Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations Test
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kayla_martin on February 13, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Combination Reaction (composition/ synthesis) | Look For: One Product |
| Example of Combination Reaction | 2 H2+O2 -------> 2 H20 |
| Decompostion Reaction | Look for: One Reactant |
| Example of Decompostion Reaction | CaCO3 --------> CaO+CO2 |
| Single Replacement (Displacement) | Look for: an element by itself on the left side that's taken the place of another in a compound on the right side |
| Example of Single Replacement | Zn+ CuSO4 -------> ZnSO4+Cu |
| Double Replacement | Look for: Ionic compounds that switch cations |
| Example of Double Replacement | 3 AgNO3+Al I3 -------> 3AgI+Al(NO3)3 |
| Combustion Reaction | Look for: CO2+H2O as the products |
| Incomplete Combustion | CO+H20 |
| Left side of the equation | Reactants |
| Right Side of the equation | Products |
| NEVER Change Subscripts ONLY coefficiants | ... |
| Law of Conservation of Mass | Number of Atoms on left=right |
| ___ Rb+ __Cl2 -----> ____RbCl | 2 Rb+ Cl2 -----> 2 RbCl |
| 2 Rb+ Cl2 -----> 2 RbCl | Combination |
| __C2H3+___O2 -------> ___CO2+ ___H2O | 2 C2H3+5 O2 ------->4 CO2+ 2 H2O |
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