6.2 Balancing Equations

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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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

How many elements are in C₆H₁₂O₆?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Is this balanced?
Al + O₂ → 2Al₂O₃

• Yes
• No

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Is the equation balanced?: 2H₂O + O₂ --> 4MgO + 3Fe

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Fill in the blanks with coefficient:
PCl₅+_ H₂O→_ HCl+H₃PO₄

• 4, 5
• 1, 6
• 3, 8
• 2,2

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Balance this equation.
_Mg + _Cl₂ --> _MgCl₂

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

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5