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8th Science U3L4
Term | Definition |
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reactants | a substance that participates in a chemical reaction |
products | a substance that forms in a chemical reaction |
endothermic reaction | a chemical reaction that requires energy input, usually as heat |
exothermic reaction | a chemical reaction in which energy is released to the surroundings, usually as heat |
chemical reaction | the process in which atoms are rearranged and chemical bonds are brfoken and formed to produce a chemical change of a substance |
law of conservation of mass | the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes |
law of conservation of energy | the law that staes that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another |
chemical equation | a representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products |
chemical formula | a combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance |