Directions: Decide whether each time listed below refers to an acid, a base, or both an acid and a base. Write your answer in the space provided using the letters in the key.
KEY: A= acid B= base
AB = acid and base
1. sour taste
2. bitter taste
3. produces hydrogen ions in solution
4. is often corrosive
5. is slippery
6. can cause severe burns and tissue damage
7. exists as a crystalline solid in an undissolved state
S. produces hydroxide ions in solution,
9. reacts with a predictable indicator to produce a color change
10. Soaps are an example.
11. may be used to make fertilizer
12. gastric juice in stomach
13. produces hydronium ions
14. Most compounds that produce this in aqueous solution are ionic.
15. a solution that contains more H;Oʻions than OH-ions.
16. HCl is an example.
17. Ammonia is a common example.
Directions: Answer the questions on the lines provided.