Chemical Reactions

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

• true
• false

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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

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The left side of the equation below is called

• Products
• Reactants

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The right side of the equation below is called the

• products
• reactants

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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.

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A chemical reaction that absorbs heat

• Single replacement
• Exothermic
• Endothermic
• Decomposition

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Which of the following is NOT a sign of a chemical reaction? 

• Color changes
• Cutting into fourths
• Light is produced
• Gas is formed

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In a chemical reaction

• The atoms of the reactants always stay together to form the products

• The atoms of the reactants break their bonds, rearrange, and then form new bonds to form the products

• New atoms are formed which combine to make the products

• Some atoms disappear while others multiply to form the products

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A chemical reaction that releases heat

• Single replacement

• Exothermic

• Endothermic

• Decomposition

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Which is the name of the kind of solid substance formed in this figure?  

• aqueous 
• precipitate
• acid
• synthesis 

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