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what is a chemical equation

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an expression representing a chemical reaction

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what is a catalyst

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a substance that increases the rate of reaction by lowering the activation-energy barrier; the catalyst is not used up in the reaction

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is a catalyst a reactant or a product

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neither

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what is a balanced equation

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a chemical equation in which mass is conserved

each side of the equation has the same number of atoms of each element

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what is a skeleton equation

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a chemical equation that does not indicate the relative amounts of reactants and products

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what is a coefficient

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a small whole number that appears in front of a formula in a balanced chemical equation

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how do you write a skeleton equation

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write the chemical formulas for the reactants to the left of the arrow and the formulas for the products to the right

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what are the steps for writing and balancing a chemical equation

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first write the skeleton equation, then use coefficients to balance the equation so it obeys the law of conservation of mass

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What is present in the reactants of every combustion reaction

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a hydrocarbon and oxygen (O2)

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What makes up a hydrocarbon

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hydrogen, carbon, and possibly oxygen

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What is always present in the products of every combustion reaction

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carbon dioxide and water

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how would you identify a combustion reaction

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a hydrocarbon and oxygen as the reactants, carbon dioxide and water as the products

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how would you predict the products of a combustion reaction

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always carbon dioxide and water

if not complete, carbon and carbon monoxide may also be products

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what is always present in the reactants of acid-base reactions

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an acid and a base

-a hydrogen compound and an OH compound

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What is always present in the products of an acid base reaction

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water and another compound

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what is hydrogen always paired with in its compound in the reactants of acid-base reactions

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an anion

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what is OH always paired with in its compound in the reactants of acid-base reactions

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a cation

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what are acid-base reactions a subsection of

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double replacement reactions

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what are acid-base reactions often called

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neutralizations

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why are acid-base reactions always called neutralizations

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they make things safe

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how would you identify an acid-base reaction

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looks like a DR reaction
-2 compounds as reactants
-2 compounds as products
BUT will include an acid and a base
-acid will always have hydrogen (written 1st)
-base will always have OH (written 2nd)
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what is always present in an acid

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hydrogen

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What happens in a combination/synthesis reaction

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two or more elements or compounds combine to form one product

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what happens in a decomposition reaction

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one compound breaks into elements or smaller compounds

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what happens in a single replacement reaction
part of an ionic compound is removed and replaced by a new element
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what happens in a double replacement reaction
ionic compounds dissolved in water switch partners
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how do you predict the products of an acid-base reaction
same way you do a double replacement reaction | one will always end up being water
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what does soluble mean
will dissolve in water
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what does insoluble mean
won't dissolve in water
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what is a precipitate
insoluble substance that forms in a reaction
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what is the abbreviation a precipitate
ppt
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what do we call ionic compounds
salts
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what will soluble ionic compounds do
dissolve in water and break up into their ions
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what is a combination reaction
a chemical change in which 2 or more substances react to form a single new substance
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what is another name for a combination reaction
synthesis
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what is a decomposition reaction
a chemical change in which a single compound is broken down into 2 or more simpler products
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What is a single replacement reaction
a chemical change in which one element replaces a second element in a compound
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how do you know which element gets kicked out in a single replacement reaction
the metal kicks out the metal, the nonmetal kicks out the nonmetal
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how do you know if a single replacement reaction will actually take place or not
if the element alone on the reactant side is higher on the activity series than the element it's kicking out
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what is a double replacement reaction
a chemical change that involves an exchange of positive ions between two compounds
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what is the activity series
a list of elements in order of decreasing activity
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what is a combustion reaction
a chemical change in which an element or a compound reacts with oxygen
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what does a combustion reaction often produce
energy in the form of heat and light
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what happens to the charges in a double replacement reaction
they stay the same throughout
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what are cations always paired with in a double replacement reaction
anions
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how many reactants do decomposition reactions have
one (its a compound)
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how many products do combination reactions have
one (its a compound)
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how can you identify a combination reaction
there is only on product (a compound) | 2 (often) elemental reactants
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how can you predict the products of a combination reaction
a compound of the 2 reactants
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how can you identify a decomposition reaction
``` one reactant (a compound) 2 (often) elemental products ```
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how can you predict the products of a decamp reaction
the separate elements from the reactant compound
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how can you identify a single replacement reaction
both the reactants and products consist of an element and a compound
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how can you predict the products of a single replacement reactions
the elemental reactant replaces the metal/nonmental (whatever the element is) in the compound
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how can you identify a double replacement reaction
the 2 reactants are compounds, the 2 products are also compounds
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how can you predict the products of a double replacement reaction
the 2 outsides go together, the 2 insides go together
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if a combustion reaction is not complete, what may be the additional products
elemental carbon (soot) and carbon monoxide gas
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what is a complete ionic equation
an equation that shows dissolved ionic compounds as disassociated free ions
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what is a spectator ion
an ion that is not directly involved in a chemical reaction
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what is a net ionic equation
an equation for a reaction in solution showing only those particles that are directly involved in the chemical change
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how can you predict the formation of a precipitate in a double replacement reaction
by using the general rules for solubility of ionic compounds

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