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Chemical Reaction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activation Energy | What is needed to start a chemical reaction |
| Arrow | You read the arrow as "yields" in a chemical equation or formula. |
| Characteristics Of a Chemical Reaction | Changes in a energy or changes in properties (Produces a gas bubbles form, color change, precipitate forms or temperature change) |
| 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. |
| Coeffcient | 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. |
| Controlling rates of Reactions | (concentration, temperature, surface area, catalysts, enzymes and inhibitors) |
| Decomposition Reaction | A compound breaks down into simpler substances. |
| Endothermic Reaction | An observable change in energy that shows a chemical reaction took place; A reaction that takes heat from the solution, absorbs energy, makes it cooler |
| exothermic Reaction | 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. |
| Physical Changes | Alter only the physical properties of matter; no new substances are formed. Can be a change in size, shape or color; change in phase (by increasing or decreasing temperature: solid, liquid, gas) |
| 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 of the formula. |
| Reactants | The materials you have at the beginning of a chemical reaction; written on the left side of the formula. |
| 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 (also called composition reaction) |