Balancing Chemical Equations

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What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?

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Matter cannot be gained or lost in a chemical reaction.

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What is the left part of a chemical equation called?
2H_{2 +} O₂ --> 2H₂O

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Reactants

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What is the right part of a chemical equation called?
2H_{2 +} O₂ --> 2H₂O

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Products

Front

What does the arrow in a chemical equation represent?

2H_{2 +} O₂ --> 2H₂O

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Yields

Front

The coefficient in 3 H₂O is

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3

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What is the little number after an element in a chemical equation called? Example: H₂

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Subscript

Front

Total number of atoms in 5Na₃PO₄

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40

Front

Is the following equation balanced?
Al + O₂ --> 2Al₂O₃

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No

Front

Is the following equation balanced?
2C₂H₂ + 5O₂ --> 4CO₂ + 2H₂O

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yes

Front

Balance the following equation: ___ H₂+ ___ O₂→___ H₂O

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2, 1, 2