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Science Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Law of Conservation of Mass | molecules cannot be broken or created |
| Physical Change | usually a reversible change of a substance in size or shape |
| Chemical Change | when two substances combine to form new substances |
| Element | one of a substance that cannot be broken down because it is in its simplest form. |
| Chemical Formula | a substance using symbols for its component elements |
| Element (Diatomic) Molecule | when two or more elements combine chemically with only one element |
| Compound Molecule | made of molecules not ions; atoms in the compound are bound together by shared electrons |
| Chemical Equation | a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate each reactant and product |
| Chemical Reaction | process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms and molecules |
| Reactants (chemical equation) | substances that go through a chemical change |
| Products (chemical equation) | substances that result from a chemical change |
| Coefficient (chemical equation) | tells the number of molecules; no coefficient means 1 molecule |
| Subscript (chemical equation) | tells the number of a certain type of atom in one molecule |