Question

observe various acid,base and salts which you use in your kitchen and how to test whether it is acid,base or salt using taste,touch or commonly used indicators

Answer 1

We use in our daily life a large number of substances such as lemon, tamarind, common salt, sugar and vinegar. Do they have the same taste? Let us recall tastes of some edible substances listed in Table 1. If you have not tasted any of these substances taste it now and enter the result in Table 1.

CAUTION

1. Do not taste anything unless asked to do so.
2. Do not touch anything unless asked to do so.

Table 5.1

Substance Taste (sour/bitter/any other)

Lemon juice sour bitter any other

Orange juice sour bitter any other

Vinegar sour bitter any other

Curd sour bitter any other

Tamarind (imli) sour bitter any other

Sugar sour bitter any other

Common salt sour bitter any other

Amla sour bitter any other

Baking soda sour bitter any other

Grapes sour bitter any other

Unripe mango sour bitter any other