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Changes and Atoms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a physical change? | A change in appearance, not a change in chemical composition. |
| What is a chemical change? | A change that results in the formation of a new susbstance with different chemical formula and properties. |
| Can physical or chemical changes be reversed? | Physical changes MAY sometimes be reversed. Chemical changes can never be reversed. |
| List 5 pieces of evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place. | 1. Change in energy (temperature or light) 2. Unexpected change in color 3. Production of gas 4. Production of a precipitate 5. Change in odor. |
| Breaking glass-physical or chemical change? | Physical |
| Fireworks-physical or chemical change? | Chemical |
| Bread molding-physical or chemical change? | Chemical |
| Cutting paper-physical or chemical change? | Physical |
| Painting paper-physical or chemical change? | Physical |
| Fire buring-physical or chemical change? | Chemical |
| Evaporation or Condensation-physical or chemical change? | Physical |
| Melting or Freezing-physical or chemical change? | Physical |
| Chemical Reaction-physical or chemical change? | Chemical |
| What is a coefficent? | The large number in front of a chemical formula. It represents the number of molecules. To find the number of atoms you must multiply the coeffcient by the number of atoms of an element. |
| What is the subscript? | The small number written after the element symbol. It represents the number of atoms of an element. |
| What is a reactant? | The materials present before a chemical reaction takes place. It is on the left side of the arrow. |
| What is the product? | The materials after a chemical reaction takes place. It is on the right side of the arrow |
| What is the Law of Conservation of Mass? | Matter cannot be created or destroyed. The mass of the reactant side must equal the mass of the product side. (The number of atoms for each element must be equal.) |
| What is a balanced equation? | The number of atoms for each element on the reactanct side are equal to the number of atoms of each element on the product side |
| What is an unbalanced equation? | The number of atoms for each element on the reactanct side do not equal the number of atoms for each element on the product side |
| What is the only thing that can change when balancing an equation? | Coeffecient (number of molecules) |