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Pre-College Department
General Chemistry 1
Ms. Lyn Rose B. Jopia
(Instructor)

Name:______________________________________________ Strand, Grade & Section:_____________

Lesson 1 - Activity No. 4

“Acids and Bases”
Objective: Determine if a product commonly used at home is an acid or a base.

Materials: red litmus papers blue litmus paper small cups

soapy water vinegar fish sauce
tomato sauce soy sauce orange juice
bleaching agent paint toothpaste
coffee cologne lotion
water tea fresh milk
oil salt solution dishwashing liquid
liquid medicine soda
Procedure: 1. Prepare all the materials needed.

2. Put each sample in a cup and dip each with litmus paper. Observe what will happen
in the litmus. From your observation, tell where the following is an acid or a base. Record all
your data on the table below.

Material Observation Acid or Base?

Soapy water

Vinegar

Fish Sauce

Soy Sauce

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Tomato Sauce

Orange juice

Bleaching agent

Paint

Toothpaste

Coffee

Cologne

Lotion

Water

Tea

Fresh Milk

Oil

Salt solution

Diswashing liquid

Liquid medicine
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+63922-242-5048 +63922-868-7317 Email: info@rosemonthills.com Recognized by: Department of Education (DepEd), Technical Education, Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Commission on Higher Education
(CHEd) Accredited by: Montessori Institute of America (MIA), Bureau of Immigration (BI) and Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) Member: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL-Asia), Cebu
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Soda

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the products that you see at home that are acidic? What do these products share in
common?

2. What are the products that you see at home that are basic? What do these products share in
common?

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+63922-242-5048 +63922-868-7317 Email: info@rosemonthills.com Recognized by: Department of Education (DepEd), Technical Education, Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Commission on Higher Education
(CHEd) Accredited by: Montessori Institute of America (MIA), Bureau of Immigration (BI) and Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) Member: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL-Asia), Cebu
Hub for English Learning Excellence (CHELE) and Association of Montessorians of Southern Philippines (AMSP)