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| Term | Definition | personal definition |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical reaction | process of rearranging atoms by breaking and forming chemical bonds to form new compounds (starting substance(s) that changes to form different ending substance(s) | mixing different chemical reactions to forma new one |
| chemical equation | represents a chemical reaction using chemical formulas of the substances involved in the chemical reaction. Has reactants that form products, separated by a yield sign. | writing out a chemical reaction |
| reactants | starting material in a chemical reaction (left side of equation) | the start of the reaction on the left |
| products | ending material in a chemical reaction (right side of an equation) | the result of the chemical reaction equation on the right |
| yield sign | arrow in the equation that separates the reactants from the products | separates beginning between end |
| coefficiant | Large number found before the chemical formula in an equation representing the number of particles of that compound | tells you how many particles you have |
| subscript | small number found after an element WITHIN a chemical formula representing the number of atoms of the element found in one molecule (particle) of the substance | tells you how many you have of the element |
| aqueous | state of matter where a compound is dissolved in water | matter that is dissolved in water |