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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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.

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

What coefficient should be used to make the following equation balanced?
N₂+O₂--> _NO 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which problem is balanced?
(Check ALL answers)

• PbO₂ + 2H₂
• SO₂ + H₂0 --> H₂SO₄
• 2Na + 2H₂O --> 2NaOH + H₂

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How many HCl molecules do you need to balance this equation? 
Mg +  __HCl --->  MgCl₂ + H₂

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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What is the right part of a chemical equation called...
2H_{2 +} O₂ --> 2H₂O

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation 

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Balance this equation

_Al +_HCl --> _H₂ +_AlCl₃

• 2,6,3,2

• it's already balanced

• 4,12,3,4

• 2,1,4,5

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Which of the following equations are correctly balanced?

• 12CO₂ +H₂O --> C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂
• CO₂ + 9H₂O --> C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂
• CO₂ + H₂O --> 3C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂
• 6CO₂ + 6H₂O --> C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

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