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How to Make a Table That Compares at Least Three Properties of Acids & Bases

Truth can be much stranger than fiction. Chemistry tells us that below the horizon of perception is a world of tiny atoms that combine to make everything we see in the larger world. The rules that govern the combining and dissolution of these submicroscopic agents are even more bizarre; many of them are based on quantum phenomena. One of the oldest, and simplest, set of rules that govern molecules is that describing acids and bases. A chart showing the differences between acids and bases is a good place to start understanding the molecular world.

Things You'll Need

Poster paper
Marker

Instructions

- 1
  Draw a chart with two rows and four columns. On the left, one row is labeled ̶0;Acids̶1; and the other row is labeled ̶0;Bases.̶1; Leave room on top of each column to label the column with an attribute that distinguishes an acid from a base.
- 2
  Label the first column ̶0;Feel.̶1; In the Acid row, write ̶0;Will cause burning in any small cuts.̶1; In the Base row, write ̶0;Feels slippery.̶1;
- 3
  Write ̶0;Taste̶1; to label the second column. In the Acid row of this column write ̶0;Sour.̶1; In the Bases row, write ̶0;Bitter.̶1;
- 4
  Put ̶0;Litmus paper̶1; as the third label. In this column, in the Acid row, write ̶0;Red.̶1; In the Bases row, write ̶0;Blue.̶1;
- 5
  Choose ̶0;Ph̶1; as the last label. In the Acid row, write ̶0;Less than 7.̶1; In the Bases row write ̶0;More than 7.̶1;

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