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Chemistry Part 2
Answer | Question |
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Activation Energy | What is needed to start a chemical reaction |
Arrow( ->) | You read the arrow as "Yields" in a chemical equation or formual |
Characteristics of a Chemical Reaction | Changes in energy or changes in properties (produce 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 |
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 |
Concentration | Amount of one material in a given amount of another material |
Temperature | Higher heat causes faster reactions |
Surface Area | Increased surface area = increased reaction |
Catalysts | Materials that increases the rate of reaction |
Enzymes | Biological catalysts |
Inhibitors | decreases the rate of a reaction |
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 feel 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 (also called displacement reaction) |
States of Matter | (pp. 46-50): solid, liquid, and 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) |