Acids And Alkali

Question 0

What are acidic items?

Answer 0

Tea, orange juice, vinegar, lemon juice, etc.

Question 1

What are all solutions in water?

Answer 1

Acid, neutral or alkali

Question 2

What examples are neutral items?

Answer 2

Vodka, salt, water

Question 3

What examples are alkali items?

Answer 3

Bleach, mr muscle, oven cleaners, toothpaste, indigestion tablets, including most other tablets and drugs, and most sweets.

Question 4

What is the pH scale?

Answer 4

Measures how acidic or alkaline something is. Goes from 0-14. Neutral solutions have a pH of 7. Acids have a pH of less than 7, getting increasing acidic the lower it goes. Alkali are more than 7, getting increasingly alkaline the higher it is.

Question 5

What examples are acids in the lab?

Answer 5

Hydrochloric acids
Sulphuric acid
Nitric acid

Question 6

What examples are alkalis in the lab?

Answer 6

Sodium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide
Ammonia

Question 7

What is neutralisation?

Answer 7

When acids and alkali are added together they cancel out.

When an acid is added to an alkali, they cancel each other out, meaning the pH is neutral.

Question 8

What is neutralisation in real life.

Answer 8

Too much acid in stomach causes indigestion. The medicine is alkalis. Plants- acidic soils. Lime on soil: alkaline.
Baking soda- sodium bicarbonate used to neutralise a bee sting. Acidic.

Question 9

What names of salt are produced when acids react

Answer 9

Sodium chloride, common salt, potassium chloride/nitrate.