S25 Unit 7- Chemical Reactions Vocabulary

A number placed in front of the chemical formula when balancing a chemical equation

• coefficient
• reactant
• compound
• product

Chemical reaction that occurs when two ionic compounds react to form two new ionic compounds

• synthesis
• decomposition
• single replacement
• double replacement

Chemical equation with the same number of atoms of each element on both sides of the equation

• covalent
• balanced
• unbalanced
• productive

A chemical equation that does not have an equal number of atoms of each type of element on both the reactant side and the product side

• covalent
• balanced
• unbalanced
• productive

The starting substances in a chemical reaction

• reactants
• products
• coefficients
• compounds

The substances written to the right of the arrow in a chemical equation

• reactants
• products
• coefficients
• compounds

The substances written to the left of the arrow in a chemical equation

• reactants
• products
• coefficients
• compounds

Any substance that has mass and volume

• matter

• solid

• liquid

• product

A chemical equation that has an equal number of atoms of each type of element on both the reactant side and the product side

• covalent
• balanced
• unbalanced
• productive

Chemical reaction in which one element replaces another element in a compound

• synthesis
• decomposition
• single replacement
• double replacement