Acids & alkalis Flashcards

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1
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What colour does the litmus paper turn when it’s an acid

A

Red

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What paper do you use when finding out if something is an acid/ alkali

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Litmus paper

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2
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What colour does the litmus paper turn when it’s an Alkali

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Blue

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3
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What veg do u use to make a good indicator

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Red cabbage

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4
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What happens when a acid an alkali touch

A

Neutralisation

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5
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Alkali on a ph scale

A

8-14

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6
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Acid Ona ph scale

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1-6

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7
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What is a independent factor

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What u change

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8
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What is a dependent factor

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What u will measure

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9
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What is a control variable

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All the factors you keep the same

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10
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Give an example of neutralisation

A

Fruit acid burns ur tounge so u would drink milk

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11
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What is a compound

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a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

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12
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What is an element

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a substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance

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13
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Name 3 properties of metal

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Shiny, high density, good conductor of heat

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14
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Put in order how reactive these metals are magnesium, zinc,iron,tin, copper

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  1. Magnesia (most reactive)
  2. Zinc
  3. Iron
  4. Tin
  5. Copper (least reactive)
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15
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What is a displacement reaction

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Replacing a less reactive metal with a more reactive metal one in a compound

16
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What happens when u add acid to a base

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Acid + Base ➡️ salt +water

17
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What happens when u add acid to a metal

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Acid + metal ➡️ salt + hydrogen

18
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What happens when u add acid to a metal carbonate

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Acid + metal carbonate ➡️ salt + carbon dioxide + water

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