| Question |
Answer |
| Acid | Any substance that is capable of donating protons. |
| Arrhenius acid or base | Defines acid as a substance that increases the concentration of H+ when dissolved in water and a base as a substance that increases the concentration of OH- when dissolved in water. |
| Base | Any substance that is capable of accepting a proton. |
| Bronsted | Lowry theory of acids. |
| hydronium ion | The ion formed by the donation of a hydrogen ion to a water molecule; H30+. |
| hydroxide ion | A polyatomic ion with a negative charge, consisting of an oxygen atom and a hydrogen ion; OH-. |
| Indicators | An organic compound that shows a definite color change when it reacts with an acid or a base. |
| Ionization | The process of splitting a molecule into charged particles. |
| Neutralization | The reaction between an acid and a base that produces a salt and water. |
| pH scale | A scale that is used to indicate the relative concentrations of hydronium ions in a solution. |
| Salts | A substance that is formed from the negative ion of an acid and the positive ion of a base. |
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