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19 Cards in this Set
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Chemical Reaction
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The process by which the atoms of one or more substances are rearranged to form different substances
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Reactants
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The starting substances in a chemical reaction
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Products
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Substances formed during the chemical reaction
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Chemical Equation
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A statement that uses chemical formulas to show the identities and relative amounts of the substances involved in a chemical reaction
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Coefficient
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In a chemical equation, the number written in front of a reactant or products; in a balanced equation describes the lowest whole-number ratio of the amounts of all reactants and products
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Synthesis Reaction
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a chemical reaction in which two or more substances (A+B) react to produce a single products (AB)
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Combustion Reaction
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A chemical reaction that occurs when a substance reacts with oxygen, releasing energy in the form of heat and light (C+O2--> CO2)
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Decomposition Reaction
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A chemical reaction that occurs when a single compound breaks down into two or more elements or new compounds (AB-->A+B)
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Single-replacement reaction
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A reaction in which the atoms of one element replace the atoms of another element in a compound (A+BX-->AX+B)
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Double-replacement reaction
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Reaction which involves an exchange of ions between two compounds (AX+BY-->AY+BX)
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Precipitate
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A solid produced during a chemical reaction in a solution
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Aqueous solution
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A solution in which the solvent is water
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Solutes
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One or more substances dissolved in a solution
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Solvent
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The substance that dissolves a solute to form a solution; the most plentiful substance in the solution
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Complete ionic equation
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An ionic equation that shows all the particles in a solution as they realistically exist
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Spectator ion
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Ion that does not participate in a reaction
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Net ionic equation
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an ionic equation that includes only the particles that participate in the reaction
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Skeleton equation
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The equation that uses chemical formulas to identify the reactants and the products
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What is the relationship between the numerator and denominator in conversion factor
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The numeratior and denominator equal each other
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