Reaction Types

Two Reactants and One Product

• Decomposition

• Synthesis

• Combustion

• Single Displacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Always starts with a fuel that reacts with oxygen and produces carbon dioxide and water.

• Decomposition

• Synthesis

• Combustion

• Single Displacement

One reactant turns into two or more products.

• Decomposition

• Synthesis

• Combustion

• Single Displacement

A metal displaces a metal in a compound

• Synthesis

• Combustion

• Single Displacement

• Double Displacement

Metals in two compounds switch.

• Synthesis

• Combustion

• Single Displacement

• Double Displacement

What are reactants?

• The chemicals that start the reaction.

• The chemicals that the reaction produced.

• The chemicals that are on the right side of the arrow.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The reactants are on the left side of the chemical equation.

• True
• False

What are products?

• The chemicals that start the reaction.

• The chemicals that the reaction produced.

• The chemicals that are on the left side of the arrow.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The products are on the right side of the chemical equation.

• True

• False

What is the type of reaction shown above?

• Synthesis

• Decomposition

• Single Replacement

• Double Replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2