Conservation of Mass

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What do we call the chemicals that result from a chemical reaction?

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Products

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Substances present at the start of a chemical reaction are called?

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Reactants

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If 12g of Carbon reacts with 16g of Oxygen, how much carbon monoxide (CO) is formed?

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28 g

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What does the principle of conservation of mass mean?

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Matter is not created or destroyed.

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When sodium and chlorine combine to form sodium chloride, sodium chloride is the:

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Product

Front

What is the law that states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction?

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Conservation of Mass

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In a chemical equation, what do we call the numbers that appear before the compounds?

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Coefficients

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In a chemical equation, what do we call the small numbers that indicate the number of atoms in a molecule?

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Subscripts

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What happens to the total mass of substances during a chemical reaction?

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It remains constant.

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If 10g of substance A reacts with 5g of substance B, what is the total mass of the products?

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15 g