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Science Vocab
Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Law of Conservation of Mass | States that in a chemical reaction, the mass of the products equals the mass of the reactants. |
| Physical Change | Changes in a substance that affect only physical properties. |
| Chemical Change | Chemical changes produce new substances that have properties different from those of the original substances. |
| Element | Substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances. |
| Chemical Formula | An expression which states the number and type of atoms present in a molecule of a substance. |
| Element Molecule | Molecules of only one atom. |
| Compound Molecule | Molecules of more than one type of atom. |
| 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 substances. |
| 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 | The coefficient tells the number of molecules. |
| Subscript | The subscripts tells the number of a certain type of atom in one molecule. |
| Diatomic Molecule | Diatomic molecules are molecules composed only of two atoms, of either the same or different chemical elements. |