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chemical reaction
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activation energy | what is needed to start a chemical reaction |
| Arrows | you read the arrow as "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 |
| chemical equiations | a shorter easier way to show chemical reaction |
| coefficient | a number placed front of a chemical formula |
| conservation of mass | the amount of matter involved in a chemical reaction |
| decompostion reaction | a compound breaks down into simpler substances |
| endothermic reaction | an observable change in energy that shows a chemical reaction |
| exothermic reaction | an observable change in energy that shows a chemical reaction |
| physical changes | alter only the physical properties of matter no new substances are formed |
| precipitate | a solid that forms from a solution during a chemical |
| products | the materials you have after a chemical reaction |
| reactants | the material you have at the beginning |
| repalcement reaction | one part of a compound is displaced by an element or a compound from another substance |
| states of matter | solid liquid gas |
| subscripts | show the number of atoms |
| synthesis reaction | two substances combine to form a new compound |