Types of chemical reactions
Vocabulary
Balancing equations
100

The type of reaction when 1 compound is broken down into 2 new compounds.

Chemical decomposition

100

When an equation has a equal number of atoms of each element on both sides of the equation.

Balanced equation

100

The numbers that are placed in front of each compound when trying to balance a chemical reaction.

Coefficient

200

A type of reaction when 2 compounds come together and form 1 new compound.

Chemical Combination

200

The compounds to the left of the arrow in a chemical reaction.

Reactant

200

The part of the reaction you can NOT change when balancing it.

Subscript

300

_1__H2SO4 + __2__NaCl -> _2__HCl + _1__Na2SO4 Type of reaction?

Chemical double displacement

300

The compounds to the right of the arrow in a chemical reaction.

Products

300

____ N2 + ____ H2 → ____ NH3

____ N2 + __3__ H2 → _2___ NH3

400

2_Na + __2_H2O -> __2_NaOH + __1_H2

Chemical displacement

400

The representation of gas in a reaction .

Arrow upwards

400

What is a coefficient?

Number in front of atom or compound

500

Products of water and CO2. Name the type of reaction.

Chemical decomposition

500

The representation of precipitate in a chemical reaction.

Arrow downwards

500

What is a subscript?

Written below which cannot be changed