Vocabulary
What's in that Molecule?
Chemical Reactions
Molecule Modeling
Particles vs. Molecules
100

The smallest (most basic) piece of matter

What is an atom?

100

H2O

What is two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom?

100

The process by which new substances (different than those at the beginning) are formed

What is a chemical reaction?

100

The molecule that is shown on Board #1

What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?

100

A vague term to describe a small piece of matter

What is a particle?

200

Connections between atoms are key to forming this

What is a molecule?

200

CH4

What is one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms?

200

A sign that a chemical reaction is happening 

What is (any of the following): bubbles, fizzing, temperature change, and/or new state of matter forming?

200

The molecule that is shown on Board #2

What is water (H2O)?

200

Two or more atoms connect in a specific way to form these

What are molecules?

300

The second half of a chemical equation, the 'stuff' that is being produced

What are the products?

300

C2H4O2

What is two carbon atoms, four hydrogen atoms, and two oxygen atoms?

300

What the atoms in molecules have to do in order to be able to rearrange

What is break their connections with the other atoms?

300

The molecule that is shown on Board #3

What is oxygen gas (O2)?

300

This thing is modeled by drawing a single circle

What is a particle?

400

The first part of a chemical equation, that 'stuff' that will be reacting

What are the reactants?

400

NaHCO3

What is one sodium atom, one hydrogen atom, one carbon atom, and three oxygen atoms?

400

The mass of a closed system...

What is never changes?

400

The molecule that is shown on Board #4

What is sodium chloride / salt (NaCl)?

400

This thing is modeled by drawing many circles that are connected with lines in between them

What is a molecule?

500

From hydrogen all the way to oganesson, there are 118 of these different types of atoms

What are elements?

500

2CO2

What is a total of two carbon atoms and four oxygen atoms (1 and 2 for one molecule)?

500

All atoms that make up the reactants go towards making this

What is a new combination to make the products?

500

The molecule that is shown on Board #5

What is sodium bicarbonate / baking soda (NaHCO3)?

500

One of the main focuses of this unit (we have moved beyond particles!)

What is a molecule!!!

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