Chemical Reactions

True or False
In a chemical reaction, no new atoms are created, and no atoms are destroyed. 

• true
• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A chemical change is different than a physical change because in a chemical change

• Chemicals are used
• Molecules do not physically touch
• A new substance is formed and in a physical change no new substance is formed
• The change can be seen but in a physical change it cannot

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The left side of the equation below is called

• Products
• Reactants

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The right side of the equation below is called the

• products
• reactants

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which statement is not a description of a chemical reaction?

• A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and a gas is released.
• Two liquids are mixed in a beaker and a solid forms at the bottom of the beaker.
• A solid is dropped into a beaker of liquid and an explosion occurs.
• A liquid is heated in the sun and half of it evaporates.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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.

• Coefficient
• reactant
• subscript
• product 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What type of reaction is illustrated below?
FeS + Hal --> H₂S + FeCl

• synthesis
• decomposition
• single replacement
• double replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of reaction is illustrated below?
2HI --> H₂  +  I₂

• synthesis
• decomposition
• single replacement
• double replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of reaction is illustrated below?

Zn + H₂S --> ZnS + H₂

• synthesis

• decomposition

• single replacement

• double replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

1. How is a chemical change different from a physical change?

• there is no difference

• a physical change creates a new substance

• a chemical change creates a new substance