Acids & Bases

Question 1

What is a conjugate base of an acid?

Answer 1

The particle that remains when a proton is removed from the acid.

Question 2

What is the conjugate acid of a base?

Answer 2

The particle that results when the base receives the proton from the acid.

Question 3

What is a conjugate acid-base pair?

Answer 3

Two molecules or ions that are related by the transfer of a proton.

Question 4

Acids taste ______

Answer 4

Sour.

Question 5

Bases taste _______

Answer 5

Bitter.

Question 6

Bases feel _____

Answer 6

Slippery.

Question 7

When acids react with active metals, what does it produce?

Answer 7

Hydrogen gas.

Question 8

What is a hydronium ion?

Answer 8

A hydrated proton (H3O+)

Question 9

What are acids?

Answer 9

A substance from which a proton (H+ ion) can be removed.

Question 10

What is a base?

Answer 10

A substance that can remove a proton (H+ ion) from an acid.

Question 11

What are amphoteric substances?

Answer 11

Substances that can act as an acid in one reaction and as a base in a different reaction.