Characteristics of Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

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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 a product in a chemical reaction?

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A substance that is produced during a chemical reaction.

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What are the characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance?

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Physical and chemical characteristics.

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What is a chemical reaction?

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A process where substances (reactants) are transformed into new substances (products) through the breaking and forming of chemical bonds.

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What are reactants in a chemical reaction?

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Substances that are consumed during a chemical reaction.

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What is the law of conservation of mass?

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In a chemical reaction, mass is neither created nor destroyed; it remains constant.

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What is an atom?

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The smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.

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What are physical properties?

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Characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing its identity, such as color, melting point, and density.

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What are chemical properties?

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Characteristics that describe a substance's ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances.