Balancing Chemical Equations

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

• It states that matter cannot be created or destroyed.

• It states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• It states that matter can be created or destroyed.

• It states that sound can be created or destroyed.

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

Balance this equation

_Al +_HCl --> _H₂ +_AlCl₃

• 2,6,3,2

• it's already balanced

• 4,12,3,4

• 2,1,4,5

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

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation 

Chemical Equation

• A representation of a chemical reaction

• the starting materials in a chemical reaction

• the new substances that are formed in a chemical reaction

• tells how many atoms, molecules, or formula units take part in a reaction

What coefficient should be used to make the following equation balanced?
N₂+O₂--> _NO 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What are the coefficients that would properly balance this equation?

__Ca + __H₂O --> __Ca(OH)₂ + __H₂

• 2,1 --> 2,1

• 1,2 --> 1,1

• 1,2 --> 2,4

• 1,2 --> 2,1

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the BCE (Balanced Chemical Equation)?__CO + __Fe₂O₃--> __Fe + __CO₂

• 3,1 --> 2,3
• 3,2 --> 1,1
• 3,2 --> 2,4
• 3,2 --> 2,1