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Topic 8: Acids, Bases, and Salts

10. pH: Determining pH of acids and bases

1. Which indicate a pH of an acidic solution? 3) 9 4) 14

1) 4
2) 7

2. Which pH indicates a strongest acid solution?
1) 3 2) 8 3) 2 4) 9

3. A basic solution will have a pH of
1) 11 2) 7 3) 2 4) 1

4. Which pH of a solution indicates the strongest base?
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9

5. Which pH represents a neutral solution?
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1) 10 2) 8 3) 5 4)7

11. pH: Determining pH of a solution based on given characteristics properties of the solution.
1. In a solution, litmus is blue. The pH of the solution could be

1) 8 2) 6 3) 4 4) 2

2. Phenolphthalein has a pink color in a solution which has a pH of
1) 1 2) 5 3) 7 4) 11

3. An aqueous solution turns litmus red. The pH of the solution could be

2) 11

1) 14 Teacher Preview Copy 4) 5

3) 8

4. When phenolphthalein is added to a solution, the solution stays colorless. What could be the pH of
this solution? 2) 7 3) 9 4) 11
1) 2

5. What will be the pH of a solution that conducts electricity but contains equal number of H+ to OH-
ions?
1) 1 2) 5 3) 7 4) 10

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