Balancing Chemical Equations Notes

Unit 6: Balancing Equations

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Multiple Choice

Which statement is not a description of a chemical reaction?

• A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and a gas is released.
• Two liquids are mixed in a beaker and a solid forms at the bottom of the beaker.
• A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and an explosion occurs.
• A liquid is heated in the sun and half of it evaporates.

​Equation Vocabulary

​Coefficients - The number in front of an element/compound in an equation.

Subscripts - The tiny numbers next to most elements indicating the number of atoms of that element present in the compound.

Multiple Choice

The substances listed on the left side of a chemical equation are the

• Products
• Coefficients
• Precipitates
• Reactants

Multiple Choice

The substances listed on the right side of a chemical equation are the

• Yields
• Reactants
• Products
• Precipitates

Multiple Choice

Number IN FRONT of reactants or products

• product

• reactant

• coefficient

• subscript

Multiple Choice

Number BELOW on an element

• product

• reactant

• subscript

• coefficient