pH Types Flashcards
What colour is an alkali?
Purple/Blue
What colour is neutral?
Green
What colour is an acid?
Red/Orange/Yellow
How do you neutralise an acid?
You add alkaline to the acid
How do you neutralise alkaline?
You add acid to the alkaline
An example of an everyday neutralisation?
Adding baking soda to a bee sting
Adding vinegar to a wasp sting
How do you find the pH of a white powder?
Add water to a beaker, put a spatula of the white powder inside of the beaker and put in pH paper
Name an acid you would find at home
Lemons (Lemon juice)
Name an acid you would find at a lab
Hydrochloric acid
Name an alkali you would find at home
Baking soda
Name an alkali you would find in the lab
Sodium hydroxide
How do you know if something has a higher reactivity
If something bubbles more then it has a higher reactivity
What does a chemical reaction always produce?
A new substance
4 observations of a chemical reactions are…
See, hear, feel and smell
3 examples of the uses of crude oil
Petrol
Making chemicals
Road construction