Chapter 14: Section 2: Acid-Base Theories

Question 1

Bronsted-Lowry Acid

Answer 1

a molecule or ion that is a proton donor.

Question 2

Bronsted-Lowry Base

Answer 2

a molecule or ion that is a proton acceptor.

Question 3

Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reaction

Answer 3

protons are transferred from one reactant (the acid) to another (the base)

Question 4

monoprotic acid

Answer 4

an acid that can donate only one proton (hydrogen ion) per molecule

Question 5

polyprotic acid

Answer 5

an acid that can donate more than one proton per molecule; it loses its hydrogen atoms one at a time; the concentration of ions formed in the first ionization is the greatest

Question 6

diprotic acid

Answer 6

an acid that can donate two protons per molecule

Question 7

triprotic acid

Answer 7

an acid that is able to donate three protons per molecule

Question 8

Lewis acid

Answer 8

an atom, ion, or molecule that accepts an electron pair to form a covalent bond

Question 9

Lewis base

Answer 9

an atom, ion, or molecule that donates an electron pair to form a covalent bond

Question 10

Lewis acid-base reaction

Answer 10

the formation of one or more covalent bonds between an electron-pair donor and an electron-pair acceptor