Characteristics of Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

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What is the smallest particle of an element?

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Atom

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What are the components of an atom?

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Electrons, protons, and neutrons

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What is the process called that involves changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds?

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Chemical Process

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What is a chemical reaction?

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The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances

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What is a compound?

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A new substance with unique chemical and physical properties formed when two or more elements are chemically bonded

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What is an example of a compound?

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Carbon dioxide (CO2)

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What is the simplest unit of a chemical compound that can exist, formed when two or more atoms join together chemically?

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Molecule

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What is a precipitate?

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An insoluble solid formed from a chemical reaction

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What is a product in a chemical reaction?

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A substance that is produced during a chemical reaction

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Characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance?

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Physical and chemical characteristics