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.

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Is this equation balanced?

• yes
• no
• Not enough information

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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.

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Is this equation balanced?

• yes
• no
• Not enough information

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

• 5
• 1
• 3
• 2

At the end of chemical reactions, what is the total mass of the reactants compared to the total mass of the products?

• the product is doubled
• the product is half the mass of the reactants
• the mass is the same
• the mass changes depending on the reaction

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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

When balancing equations a ____ can be placed to the left of a formula of a substance to make the equations balanced

• charge
• subscript
• random number
• coefficient

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