1. Acids, Bases, and Solutions
Table of Contents
Understanding Solutions
Concentration and Solubility
Describing Acids and Bases
Acids and Bases in Solution

2. Understanding Solutions
Solutions can be made from any combination of solids, liquids, and gases. Complete the table.

3. Understanding Solutions
Colloids and Suspensions
Colloids and suspensions are classified by the size of their particles. What are the particles of a suspension?

4. Understanding Solutions
Forming a Solution
Explain what occurs as sodium chloride, an ionic solid, dissolves in water.

5. Understanding Solutions
Effect of De-icing Fluid on the Freezing Point of Water

6. Concentration and Solubility
Changing the Concentration of a Solution
The solution is made with two droppers of coloring. What are methods that can be used to change the concentration of the solution?

7. Concentration and Solubility
Pickling requires saturated solutions of salt in water.

8. Concentration and Solubility
Solvents and Solubility
Some polar and nonpolar compounds form layers when they are mixed together. Which of these liquids are polar and which are nonpolar?

9. Concentration and Solubility
Cooking With Chemistry

10. Describing Acids and Bases
Acid and Base Properties
Which items are acid and which are base?
Window
cleaner
Limes
Dish soap
Vinegar

11. Describing Acids and Bases
Properties of Acids and Bases
What are the properties of acids and bases?

12. Acids and Bases in Solution
Common Acids
The table lists some common acids.

13. Acids and Bases in Solution
Strength of Acids
In solution, strong acids act differently than weak acids do. How would ions of acetic acid act in solution?

14. Acids and Bases in Solution
Common Bases
Many of the bases shown are made of positive ions combined with hydroxide ions.

15. Acids and Bases in Solution
Hydrochloric acid
pH = ___________
Lemon
Vinegar
Banana
Pure water
Blood
Baking soda
Antacid
Drain cleaner
The pH Scale
The pH scale helps classify solutions as acidic or basic. What is the pH of the substances in the boxes?

16. Acids and Bases in Solution
Predict the pH
Where on the pH scale does each item belong?
Soap
Tomato
Ammonia

17. Acids and Bases in Solution
Neutralization
What would
be the appropriate color to indicate the pH levels?

18. Acids and Bases in Solution
Common Salts
The table lists common salts produced from neutralization reactions. Complete the table with the formula for each salt.