Name: __________________

Chapter 4 Quiz

Multiple Choice (1 mark each)

1. A mixture that has a lot of solute per volume of solution is called:

a. Concentrated
b. Dilute
c. Mechanical Mixture
d. Solvent

2. A mixture that has very little solute per volume of solution is called:
a. Concentrated
b. Dilute
c. Mechanical Mixture
d. Solvent

3. A sour-tasting substance that turn blue litmus paper red and has a pH of less than
7 is called a(n):
a. Base
b. Acid
c. Neutral substance
d. Solution

4. A slippery, bitter-tasting substance that turn red litmus paper blue and has a pH
over 7 is called a(n):
a. Base
b. Acid
c. Neutral substance
d. Solution

5. Bases turn litmus paper

a. Purple
b. Blue
c. Red
d. Black

6. Acids turn litmus paper

a. Purple
b. Blue
c. Red
d. Black
7. A neutralization reaction ________________ acidic and basic properties when an
acid and a base combine
a. combines
b. releases
c. increases
d. cancels out

8. Which graph shows the solute increasing with increasing concentration.

a. b.

c. d.

9. Your cousin likes to drink tea with one spoonful of sugar. Her mother likes three
spoonfuls of sugar, Who prefers the more concentrated sugar-tea solution?
a. Your cousin
b. Your cousins mother
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10. Put check marks or Xs in the boxes that describe the properties on the left.

True for Acids Only True for Bases Only True for Both Acids
and Bases
Sour Taste

Bitter Taste

Speeds up
Corrosion
Conduct electricity

Feels slippery

Reacts with metals

Can be detected
with an indicator
Is often corrosive

11. Write whether each substance is an acid or a base in the space provided.
Substance pH Acid or Base?
Tomatoes 4.2

Lye 13.8

Stomach Acid 2.0

Bananas 5.2

Blood 7.4

Milk of Magnesia 10.5

Ammonia 11.1

Eggs 7.8
12. Archie is experiencing acid indigestion (heartburn). He does not have a
commercial antacid product, but does have baking soda. Will it help his
heartburn? Explain.
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13. Jughead likes to drink tea with one spoonful of sugar. Betty likes hers with three
spoonfuls of sugar. Who prefers the more dilute sugar-tea solution?
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14. Which produces more waste packaging, a concentrated product or a ready-to-use
product?
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15. List four factors that affect corrosion.
a. _______________________

b. _______________________

c. _______________________

d. _______________________

16. In the space below draw and label a pH scale that shows were acids would be on
it, where bases would be on it, and where neutral substances would be on it.
17. While performing an investigation, a student found that a solution changed the
colour of copper and turned blue litmus paper red. Was the solution an acid or
base?
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18. In each of these statements, which of the following would have a greater corrosive
effect circle the correct one.
a. Rain with a pH of 3.2 or rain with a pH of 5.2?
b. Storing a car in a heated garage or in a non-heated garage during the
winter?
c. Living on the coast near the ocean, or near a desert?