Vocabulary that Matters
Chemical Reaction
Balancing Act
Properties
Miscellaneous
100

When one or more substances are changed into new substances the process is called_____.

What is a chemical reaction?

100

In chemical reactions the ---->  means _____

What is go to form?

100

When the number of atoms are equal on both sides of the equation/ when matter can neither be created nor destroyed, it is the law ____________

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass

100

The maximum amount of a substance (solute) that will dissolve in the given amount of any liquid/water.(solvent)

_______________

What is the solubility of a substance?

100

The number that tells how many of each type of atom are in one unit of a compound.

What is a subscript?

200

When the number of atoms is equal on each side we say that the equation is _____.

What is a balanced equation?

200

 When two or more substances combine in new ways to make new substances that have different properties than the beginning substances.



________

What is a chemical reaction/change?

200

These are the numbers we can change to help balance chemical equations.

What are coefficients?

200

It is the temperature at which a solid starts to melt/become a liquid.

What is melting point?

200

The symbol (g) stands for this in a chemical equation.

What is a gas?

300

When we write "H2O" instead of water, we are writing a_____

What is a chemical formula?

300

In the chemical reaction, Mg + O = MgO, the compound MgO is the ______.

What is the product?

300

Balance the following chemical equation. You must show all work and simplify your answer. Fe + O2 --> Fe2O3

4 Fe + 3O2 --> 2Fe2O3

300

It consists of same atoms or molecules throughout _________

What is a substance?

300

The states of matter are ___________

What is liquid,solid, and gas?

400

When we place a coefficient in front of a "unit" (element or compound) in a chemical equation, we are __________ the number of atoms in each unit.

What is multiplying ?

400

Substances that are present in the beginning of the chemical reaction _________

What are reactants?

400

Balance the following equation. You must show all work and simplify your answer! Li + Br2 -> LiBr

2Li + Br2 --> 2LiBr

400

Mass per unit volume of a substance is ___________

What is density?

400

The basic unit of a chemical element is _____

What is an atom?

500

 It consists of two or more different substances _____.

What is a mixture?

500

These 3 things are essential in writing a chemical equation.

What are reactants, an arrow, and products?

500

Balance the following equation. You must show all work and simplify your answer! C6H6 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O

2C6H6 + 15O2 --> 12CO2 + 6H2O

500

The ability of a substance to resist scratch is ________

What is hardness?

500

The group of atoms bonded together is called a ______

What is a molecule?