Topic: Chemical reactions

Date: 2/2/16
Essential Question: Describe three ways in which chemical reactions are important in your life?

How do chemical After a chemical reaction, the new arrangement of atoms form different substances.
changes occur?

What are three Three types of chemical reactions are

types of chemical Color change
reactions? Formation of gas
Temperature change

How the rate of a The rate of a chemical reaction can be changed by the concentration, Surface area,
chemical reaction and Temperature.
can be changed?
Concentration- A high concentration of reactants means that there is a large number of
particles that can collide and react.

Surface Area- To make the reaction go faster, the large piece of material could be
broken down into smaller pieces before the reactions starts

Temperature- The rate of reactions can be increased by making the particles move
faster.

What is the law of

conservation? Lavoisier conducted many experiments of this type and found in all cases that the mass
of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products. This conclusion, call the law of
conservation of mass, states that in a chemical reaction atoms are neither created nor
destroyed. All atoms present in the reactants are also present in the products.

How a chemical
equation
represents a Chemical equations represent how atoms are rearranged in a chemical reaction. The
chemical reaction? atoms in the reactants are shown on the left side of the equation. The atoms in the
products are shown on the right side of the equation. Because atoms are rearranged
and not created or destroyed, the number of atoms of each different element must be
the same on each side of the equation.
How do you
balance a simple
chemical You can balance a chemical equation by changing the amounts of reactants or products
equation? represented.

About the energy

in chemical bonds Breaking bonds requires energy, and forming bonds requires energy. The energy
between atoms? associated with bonds is called bond energy.

Why some
chemical reactions If more energy is released when the products form than is needed to break the bonds in
release energy? the reactants, then energy is released during the reaction. A reaction in which energy is
released is called an exothermic reaction.
Why some
chemical reactions If more energy is required to break the bonds in the reactants than is released when the
absorb energy? products form, then energy must be added to the reaction. That is, the reactions is
absorbs energy. A reaction in which energy is absorbed is called an endothermic
reaction.

Summary: Three ways that chemical reactions are important in my life. One way is cooking because I cook
everyday and every time you cook something there is a chemical reaction. Another way is eating because I
eat all day long and you food would not digest if you did not have chemical reactions in your stomach. The
last way is firework because they are awesome and they would not exist without chemical reactions. These
are three ways chemical reactions are important in my life. Three types of chemical reactions are color
change, formation of gas, and temperature change. One way the rate of a chemical reaction can be changed
is Temperature. The rate of reactions can be increased by making the particles move faster. The law of
conservation mass is states that in a chemical reaction atoms are neither created nor destroyed. All atoms
present in the reactants are also present in the products.