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vocab for science

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Law of Conservation of Mass   a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.  
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Physical Change   A physical change is a type of change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not transformed into another.  
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Chemical Change   a process in which one or more substances are changed into one or more different substances.  
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Element   A chemical element is a substance that cannot be broken down by chemical means  
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Chemical Formula   A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements  
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Element (Diatomic) Molecule   molecules composed only of two atoms, of either the same or different chemical elements  
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Compound Molecule   a compound regarded as a union of molecules retaining their identities  
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Chemical Equation   a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product  
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Chemical Reaction   A process in which one or more substances (reactants) are chemically changed into one or more new substances (products)  
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Reactants (in a Chemical Equation)   Any substance that undergoes a chemical change in a givin reaction  
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Products (in a Chemical Equation)   a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction  
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Coefficient (in a Chemical Equation)   The number immediately preceding the compound  
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Subscript (in a Chemical Equation)   numbers used to tell you how many atoms of an element are present in the equation  
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Iconic Compound   A chemical compound in which ions are held together in a lattice structure by ionic bonds  
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Covalent Compound   A form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms  
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Metallic Compound   a compound that contains one or more metal elements  
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Synthesis   The production of chemical compounds by reaction from similar materials  
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Decomposition   The state or process of rotting  
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Single Replacement   A chemical reaction in which an element replaces one element in a compound  
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Double Replacement   A chemical reaction where two reactant ionic compounds exchange ions to form two new product compounds with the same ions  
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