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Vocab 1
vocab
Term | Definition |
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Chemical Reaction | when atoms break apart and rearrange to become new substances |
Synthesis Reaction | when two or more substances combine to create one new compound |
Decompostion Reaction | a reaction were a single compound breaks down to form 2 simpler substances |
Single-Displacement Reaction | one element replaces another element in compound and one element |
Double Displacement Reaction | the 2 metal ions in 2 compounds switch places in a chemical reaction |
law conservation of mass | states of that mass is neither created or destroyed in a chemical reaction |
Chemical Formula | a shorthand way to use chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance |
Chemical Equation | uses symbols to show relationship between the reactants an the products |