Vocabulary
Balancing Chemical Equations
Physical and Chemical Changes
Periodic Squares
100

When a liquid turns into a gas.

What is a Boiling Point?

100

_H₂ + _O₂ → _H₂O

2H₂ + 2O₂ → 2H₂O

or

2, 2, 2

100

A change in a substance's state of matter.

What is a Physical Change?

100

Why does the chemical symbol not always match?

All chemical symbols originate from the romance languages. (Latin, German, etc.)

200

Two or more different elements.

What is a Compound?

200

_N₂ + _H₂ → _NH₃

 N₂ + 3H₂ → 2NH₃

or

1, 3, 2

200

A change in a substance's size and shape.

What is a Physical Change?

200

What is the first element of the Periodic Table?

Hydrogen. (H)

300

A substance that dissolves easily.

A soluble substance.

300

_Al + _O₂ → _Al₂O₃

4Al + 3O₂ → 2Al₂O₃

or

4, 3, 2

300

A change in a substance's atomic particles.

What is a Chemical Change?

300

What is atomic mass?

The total mass of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

400

Honey is a liquid high in...

Viscosity. 

400

_CH₄ + _O₂ → _CO₂ + _H₂O

CH₄ + 2O₂ → CO₂ + 2H₂O

or

1, 2, 1, 2

400

2 examples of a Chemical Change.

Decomposition, Flammability

Flammability, Oxidization

Oxidization, Decomposition

400

What is the atomic number?

The number of Protons.

500
What are the three sub-atomic particles?

Proton, Neutron, and Electron.

500

What's the difference between a Physical Change or a Chemical Change?

A chemical change changes the chemical composition of the substance, while a physical change changes the size, shape, or state of matter of the substance.

500

What does the color of the periodic square symbolize?

The color shows the group that the element is in.