1.1 - Writing a Chemical Equation
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Practice Questions
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What are reactants in a chemical equation?
💡 Hint: Think about what you start with before a reaction occurs.
What does a balanced chemical equation mean?
💡 Hint: Consider the concept of conservation of mass.
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What represents the products in a chemical equation?
💡 Hint: Think about what you end up with after the reaction occurs.
True or False: A skeletal equation is always a balanced equation.
💡 Hint: Recall how we modify skeletal equations for balance.
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Balance the following reaction: P + O2 → P2O5 and explain the balancing steps.
💡 Hint: Count each type of atom before and after to ensure balance.
Write a complete chemical equation for the combustion of ethane (C2H6) in oxygen and balance it.
💡 Hint: Balancing often starts with the larger compounds before smaller ones.
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