Chemical Equations

What is a Chemical Equation?

The symbolic representation of a chemical reaction where the reactant are on the left side and and the product is on the right side of the equation.

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​Coefficent: the big number in front of the chemical formula

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Subscripts: The little number below the element symbol=#of atoms​

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Multiple Choice

In a chemical formula, what is used to indicate the number of atoms of each element?

• Atomic number

• Subscript

• Coefficient

• Atomic mass number

Reactants

(What you start with)

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​yields

​Products

​(What you end with)

C=6

H=12

O=18

C=6

H=12

O=18

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Multiple Choice

What Side of the Equation do the Reactants go on?

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• Right

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Multiple Choice

What side of the chemical equation do the products go on?

• Left

• Right

• Bottom

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​Why do the reactants and products have to be balanced?

​The law of conservation of Mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed.

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