Types of Reactions

Front

What is the right part of a chemical equation called?

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Products

Front

What is the left part of a chemical equation called?

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Reactants

Front

What type of reaction has two or more reactants to make one product?

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Synthesis

Front

What type of reaction involves a single compound breaking down into two or more products?

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Decomposition

Front

What type of reaction involves a hydrocarbon reacting with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water?

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Combustion

Front

What is the term for the arrow in a chemical equation that indicates the direction of the reaction?

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Yields

Front

In a chemical equation, what do we call the substances that undergo a change?

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Reactants

Front

In a chemical equation, what do we call the substances that are formed as a result of the reaction?

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Products

Front

What type of reaction involves the exchange of ions between two compounds?

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Double displacement

Front

What type of reaction involves one element replacing another in a compound?

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Single displacement