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EMEQ Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| law of conservation of mass | states that matter cannot be created or destroyed |
| physical change | any change in shape, size, or form |
| chemical change | one or more original substances turned into another substance |
| element | substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
| chemical formula | a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound |
| element molecule | a single molecule formed by one atom |
| diatomic molecule | a molecule formed by two atoms |
| compound molecule | molecules that contain at least two different elements |
| 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 one |
| 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 (in a chemical equation) | states the amount of molecules from an equation |
| subscript (in a chemical equation) | states how many of each element there is; only applies to the element to the left of the number |