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Chapter 14 (6th Gr.)
Holt Science & Technology: Physical Science
Flap | Answer |
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About how many elements make up all known substances? | 100 |
The subscript in the chemical formula for water tells you that there are two what? | Atoms of hydrogen. |
What is the chemical formula for oxygen? | 0 2 |
What is the chemical formula for water? | H 2 O |
What is the chemical formula for glucose? | C 6 H 12 O 6 |
A combination of chemical symbols and numbers that represent a substance is called a what? | Chemical formula. |
What does a chemical formula show? | How many atoms are present in each molecule. |
Covalent compounds are usually composed of two ________ | non-metals |
The formula for carbon dioxide is what? | CO 2 |
Ionic compounds are composed of a ________ and a ___________. | metal and non-metal |
The overall charge of an ionic compound is _________. | zero |
What do musical notations and chemical reactions have in common? | They each use symbols to communicate in ways that are easy to understand by people no matter what language they speak. |
When chemical symbols and formulas are used as a shortcut to describe a chemical reaction, it is called a ___________. | Chemical equation. |
A substance that forms in a chemical reaction is called a _________. | Product. |
A substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction is called a ______________. | Reactant. |
When carbon reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, carbon is the ______________. | Product. |
What will happen if the wrong chemical symbol or formula is used in a chemical equation? | The equation won't correctly describe the reaction. |
In a chemical reaction, _______, are never gained or lost. | Atoms. |
Antoine Lavoisier's work led to the _____________________________. | Law of Conservation of Mass. |
The number placed in front of a chemical symbol or formula is called the ________________. | Coefficient. |
Chemical equations must be balanced. Why? | For each atom on the reactant side must be the same on the product side. |
A chemical reaction is the process by which one or more substances change to _________________. | Produce one or more different substances. |
Name four signs of chemical reactions. | Gas formation, solid formation, energy change, color change. |
What is a precipitate? | A solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in solution. |
What is a chemical bond? | A force that holds two atoms together in a molecule. |
What must break in order for a chemical reaction to occur? | Chemical bond. |