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

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which problem is balanced?
(Check ALL answers)

• PbO₂ + 2H₂

• SO₂ + H₂0 --> H₂SO₄

• 2Na + 2H₂O --> 2NaOH + H₂

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Is this balanced?
Al + O₂ → 2Al₂O₃

• Yes

• No

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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.

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What is the part of the chemical equation in green called? Fe + S --> FeS

• products

• reactants

• yield

• chemical formula

Is this equation balanced?

• yes

• no

• Not enough information

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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

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Balance this equation _Al +_HCl --> _H₂ +_AlCl₃

• 2,6,3,2

• it's already balanced

• 4,12,3,4

• 2,1,4,5

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The coefficient in 3H₂O is

• 6

• 5

• 2

• 3