Explain the difference between a chemical change and a physical change.
In a physical change, something changes in size or appearance but it is still the same substance. In a chemical change, the substance changes to a totally different substance.
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What is the main difference between different elements in their atoms? (For example, what is different between a carbon atom and an oxygen atom?)
the number of protons (carbon has 6 protons and oxygen has 8 protons)
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When you move down or move right on the periodic table, what increases?
the number of protons and thus the weight of the atoms
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What happens when you mix an acid and a base?
The pH becomes closer to neutral. (Neutralization)
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Explain what the Law of Conservation of Matter says.
It says that all the atoms that are at the start of the reaction are at the end of the reaction. Atoms cannot magically appear or disappear; they can only be rearranged like lego pieces.