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hibas science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| laws of conservation of mass | the mass of an isolated system will remain constant over time |
| physical change | a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance |
| chemical change | a usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition |
| element (diatomic) molecule | are molecules composed only of two atoms |
| compound molecule | when 2 or more atoms are chemically combined |
| chemical equations | shorthand form of writing what reactants are used and what products are formed in a chemical reaction |
| chemical reaction | process that produces chemical change, creating a new substance that have different properties |
| reactants (in a chemical equation) | substances that go through a chemical change |
| products (in a chemical equation) | substances that result from a chemical change |
| coefficient (in a chemical equation) | tells the number of molecules |
| subscript (in a chemical equation) | tells the number of a certain type of atom in one molecule |
| chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
| element | substances that can not be broken down into smaller substances |