Chemical Reactions: Vocabulary Flashcards
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Chemical reaction
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Is a process in which atoms of one or more substances rearrange to form one or more new substances
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Chemical equation
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Is a description of a reaction using element symbols and chemical formulas
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Reactant
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The starting substance of a chemical reaction
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Product
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The substances produced by the chemical reaction
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Law of conservation of mass
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States that the total mass of the reactants before a chemical reaction is the same as total mass of the products after the chemical reaction
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Coefficient
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Is a number placed in front of an element symbol or chemical formula in an equation
