Conservation of Mass
Practice Problems
Chemical Reactions
Balancing
Vocabulary
100

Matter cannot be created or destroyed

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass

100

Balance the following:

AgI + Na2S --> Ag2S + NaI

What is

2AgI + Na2S --> Ag2S + 2NaI

100

What type of chemical reaction gives off heat?

What is exothermic

100

The substances that are found on left side of the arrow symbol in a chemical equation.

What is the reactants

100

A chemical reaction where one element displaces another

What is single displacement

200

What is a chemical equation that has the same number of atoms in the products and reactants

What is a Balanced Equation

200

Balance the equation:

Na3PO4 + HCl --->NaCl + H3PO4

What is: 

1 Na3PO4 + 3 HCl --->3 NaCl + 1 H3PO4

200

What type of chemical reaction absorbs heat?

What is endothermic

200

The substances that are found on the right side of the arrow symbol in a chemical equation.

What is the products

200

A process in which the physical and chemical properties of the original substances change as new substances with different physical and chemical properties are formed

What is a chemical reaction

300

50 grams of magnesium reacts with oxygen. How many grams of magnesium will be present after the reaction occurs?

What is 50 grams

300

Balance the following:

Ba3N+ H2O ---> Ba(OH)2 + NH3

What is:

1 Ba3N2 + 6 H2O --->3 Ba(OH)2 + 2 NH3

300

A + B------AB represents what type of reaction?

What is Synthesis

300

In a chemical equation, the arrow sign represents the word______________.

What is yields or produces

300

The number placed in front of a chemical symbol or formula that represents the number of molecules present

What is coefficient

400

What do the products and reactants of a chemical reaction have in common?

What is they have the same amount of matter.

400

Balance the following:

TiCl4 + H2O ---> TiO2 + HCl

What is:

TiCl4 + 2 H2O ---> TiO2 + 4 HCl

400

The products of this reaction are water and carbon dioxide.

What is combustion

400

In a chemical equation, the plus sign represents the word(s)__________.

What is plus or added together

400

a number written below a chemical symbol that represents how many atoms are present.

What is a subscript

500

According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, if 5 atoms of carbon are used as a reactant and an unknown amount of oxygen atoms, how many atoms of oxygen atoms must be a part of the product if the TOTAL product is 11?

What is 6 atoms

500

Balance the following:

CaCl2 + Na3PO4 ---> Ca3(PO4)2 + NaCl

What is:

3 CaCl2 + 2 Na3PO4 ---> Ca3(PO4)2 + 6 NaCl

500

A chemical reaction where one reactant produces two or more products

What is decomposition

500

What does the symbol aq stand for?

What is aqueous (dissolved in water)

500

An expression in which symbols, formulas, and coefficients are used to represent a chemical reaction

What is a chemical equation

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