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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Key terms
Acid: A substance with particular chemical properties including turning
litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals.
Base: A substance that will neutralise an acid, but does not dissolve in
water.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Tick whether the substances listed in the table below are acid or alkali. In the far right
hand column add a substance which could neutralise it.
Vinegar
Orange juice
Urine
Ammonia
solution
Garden Lime
Indigestion
powder
Caustic soda
Black coffee
Distilled Water
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Fill up the pH scale below with examples of acid and alkalis (bases) – in the right
column. In the left column, list common properties of these acids and alkalis (bases).
Properties Examples
Alkali
7.0
Acid
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
There are strong and weak acids and bases, and their
strengths are described by the
________ scale.
____________.
Values below 7 on the pH scale indicate __________ which increases as the number
____________
filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH ___________, used to test
materials (i.e. soil) for acidity.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Fill in the correct colour for the respective pH values in the table below.
7.0 Neutral
The colours from yellow to red indicate an ___________ solution, colours light blue
to dark blue indicate ____________ and green colour indicates that a solution is
______________.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Revise your knowledge of the acid and alkali key terms, by answering the nine
questions below. Underline the correct answer for each question.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
NOTE: Acids and alkalis can be neutralised, by mixing (chemically) opposite compounds. An
example of this is where farmers mix lime into soil to alter the pH balance. Another
example is the use of antacid tablets to help resolve stomach pain/upsets.
Task: List the process and name the typical chemicals involved that can occur to give us
stomach pains – in boxes 1 and 2. Explain how the antacid tablets can help defeat the pain
in box 3.
1)
2)
3)
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
2. Give the name of a compound that contains two elements joined together.
4. Copper is used to make electrical wires. Give two properties of copper that
allow it to be used effectively for electrical wires.
Property 1 ________________________________________________________
Property 2 ________________________________________________________
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Locate the following words on the word search grid below.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Read the following scenario then answer all three questions.
Scene: James completes an experiment testing the pH of different acids in the lab’.
Q1. Underline his control variables (what he should keep the same) from the list below:
1. Volume of acid
2. Volume of alkali
3. Number of drops of indicator
4. Type of indicator
5. pH of acid
Q2. Identify the independent, dependent and control variables for the above experiment.
Independent
Dependent
Control
Q3. Explain why understanding variables are so important in experiments like this.
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Task: Describe what the diagram below shows. State the names of the chemical
reactions taking place in the diagram
1
2
3
4
5
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Q1. Give an example of a precaution (a safety measure) you take when using an alkali.
Q3. Study the graph below. State what the lab’ assistant changed in this experiment? What
would be a suitable conclusion for the experiment? Add a suitable title for the graph.
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Tasks: 1) State when and why a farmer would add alkali to his soil? 2) What would be a
suitable alkali for this purpose? 3) Explain how a farmer would test the pH of his soil.
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cm3 , cm2, cm
Q5. If this glass beaker was 10cm diameter, and 50 cm tall; how much liquid can it contain?
clue:
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Task: You will design an experiment to compare three different acids. You need to find out
which is the most hazardous, by observing and recording how well they react. Include all safety
wear, safety precautions, and apparatus needed.
Apparatus list
Reactants/chemicals list
Method
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Task: What is the common link with the above food/drink items?
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ADA - KS3. Knowledge series |Chemistry | Acids and alkalis | Kevin Brace
Task: Use the clues at the bottom of the page to complete this crossword.
Across DOWN
1. Burning something in air. (10)
4. Chemical reaction with oxygen. (9) 1. To react metal with the atmosphere and water.
6. Produce palatable food by applying heat. (4) (7)
8. Atom with an excess + or – electric charge. 2. A chemical building block used to form plastics.
(3) (7)
9. A tiny particle, much lighter than an atom, 3. A technique used to separate liquids with
that different boiling points. (12)
carries a negative electric charge. (8) 5. A negative ion that travels towards the positive
15. Fossil fuel raw material used to make most anode. (5)
plastics.(3) 7. Fuel used in aircraft, also called kerosene.(8)
16. A fraction of crude oil that is used in buses 10. A substance that increases the rate of a
and chemical reaction but that is not used up itself. (8)
lorries as a fuel. (6) 11. Breaking long chain hydrocarbon molecules
17. A positive ion that travels towards the into more useful short chain molecules. (8)
negative 12. General name for a polymer like polythene,
cathode. (6) polypropylene, nylon and polystyrene. (7)
18. Where new chemical products form from 13. A portion of crude oil with a particular boiling
chemical reactants. (8) point. (8)
14. A very long molecule formed from a string of
identical chemical building blocks. Often a type of
plastic. (7)
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Task: Revise your knowledge of the acid and alkali key terms, by answering the sixteen
questions below. Write the correct answer for each question.
12.What is the name of the salt that is made from sulphuric acid?
15. What can farmers put onto the soil to change the pH levels?
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NOTES
Image attribution
Most images are sourced from Wikimedia. These are shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
International license. Other images are sourced from online repositories, i.e. Pixabay. Those are released and shared under
CC0 Public Domain (i.e. freely reusable, and no attribution required).
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