Chapter 4 Flashcards
Two non-metals combine to form what?
a covalent compund
A metal and a non-metal combine to make what?
a binary salt
a metal oxide and a non-metal oxide combine to form what?
ternary salt
A metal oxide and water combine to create what?
a base
A non-metal oxide and water combine to form what?
an acid
def. A rapid and exothermic reaction between oxygen and a fuel, producing carbon dioxide
and water, along with other oxides, depending on the composition of the fuel
Combustion
def. Describes a process that absorbs energy from the surroundings, most commonly in the
form of heat and/or light
endothermic
def. A single compound breaks apart, or decomposes, into two or more chemical species
Decomposition
def. The minimum energy required to start a chemical reaction
Activation energy
def. Describes a process that releases energy to the surroundings, most commonly in the
form of heat and/or light
exothermic
Forming chemical bonds _________ energy to the surroundings
releases
Breaking chemical bonds ________ energy
absorbs
def. Two or more chemical species combine to form a single compound
Synthesis
def. A reaction between a compound and an element in which the element replaces an
element of the same type in the compound, creating a different compound and a different element
Single Replacement
def. A ranking of elements according to their reactivities, from most to least reactive
Activity Series
The more reactive an element is the ______ likely it is to form a compound
more
def. A reaction between two compounds that trade cations (or trade anions) between them
Double Replacement
what are three types of double replacement reactions?
- precipitation
- neutralization
- gas formation
def. A double replacement reaction between two soluble salts, forming two new salts, one
of which is insoluble, creating a precipitate
Precipitation
def. An exothermic double replacement reaction between an acid and a base that always
produces a salt and water
Neutralization