TYPES OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS
This type of chemical reaction requires oxygen and produces heat and light.
What is combustion?
This type of chemical reaction results in the release of energy.
What is an exothermic reaction?
This event involves a gas changing to a liquid, a liquid changing to a gas or a solid, or a solid changing to a liquid.
What is a change of state?
This type of chemical reaction involves two or more molecules combining to produce a new molecule.
What is a synthetic reaction?
This type of chemical reaction results in the absorption of energy.
What is an endothermic reaction?
This term refers to the amount of energy needed to trigger a chemical reaction.
What is activation energy?
This type of chemical reaction involves a single molecule separating into two or more different molecules.
What is a decomposition reaction?
This term refers to the point at which a chemical reaction begins.
What is a transition state?
This type of chemical reaction involves two or more molecules exchanging atoms to create something new.
What is a replacement reaction?
This term refers to the molecule(s) that existed before a chemical reaction began.
What is a reactant or reactants?
The scientific concept states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
This term refers to the molecule(s) created by a chemical reaction.
What is a product or products?