Acids and Bases

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A substance having the tendency to cause ___ (9)
  2. 6. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something (6)
  3. 8. A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt (14)
  4. 10. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  5. 11. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid (6)
  6. 13. Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red (4)
  7. 15. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)

Down

  1. 1. Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as (7)
  2. 2. A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic (8)
  3. 3. A weak water-soluble ___ found in many fruits (10)
  4. 4. A number or ratio derived from a series of observed facts (9)
  5. 5. The science of matter (9)
  6. 7. Unsized ___ treated with ___ for use as an acid-base indicator (11)
  7. 9. A dentifrice in the form of a paste (10)
  8. 12. Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh (5)
  9. 14. Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (4)