Name:_____________________

Date:______________________
IntroductiontoChemicalEquations!
Whatisachemical
reaction?

Period:_________

Achemicalreactionoccurswhen______betweenatomsarebroken
andcreatedtoformnew

_____________.

Howdoweknowwhat Chemistsuseachemical______________toshowthecombination
atomsareinachemical
of______inachemicalreaction.
reaction?

Whatarethepartsofa Labelthechemicalreaction:
chemicalequation?

StopandJot#1

1.Whatarethereactants?

2.Whataretheproducts?

Whatisthedifference
betweencoefficients
andsubscripts?

Subscriptstellyouthenumberof_________inamolecule

Coefficientstellyouthenumberof____________
Example:
H
O
vs.
2H
O
2
2

Whatisthedifference
betweencoefficients
andsubscripts?

Stop&Jot#2

Tocountthenumberofatomsyouhaveto___________
coefficientsbysubscripts!
Example:BakingSoda:4NaHCO
3

Directions:Writedownthenumberofeachtypeofatomforeachofthe
followingformulas.

1.Sucrose:2C
H
O
12
22
11

2.Bleach:5NaClO

3.Vinegar:4HC
H
O
2
3
2
WhatistheLawof
Conservation
ofMass?

The___________________________________________states
thatatomscannotbecreatedordestroyedinachemicalreaction.

Thenumberofeachtypeof______onthe__________sidemust
bethesameasonthe_____________side.

WhatistheLawof
Conservation
ofMass?

Ifthenumberofeachtypeofatomonthereactantandproductside
is_________thechemicalequationis_____________.

Ifitis____________,theequationis________________.

WhatistheLawof
Conservation
ofMass?

#ofatoms
inreactants

#ofatoms
inproducts

StopandJot#3

Directions:Checktoseeifthefollowingchemicalequationsare
balancedbycountingtheatomsonthereactantandproductsidesof
theequation.
1.C
H
O
+6O
6CO
+6H
O
6
12
6
2
2
2

2.P
O
+2H
O3H
PO
4
10
2
3
4

Howdoyoubalanceda 1)Determinenumberof_______foreachelement.
chemicalequation?
2)Pickanelementthatis___________onbothsidesoftheequation.
3)Adda____________infrontoftheformulawiththatelementand
adjustyourcounts.
4)Continueaddingcoefficientstogetthe_______numberofatomsof
eachelementoneachside.

Stop&Jot#4

Balancethefollowingequations:

___NaCl

___Na+___Cl
2

Atoms

___N
+___H

___NH
2
2
3

Atoms

__Fe+__O

__Fe
O
2
2
3

Atoms

SUMMARY

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