Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

has the same number of atoms of each element on both sides of the equation

• balanced chemical equation

• endothermic reaction

• double-displacement reaction

• law of conservation of mass

S substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction

• product

• synthesis reaction

• catalyst

• decomposition reaction

a representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products

• coefficient

• inhibitors

• chemical reaction

• chemical equation

a chemical reaction in which free energy is absorbed from the surroundings

• product

• endergonic reaction

• reactant

• synthesis reaction

a reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a new compound

• synthesis reaction

• decomposition reaction

• combustion reaction

• exothermic reaction

a substance produced in a chemical reaction

• Law of Conservation of mass

• reactant

• product

• inhibitors

a number in front of a chemical formula in an equation that indicates how many molecules or atoms of each reactant and product are involved in a reaction

• subscript

• coefficient

• product

• reactant

the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances

• combustion reaction

• exergonic reaction

• exerthermic reaction

• chemical reaction

used to slow down a chemical reaction

• inhibitors

• catalyst

• single-displacement reaction

• double-displacement reaction

matter is not created or destroyed in any chemical or physical change

• law of conservation of mass

• decomposition reaction

• catalyst

• balanced chemical equation