Work Sheet

Acid, Base, Salts & oxides

Student’s Name:__________________ Marks: 25
1. Which metal has a soluble carbonate, chloride and sulfate?
A barium B calcium C copper D potassium

2. Salts are made by reacting acids with bases.

For which combination of acids and bases is the titration method of preparation suitable?
A an insoluble acid with an insoluble base
B an insoluble acid with a soluble base
C a soluble acid with an insoluble base
D a soluble acid with a soluble base

3. The following equations represent reactions of dilute sulphuric acid.

Which reaction is not ‘typical’ of a dilute acid?

A 2KOH(aq) + H2SO4(aq) K2SO4(aq) + 2H2O(l)

B CuO(s) + H2SO4(aq) CuSO4(aq) + H2O(l)

C Pb(NO3)2(aq) + H2SO4(aq) PbSO4(s) + 2HNO3(aq)

D ZnCO3(s) + H2SO4(aq) ZnSO4(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

4. Which property is not characteristic of a base?

5. The table gives information about three indicators.

If equal volumes of these three indicators were mixed, which colour would be observed at pH 5?
A blue B green C orange D yellow

6. Which representation of dilute sulphuric acid is correct?

A H2(aq) + SO42– (aq) B 2H+(aq) + SO42– (aq)
C 2H+(aq) + SO4–(aq) D H2SO4(l)

7. Which substances react with dilute sulphuric acid to form a salt?

8. (a) There are three methods of preparing salts.

Method A – use a burette and an indicator.

Method B – mix two solutions and obtain the salt by precipitation.
Method C – add an excess of base or a metal to a dilute acid and remove the excess by filtration.

For each of the following salt preparations, choose one of the methods A, B or C, name any additional
reagent needed and then write or complete the equation.

(i) the soluble salt, zinc sulphate, from the insoluble base, zinc oxide

Method …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Reagent …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

word equation ……………………………………………………….……………………………………….. [3]

(ii) the soluble salt, potassium chloride, from the soluble base, potassium hydroxide

Method …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Reagent ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Equation……………………..….. + ………………….….….. → KCl + H2O [3]

(iii) the insoluble salt, lead(II) iodide, from the soluble salt, lead(II) nitrate

Method ………………………………………………………………

Reagent ………………………………………………………………

equation Pb2+ +………….…… → ……………………………. [3]

(b) The following apparatus was set up to investigate the electrical conductivity of dilute acids.

Dilute sulphuric acid is a strong acid. If it was replaced by a weak acid, what two differences in the
observations would you expect to make?
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(c) When nitric acid is added to water the following reaction occurs.

HNO3 + H2O  NO3- + H3O+

Give the name and the formula of the particle which is transferred from nitric acid to water.
Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..

Formula ………………………………………………………………………………….…………… [2]

9. (i) What would be the effect on blue litmus paper when it is dipped in an acidic solution
which is dissolved:

In methylbenzene……………………………………….……………………………………………..…

In water ………………………………………………………………….………………..……….… (2)

(ii) Define neutralization and give at least one example.

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(iii) Write the ionic equation for neutralization.

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 Work Sheet
Acid, Base, Salts & oxides
Student’s Name:__________________ Marks: 25
1. Water is added to a test-tube containing dilute sulphuric acid of pH 4.
What could be the pH of the resulting solution?

A8 B6 C4 D2

2. The statements are about metals and their oxides.

Metals …X… electrons to form ions. The oxides of metals are …Y….
Which words correctly complete the statements?

3. Which type of reaction always forms a salt and water?

4. Which metal has a soluble carbonate, chloride and sulfate?

A barium B calcium C copper D potassium
5. What is a characteristic of a weak acid?
A It does not react with sodium carbonate.
B It forms an aqueous solution with a pH of 8.
C It is only partially ionised when added to water.
D It turns litmus solution blue.
6. The graph shows how the pH of soil in a field changed over time.
At which point was the soil neutral?

7. (i) A solution of hydrogen bromide in water is called hydrobromic acid.

Hydrobromic acid has similar reactions to hydrochloric acid.
State the names of three products formed when hydrobromic acid reacts with sodium
carbonate.

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(ii) The equation describes how sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid.

What type of chemical reaction is this?

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(iii) A student used a syringe to add 1cm³ portions of hydrochloric acid to an aqueous solution
of sodium hydroxide.

Describe how the pH of the solution in the beaker changes as the hydrochloric acid is added
until the acid is in excess.
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(iv) Many fertilisers are ammonium salts.

Explain why adding calcium hydroxide to the soil can cause the loss of nitrogen from the
ammonium salts added as fertilisers.

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8. There are three ways of making salts from sulphuric acid.

titration using a burette and indicator precipitation by mixing the solutions and filtering
neutralisation of sulphuric acid using an excess of an insoluble base
Complete the following table of salt preparations.

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(b) Suggest a method of making the insoluble salt, calcium fluoride, also write necessary steps
for it.
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9. Sulfuric acid is a strong acid. Ethanoic acid is a weak acid.

(a) What do you understand by the terms strong acid and weak acid?

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(b) Compare and explain the difference in the electrical conductivity between a strong and a
weak acid.

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