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Science Vocab Terms
Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Law of Conservation of Mass | The fundamental principle that matter cannot be created nor destroyed |
| Physical Change | Reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, such as size and shape |
| Chemical Change | An irreversible chemical reaction that |
| Element | a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: |
| Chemical Formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
| Element (Diatomic) Molecule | A molecule with 2 of the same type of element |
| Compound Molecule | A molecule with two or more different types of elements |
| Chemical Equation | a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product |
| Chemical Reaction | When to or more elements react to each other |
| Reactants | The elements on the left side of a chemical equation |
| Products | The molecules in the right side of an equation |
| Coefficients | Determines how many molecules exist. |
| Subscript | Determines how many atoms of that element exist |
| Ionic Compound | Compound molecule consisting of at least 1 metal and nonmetal pair |
| Covalent compound | Compound molecule consisting of two or more nonmetals, and no metals |
| Metallic Compound | Compound molecule consisting of two or more metals, and no nonmetals |
| Sysnthesis | The combining of elements of separate materials into a single or unified entity |
| Decomposition | The breaking down (decaying) of particles to return nutrients back into the earth |
| Single Replacement | When an ion or element moves from one compound to another |
| Double Replacement | a chemical reaction where two reactant ionic compounds exchange ions to form two new product compounds with the same ions |