Chemistry Coursework

Acid/Base Practice Name: _____________________________ Period: ____

1) List four properties of an acid.

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2) What ions exist in acid solution?

3) List three properties of a base.

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4) What ions exist in a basic solution?

5) What forms when an acid reacts with a base?

6) What are some of the properties that acids and bases have in common?

7) I am a substance who turns blue litmus red, neutralizes bases, and tastes sour. What am I?

8) I am a species who turns red litmus blue, neutralizes acids, and tastes bitter. What am I?

9) The aqueous solution of an ionic compound turns red litmus blue. Conducts electricity, and reacts with an acid to form a salt and water. This could be a. HCl b. NaI c. KNO3 d. LiOH

10) Which substance can be classified as an Arrhenius acid? a. HCl b. NaCl c. LiOH d. KOH Why?

11) Which will react with hydrochloric acid and produce H2(g)? a. Au b. S c. Mg d. P

12) According to the Arrhenius theory, a substance that is classified as an acid will yield _______.

13) Which substance is an Arrhenius base and why? a. HCl b. NaOH c. LiNO3 d. KHCO3

14) State the following observations indicate an acid or a base.

a. A solution conducts electricity and feels slippery.

b. A solution conducts electricity and reacts with metal.

c. A solution is sour and turns blue litmus paper red.

d. A solution reacts with an acid and produces salt.

15) Place an X in the boxes where the compound in the top row matches the description in the first column.

	HC2H3O2	HCl	NH4Cl	KOH	H3PO4	HBr	NaOH	Ca(NO3)2
acid
base
salt

16) Write the balance equation of the reaction between these substances:

a. HNO3 + H2O → _________________ + _____________

b. HBr + H2O → ________________ + ________________

17) Write balanced equations of neutralization reactions between these substances:

a. HCl(aq) + KOH(aq) → ___________ + _____________

b. HNO3(aq) + Ca(OH)2(aq)→ ___________ + _____________

18) If the hydronium ion concentration of a solution is 1.03x10-5M, what is the pH?

19) What would be the pOH of a .0004M NaOH solution?

20) What is the pH of a 1.02x10-5M Mg(OH) solution?

21) How many ml of a .12M sodium hydroxide solution would be needed to neutralize 50 ml of a .2M hydrobromic acid solution?

22) 20 ml of a 3M hydrobromic acid acid solution is carefully added to 30 ml of a 2.8M lithium hydroxide solution. What color will a strip of red litmus paper be if you dip it into the resulting product solution? Please provide the balanced chemical equation, moles of reactant hydrogen ion, moles of reactant hydroxide ion, as well as a brief description of your reasoning.