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Chemical reactions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activation Energy | What is needed to start a chemical reaction |
| Arrow | you read the arrow says "yields" in a chemical equation or formula |
| Characteristics of a chemical reaction | changes in energy or changes in properties |
| Chemical Changes | alter the chemical properties of matter; new substances with new properties are formed |
| Chemical Equations | a shorter, easier way to show chemical reactions by using symbols instead of words |
| Coefficient | a number placed in front of a chemical formula in an equation. Tells how many atoms or molecules of each reactant and product take part in the reaction |
| Conservation of mass | the amount of matter involved in a chemical reaction does not change. the total mass of the reactants must equal the total mass of the products |
| Decomposition Reaction | a compound breaks down into simpler substances |
| Exothermic | an observable change in energy that shows a chemical reaction took place; a reaction that releases heat; gives off energy, makes it feel warmer; most chemical reactions are this type |
| Endothermic | an observable change in energy that shows a chemical reaction took place; a reaction that takes heat from the solution, absorbs energy, makes it feel cooler |
| Physical changes | Alter only the physical properties of matter; no new substances are forms |
| Precipitate | a solid that forms from solution during a chemical reaction; observable change that shows a chemical reaction took place. |
| products | the materials you have after a chemical reaction; written on the right side |
| reactants | the materials you have at the beginning of a chemical reaction; written on the left side |
| Replacement Reaction | one part of a compound is displaced by an element or compound from another substance. |
| States of matter | solid, liquid,gas |
| Subscripts | show the number of atoms of an element in a molecule or the ratio of elements in a compound |
| Synthesis Reaction | two substances combine to form a new compound. |
| Concentration | amount of material in a given amount of another material |
| catalyst | materials that increases the rate of reaction |