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Chapter 14 - Chemical Reactions

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chemical reaction   the process by which one or more substances undergo change to produce one or more different substances  
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chemical formula   a shorthand notation for a compound or a diatomic element using chemical symbols and numbers  
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chemical equation   a shorthand description of a chemical reaction using chemical formulas and symbols  
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reactants   the starting materials in a chemical reation  
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products   the substances formed from a reaction  
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law of conservation of mass   states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes  
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four clues to chemical reactions   -gas formation-precipitate (solid) formation-color change-energy change  
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synthesis reaction   a reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a single compound  
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decomposition reaction   a reaction in which a single compound breaks down to form two or more simpler substances  
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single-replacement reaction   a reaction in which an element takes the place of another element that is part of a compound  
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double-replacement reaction   a reaction in which ions on two compounds switch places  
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exothermic   a chemical reation in which energy is released or removed  
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endothermic   a chemical reation in which energy is absorbed  
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law of conservation of energy   states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed  
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