Identifying types of reactions and Law of Conservation of Mass

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What is a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction?

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Product

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What type of reaction involves the breakdown of a compound into simpler substances?

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Decomposition

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In which type of reaction do the ions of two compounds switch places?

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Double Displacement

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What are numbers used to balance chemical equations called?

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Coefficients

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What type of reaction occurs when two or more substances combine to form a new compound?

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Synthesis

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What is the principle that states mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction?

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Law of Conservation of Mass

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What type of reaction involves one element replacing another in a compound?

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Single Replacement

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What is the term for the starting materials in a chemical reaction?

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Reactants

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What type of reaction is characterized by the combustion of a hydrocarbon in the presence of oxygen?

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Combustion

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What is the term for the substances produced in a chemical reaction?

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