3-22-18 Balancing Chemical Equations

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

• It states that no matter can be created or destroyed.
• It states that no energy can be created or destroyed.
• It states that matter can be created or destroyed.
• It states that no sound can be created or destroyed.

Is this equation balanced?

• yes
• no
• Not enough information

What is a coefficient?

• The small number on the right of the chemical symbol.
• The large number in front of a chemical formula.
• The number in between the chemical symbols.
• The number behind a chemical formula.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Is the equation balanced?: 2H₂O + O₂ --> 4MgO + 3Fe

• Yes
• No

Is this equation balanced?

• yes
• no
• Not enough information

What goes in the missing blanks?
SnO₂ + __ H₂ → Sn + __ H₂O

• 5
• 1
• 3
• 2

What is the part of the chemical equation in green called? 
Fe + S --> FeS

• products
• reactants
• yield
• chemical formula

What is the little number after an element in a chemical equation called.
Example: H₂

• Coefficient 
• Subscript
• Atom
• Equation

_Na₃PO₄₊_KOH   --->
_NaOH + _ K₃PO₄

• 1 Na₃PO₄+3 KOH
  --->
  3 NaOH +  1 K₃PO₄
• 2 Na₃PO₄+2 KOH
  --->
  3 NaOH +  1 K₃PO₄
• 1 Na₃PO₄+2 KOH
  --->
  2 NaOH +  1 K₃PO₄
• 3 Na₃PO₄+3 KOH
  --->
  3 NaOH +  1 K₃PO₄

Balance this equation.
_CF₄ + _Br₂ -- _CBr₄ + _F₂

• 2,1,2,1
• 1,2,2,1
• 1,2,1,2
• 2,2,2,2