Exploring Salts
A worksheet for 6th graders to explore the properties, uses, and formation of salts in chemistry.
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Exploring Salts
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. What is the common name for the chemical compound Sodium Chloride (NaCl)?
Sugar
Salt
Water
Baking Soda
2. Salts are formed when an acid reacts with a what?
Another acid
A metal
A base
Water
3. Table salt is primarily made of the elements sodium and .
4. Salts are typically found as solid at room temperature.
5. All salts taste salty.
True
False
6. Salts are always harmful to living organisms.
True
False
7. Describe one way salts are used in everyday life.
8. What happens when you dissolve salt in water?
Observe the image of salt crystals below. Notice their geometric shapes.
