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Chemical Reactions Unit Flashcards

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What is the most important sin of a chemical reaction?

A

A change of properties

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What are four signs of a chemical reaction?

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Gas formation, solid formation, energy change, and color change

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What must happen for a chemical reaction to take place?

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The original bonds must break and new bonds form

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What are reactants?

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The starting material in a chemical reaction

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What are products?

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The substances formed from a reaction

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What elements replace others in single displacement?

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A more reactive element displaces a less reactive element

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What is one of the products if a double displacement reaction?

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A gas or precipitate

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What are three types of energy released in exothermic reactions?

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Light energy, electrical energy, and thermal energy

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What is an example of a endothermic reaction?

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Photosynthesis

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What two conservation laws are there?

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Law of conservation of energy and mass

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What is an activation energy?

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The boost of energy that causes the reaction to start

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What are four factors that affect rates of reactions?

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Temperature, concentration, surface area, and inhibitors

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What is a catalyst?

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A substance that speeds up a reaction without being permanently changed

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What is an inhibitor?

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A substance that slows down or stops a helical reaction

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In an endo and exothermic graph, what is the first straight line for?

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Reactants

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In an exothermic reaction, what is the hill and part of the downhill for?

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The activation energy

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In an exothermic reaction, what is the last part of the downward hill for?

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Energy given off

17
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In an endo and exothermic reaction, what is the last straight line for?

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The products

18
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In an endothermic reaction, what is the upward hill for?

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Activation energy

19
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In an endothermic reaction, what is the first part of the hill also?

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Energy absorbed

20
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In the graphs, what is the x axis for?

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Reaction progress

21
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In the graphs, what is the y axis for?

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Energy

22
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What do the valence electrons do in ionic bonds?

A

Electrons are transferred

23
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What do valence electrons do in covalent bonds

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Electrons are shared

24
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After tam chemical change takes place, what happened to the properties?

A

They can be different

25
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What makes chemical bonds break?

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When the molecules bump into each other with enough energy.

26
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How many atoms make up a diatomic molecule?

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2

27
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What are usually in covalent compounds?

A

Nonmetals

28
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What are ionic compounds made of?

A

A metal and nonmetal

29
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What is the charge of an ionic compound?

A

Neutral

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