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What is Oxidation?
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The reaction when oxygen is added to a substance.
Magnesium + oxygen -> magnesium oxide |
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What is Thermal Decomposition?
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a chemical reaction where a chemical substance breaks up into 2 or more chemicals when heated
CuCO3 → CuO + CO2 |
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What is reduction?
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The process of reducing the valence state of an element
e.g. reducing an ore to metal |
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What is combustion?
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a complex sequence of chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant.
The result is simply water vapor |
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What is fermentation?
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a process of energy production in a cell in an anaerobic environment
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What is respiration?
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the process by which an organism obtains energy by reacting oxygen with glucose to give water, carbon dioxide and energy.
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What is photosynthesis?
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the synthesis of sugar from light, carbon dioxide and water, with oxygen as a waste product
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What is neutralisation?
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a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base or alkali react and produce a salt and water
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What is displacement?
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A reaction in which an atom, radical, or molecule replaces another in a compound
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