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Nativity- Reactions
Chapter 14 - Chemical Reactions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chemical reaction | the process by which one or more substances undergo change to produce one or more different substances |
| chemical formula | a shorthand notation for a compound or a diatomic element using chemical symbols and numbers |
| chemical equation | a shorthand description of a chemical reaction using chemical formulas and symbols |
| reactants | the starting materials in a chemical reation |
| products | the substances formed from a reaction |
| law of conservation of mass | states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes |
| four clues to chemical reactions | -gas formation-precipitate (solid) formation-color change-energy change |
| synthesis reaction | a reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a single compound |
| decomposition reaction | a reaction in which a single compound breaks down to form two or more simpler substances |
| single-replacement reaction | a reaction in which an element takes the place of another element that is part of a compound |
| double-replacement reaction | a reaction in which ions on two compounds switch places |
| exothermic | a chemical reation in which energy is released or removed |
| endothermic | a chemical reation in which energy is absorbed |
| law of conservation of energy | states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed |