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Chemical equation balancing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the left part of a chemical equation called?

2H2 + O2 ---> 2H2O

a)

Yields

b)

Products

c)

Chemical equation

d)

Reactants

2.

What is the right part of a chemical equation called?

2H2 + O2 ---> 2H2O

a)

Reactants

b)

Yields

c)

Products

d)

Chemical Equation

3.

 

How many Mn atoms are found in the following compound?

2MnO4

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

4.

What is the little number after an element in a chemical equation called?

Example: H2

a)

Coefficient

b)

Atom

c)

Subscript

d)

Equation

5.

What is the number before a chemical formula called?

Example: 2H2 + O2 ---> 2H2O

a)

Coefficient

b)

Atom

c)

Subscript

d)

Equation

6.

Which of the following equations are correctly balanced?

a)

CO2 + H2O ---> 3C6H12O6 + O2

b)

12CO2 + H2O ---> C6H12O6 + O2

c)

6CO2 + 6H2O ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2

d)

CO2 + 9H2O ---> C6H12O6 + O2

7.

Balance this equation:

H2 + Cl2 ---> HCl

a)

H2 + Cl2 ---> 2HCl

b)

H2 + 3Cl2 ---> 6HCl

c)

3H2 + Cl2 ---> 6HCl

d)

It is balanced.

8.

Q. 

Complete the sentence.

During a chemical reaction, atoms ________.

a)

can disappear

b)

can appear

c)

stop moving and vibrating

d)

get rearranged

9.

What is a coefficient?

a)

The small number on the right of the chemical symbol.

b)

The large number in front of a chemical formula.

c)

The number in between the chemical symbols.

d)

The number behind a chemical formula.

10.

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

a)

It states that atom cannot be created or destroyed.

b)

It states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

c)

It states that atom can be created or destroyed.

d)

It states that sound can be created or destroyed.

11.

What are the numbers that you CANNOT change in a chemical equation? 

a)

Coefficient

b)

Products

c)

Reactants

d)

Subscripts

12.

Balance the following equation:

___ H2+ ___ O2→___ H2O

a)

1, 1, 3

b)

2, 2, 2

c)

1, 2, 1

d)

2, 1, 2

13.

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__Na + __H2O --> __NaOH + __H2

a)

4,4 --> 4,1

b)

1,2 --> 2,4

c)

1,2 --> 2,1

d)

2,2 --> 2,1

14.

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__Ca + __H2O --> __Ca(OH)2 + __H2

a)

2,1 --> 2,1

b)

1,2 --> 1,1

c)

1,2 --> 2,4

d)

1,2 --> 2,1

15.

 

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__CO + __Fe2O3--> __Fe + __CO2

a)

3,2 --> 1,1

b)

3,2 --> 2,4

c)

3,1 --> 2,3

d)

3,2 --> 2,1

16.

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the BCE (Balanced Chemical Equation)?

__CH4 + __O2 --> __CO2+ __H2O

a)

1,2 --> 2,1

b)

1,2 --> 1,1

c)

1,2 --> 1,2

d)

2,1 --> 2,1

17.

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__AgNO3 + __H2S --> __Ag2S+ __HNO3

a)

2,1 --> 1,2

b)

1,2 --> 1,1

c)

1,2 --> 1,2

d)

1,2 --> 2,1

18.

 

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__H2SO3 + __KOH--> __H2O+ __K2SO3

a)

2,1 --> 2,1

b)

1,2 --> 1,1

c)

1,2 --> 1,2

d)

1,2 --> 2,1

19.

 

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__FeCl3 + __Ca(OH)2 --> __Fe(OH)3 + __CaCl2

a)

4,3--> 2,1

b)

3,2 --> 3,1

c)

2,3 --> 2,2

d)

2,3 --> 2,3

20.

What is the right ratio of chemicals for the balanced chemical equation?

__MnO2 + __HCl --> __MnCl2 + __H2O __Cl2

a)

4,1 --> 2,1,2

b)

1,2 --> 1,1,4

c)

1,4 --> 1,2,1

d)

1,4 --> 2,2,1