxide

2.

Complete the following word equation:

Metalcarbonate + acid -->

a)

Salt + Hydrogen

b)

Salt + Water + Carbon Dioxide

c)

Salt + Water

3.

What colour does the solution turn when sulfuric acid is added to copper carbonate?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Clear

d)

Purple

4.

How do you remove the water to leave solid copper sulfate crystals?

a)

Filter

b)

Evaporate

c)

Distill

5.

What does the word insoluble mean?

a)

Does dissolve

b)

Doesn't dissolve

c)

Is part of a solid

6.

What type of reaction produced an insoluble salt?

a)

Neutralisation reaction

b)

Precipitation reaction

c)

Titration reaction

d)

Insoluble reaction

7.

What is the test for Hydrogen gas?

a)

Squeaky pop

b)

Lime water turning cloudy

c)

Add pH paper

8.

What is the test for Carbon Dioxide?

a)

Add Litmus paper

b)

Lime water turning milky

c)

Squeaky pop

9.
Which food is the most acidic?
a)
bananas
b)
lemon juice
c)
orange juice
10.
Salts that are made with hydrochloric acid are called ______________.
a)
chlorides
b)
sulfates
c)
nitrates
d)
carbonates
11.
Salts that are made with sulfuric acid are called ______________.
a)
chlorides
b)
sulfates
c)
nitrates
d)
carbonates
12.
Salts that are made with nitric acid are called ______________.
a)
chlorides
b)
sulfates
c)
nitrates
d)
carbonates
13.
What salt is produced if you react sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid?
a)
sodium hydroxide
b)
sodium sulfate
c)
sodium nitrate
d)
sodium chloride
14.
A salt is formed when nitric acid combines with sodium hydroxide. What is the name of the salt?
a)
Sodium chloride
b)
Sodium nitrate
c)
Hydrogen Nitrate
d)
Nirate
15.
Identify the 'evaporating basin' from the diagrams.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.

Which salt would be formed by reacting cobalt carbonate and hydrochloric acid?

a)

Cobalt sulfate

b)

Cobalt chloride

c)

Cobalt hydroxide

d)

Cobalt sulfide

17.

When a soluble salt is formed from an acid and an insoluble base, how do you know when an excess of a base has been added?

a)

When bubbles of gas appear

b)

When the reactant all dissolves

c)

When some of the reactant is left unreacted/undissolved

d)

When a colour change happens

18.

Why do you add excess of the insoluble reactant when making a soluble salt?

a)

To make sure all the acid is used up

b)

To separate the solid from the solution

c)

To make sure a reaction occurs

d)

To have the reaction happen faster

19.

How do you separate an excess insoluble reactant from a solution?

a)

Filtration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Crystalisation

d)

Evaporation

20.

Which two chemicals could you react to make only potassium chloride and water?

a)

Potassium and hydrochloric acid

b)

Potassium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid

c)

Potassium oxide and sulfuric acid

d)

Potassium and sulfuric acid

21.

When producing a soluble salt in a reaction between an acid and an alkali, how can you prepare dry solid crystals from the solution?

a)

Filtration

b)

Neutralisation

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation/crystallisation