Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

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Atom

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The smallest particle of an element

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Chemical process

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Method of changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds

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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 molecule?

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The simplest unit of a chemical compound that can exist

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Precipitate

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A solid that is deposited from a solution

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What is a product?

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A substance produced during a chemical reaction

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What are properties?

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Physical and chemical characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance

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Reactant

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A substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction

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What are synthetic materials?

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Natural resources that undergo a chemical process

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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 during a chemical reaction