Products
Reactants
Identifying & Balancing Elements & Compounds
Key Terms - Vocab
Balancing Equations & Identifying Specific Reactions
100

For 100 Points, What side are the products on in a balancing equation?

What is the right side 

100

For 100 points, what side are the reactants always on?

What is the left side

100

Balance this equation

N2+ H2 → NH3

N2+H→ 2NH3

100

What is a reactant when it comes to balancing equations? 

A reactant is the starting substance that undergoes the reaction 

100

Balance this equation and identify the chemical reaction 

P + O2 → P4O10

4P + 5O2 → P4O10 : This is a synthesis reaction  

200

Are products rearranged atoms from reactants, or brand new atoms?

rearranged atoms from reactants

200

What happens to reactants during a chemical equation?

Their atoms become reassembled into the products 

200

Identify the elements (the ones that are not compounds) in this balanced equation

2K + 2H2O → 2H2 + 2KOH 

What is Potassium and Hydrogen

200

What is a product when it comes to balancing equations? 

Products are the new substances formed from the reactants

200

Balance & identify the reaction

NH3 → N2 + H2

2NH3 → N2 + 3H2 This is a decomposition reaction

300

What products are produced from this equation?

Al + O⟶ Al2O3

What is Aluminum and Oxygen

300

Identify the reactants in this equation

2 HCl + 2 Na → 2NaCl + H2

What is 2 HCl + 2 Na

300

Balance these compounds 

CH4+Cl2 →CCl4+HCl

CH4 + 4Cl2 →CCl4+4HCl

300

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

A law that states that matter cannot be created nor destroyed 

300

Balance and identify this reaction 

SO2+ Li2Se → SSe2 + Li2O

SO2+ 2Li2Se → SSe2 + 2Li2O This is a double replacement reaction

400

What is the reversed ⇌ reaction of this equation?

H+ I2

*notice that they are both diatomic elements

What is 2HI

400

Identify the reactants in this reverse reaction

N2+O2 ⇌ 2NO 

What is Nitrogen and Oxygen

400

Identify the compounds in this balanced equation

CH4+2O→ CO2 + 2H2O

CH4, CO2, H2O

400

What is a coefficient when it comes to balancing equations?  

The whole number placed in front of the chemical symbol to show how many atoms of the substance there is

400

KClO3 → KCl + O2

2KClO→ 2KCl + 3O2 This is a decomposition reaction 

500

What is the reversed ⇌ reaction of this equation

N2+O2 ⇌ ?

What is 2NO

500

Identify the reactants in this balanced equation 

2H2+ O= 2H2O

What is hydrogen and oxygen

500

Balance this equation that includes polyatomic ions

Al(NO3)+ H2SO4 → HNO3 + Al2(SO4)3

2Al(NO3)3 + 3H2SO4 → 6HNO3 + Al2(SO4)3

500

What is a subscript in balancing equations? 

The subscript is the small number after an element symbol that show how many atoms of that element are there

500

Balance and Identify this reaction

Al + Fe2O3 → Fe + Al2O3

2Al + Fe2O3 → 2Fe + Al2O3 This is a single replacement reaction