PS BW Balancing Chemical Equations

Chemical Reaction

• a substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction

• a change in matter that produces one or more new substances

• the process in which substances undergo chemical changes that result in the formation of new substances

• a substance that enters into a chemical reaction

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What are the larger numbers that you CAN CHANGE in a chemical equation? 

• Coefficient 
• Products
• Reactants
• Subscripts

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What are the smaller numbers that you CANNOT change in a chemical equation? 

• Coefficient
• Products
• Reactants
• Subscript

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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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Balance this equation.
_Mg + _Cl₂ --> _MgCl₂

• 1, 2,1
• already balanced
• 2,1,1
• 1,1,2

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Which problem is balanced?

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

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Balance this equation
_N₂ + _H₂ --> _NH₃

• 1,2,3
• 1,3,2
• 1,1,2
• 2,1,1

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Balance this equation:
MgCl₂ --> Mg₄+ Cl₂

• It's already balanced.
• 4MgCl₂ --> Mg₄+ 4Cl₂
• 4MgCl₂ --> Mg₄+ 5Cl₂

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What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?

• Matter cannot be gained or lost in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can only be lost in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can only be gained in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can be gained and lost in a chemical reaction. 

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

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation