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Acids, Bases, and Salts: Key Concepts

The document contains a series of questions related to acids, bases, and salts, aimed at assessing knowledge on their properties and uses. It includes questions of varying marks, covering topics such as the effects of acid rain, the role of baking soda in cooking and fire extinguishing, and the chemical reactions involving sodium hydrogen carbonate and washing soda. Additionally, it discusses the significance of pH in daily life and the preparation of compounds like Plaster of Paris.

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Acids, Bases, and Salts: Key Concepts

The document contains a series of questions related to acids, bases, and salts, aimed at assessing knowledge on their properties and uses. It includes questions of varying marks, covering topics such as the effects of acid rain, the role of baking soda in cooking and fire extinguishing, and the chemical reactions involving sodium hydrogen carbonate and washing soda. Additionally, it discusses the significance of pH in daily life and the preparation of compounds like Plaster of Paris.

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Acids, Bases and Salts

1 Mark:
1. How does the flow of acid rain water into a river make the survival of aquatic life in the river difficult? [CBSE, 2008]
2. What effect does an increases in concentration of 𝐻 + (𝑎𝑞. ) in a solution have on the 𝑝𝐻 of solution? [CBSE, 2009]
3. During summer season, a milkman usually adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk. Give one reason.
[CBSE Sample Paper 2008]
4. Dry Hydrogen Chloride gas does not turn blue litmus red whereas Hydrochloric acid does. Give one reason.
[CBSE Sample Paper 2008]

2 Marks:
1. Write the chemical formula for washing soda. How may it be obtained from baking soda? Name an industrial use of
washing soda other than washing clothes.’ [CBSE, 2008]
2. I. Name the products formed when sodium hydrogen carbonate is heated.
II. Write the chemical equation for the reaction involved in the above.’ [CBSE, 2009]

3 Marks:
1. Baking soda is used in small amount in making bread and cake. It helps to make these soft and spongy. An aqueous
solution of baking soda turns red litmus blue. It is also used in soda acid fire extinguisher.
Use this information to answer the following questions:
I. How does Baking Soda help to make cakes and bread soft and spongy?
II. How does it help in extinguishing fire?
III. is the 𝑝𝐻 value of baking soda solution lesser than or greater than 7? [CBSE Sample Paper 2008]
2. Answer the following: [CBSE Sample Paper 2008]
a) Why is Plaster of Paris written as 𝐶𝑎𝑆𝑂4 ⋅ ½ 𝐻2 𝑂? How is it possible to have half a water molecule attached to
𝐶𝑎𝑆𝑂4?
b) Why is Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate an essential ingradiant in antacids.?
c) When electricity is passed through an acquous solution of sodium chloride, three products are obtained. Why is
the process called chlor-alkali?
3. “𝑝𝐻 has a great importance in our daily life” explain by giving three examples.
OR
A compound which is prepared from gypsum has the property of hardening when mixed with a proper quantity of
water. Identify the compound and write its chemical formula. Write the chemical equation for its preparation. Mention
any one use of the compound. [CBSE Sample Paper 2017]

Avanti – Acids, Bases and Salts

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