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Chemical Reactions - Pre-AP Flashcards

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15477660298precipitateSolid substance produced from 2 liquids during a chemical reaction. Sign of a chemical reaction.0
15477660299bubblesGas given off during a chemical reaction. May or may not have an odor. Sign of a chemical reaction.1
15477660300signs of a chemical reactionchange in temperature, formation of bubbles (gas), precipitate forms, color change, change in smell, difficult to reverse2
15477660301subscriptNumber written after and BELOW an element in a chemical formula telling you how many of the preceding element are needed for that compound or molecule.3
15477660303chemical changeChemical reaction; when substances interact with each other and new substances are formed.4
15477660304physical changeWhen a substance changes its phase (changes to a solid, liquid , gas, or plasma) or is modified (size, shape, etc) but remains the same substance.5
15477660306moleculeA chemical combination of 2 or more atoms bonded together.6
15477660305compoundAny amount of a chemical combination of 2 or more different elements.7
15477660320chemical reactionthe process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances8
15477660321chemical equationa representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products9
15477660322reactantsthings that react together (on the left side of the equation)10
15477660323productsthings that are produced (on the right side of the equation)11
15477660310coefficientnumbers written in front of the element or compound to show how many molecules are present12
15477660311conservation of massatoms are neither created or destroyed but only rearranged13

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