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EMEQ Vocab
Question | Answer |
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law of conservation of mass | states that matter cannot be created or destroyed |
physical change | any change in shape, size, or form |
chemical change | one or more original substances turned into another substance |
element | substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
chemical formula | a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound |
element molecule | a single molecule formed by one atom |
diatomic molecule | a molecule formed by two atoms |
compound molecule | molecules that contain at least two different elements |
chemical equation | shorthand form for writing what reactants are used and what products are formed in a chemical reaction |
chemical reaction | process that produces chemical change, resulting in new substances that have properties different from those of the original one |
reactants (in a chemical equation) | substance that exists before a chemical reaction begins |
products (in a chemical equation) | substance that forms as a result of a chemical reaction |
coefficient (in a chemical equation) | states the amount of molecules from an equation |
subscript (in a chemical equation) | states how many of each element there is; only applies to the element to the left of the number |