Salts: Properties and Reactions
Explore the properties, types, and reactions of various salts in this Grade 11 Chemistry worksheet.
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Salts: Properties and Reactions
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Read each question carefully and provide the best answer based on your knowledge of salts in chemistry.
1. Which of the following is NOT a general property of salts?
High melting and boiling points
Soluble in water
Conduct electricity in molten or aqueous states
Generally poor conductors of heat
2. Which type of reaction typically produces a salt and water?
Precipitation reaction
Neutralization reaction
Redox reaction
Decomposition reaction
3. A salt is an ionic compound formed from the reaction of an and a .
4. The positive ion in a salt is called a , and the negative ion is called an .
5. All salts are neutral in nature.
True
False
6. Sodium chloride (NaCl) is often referred to as common salt.
True
False
7. Describe two methods for preparing soluble salts.
8. Explain why salts conduct electricity in their molten or aqueous states but not in their solid state.
9. Observe the image of salt crystals below and answer the following question:
Based on the image, what can you infer about the arrangement of ions in a solid salt?