Balancing Chemical Equations

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

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation 

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

• Reactants
• Products 
• Yields 
• Chemical Equation 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?

• Matter cannot be gained or lost in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can only be lost in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can only be gained in a chemical reaction.
• Matter can be gained and lost in a chemical reaction. 

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

How many HCl molecules do you need to balance this equation? 
Mg +  __HCl --->  MgCl₂ + H₂

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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

• Coefficient 
• Subscript
• Atom
• Equation

In the equation, 2Mg + O₂ ---> 2MgO, which are the reactants?

• Mg and O

• Mg and MgO

• MgO

• O and MgO

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Balance this equation:

H₂ + Cl₂ ---> HCl

• It is balanced.

• H₂ + Cl₂ ---> 2HCl

• 3H₂ + Cl₂ ---> 6HCl

• H₂ + 3Cl₂ ---> 6HCl

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

2HI --> H₂ + I₂

• synthesis
• decomposition
• single replacement
• double replacement

Pb(NO₃)₂  +  KI --> PbI₂ + KNO₃
What type of reaction is this? 

• Synthesis 
• Decomposition 
• Single Replacement
• Double Replacement 

Zn + H₂S --> ZnS + H₂

• synthesis
• combustion
• single replacement
• double replacement