At the end of this activity, students should be able to: û give examples of salts occurring in nature û give examples of some uses of salts û discuss the dissociation of salts and specify the types of ion present in a solution of a salt û describe the reaction between a metal and an acid at the macroscopic and microscopic levels û discuss precipitation reactions, using appropriate examples û classify some common salts as soluble or insoluble û describe the thermal decomposition of carbonates.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.