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CH 7 Section 1 notes abridged
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8th Grade
03/19/2013

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Matter can undergo two kinds of changes. Name them.
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physical and chemical
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What is a physical change?
Definition
change in a substance that affects only properties like size and shape
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What is a chemical change?
Definition
change that produces new substances that have properties different from those of the original substances
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What is a process that produces chemical changes?
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chemical reaction
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What are the substances that react called?
Definition
reactants
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Reactants are the substances that exist before what?
Definition
the reaction begins
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What are the substances that form as a result of the reaction?
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products
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What tells chemists at a glance the reactants, products, physical state, and the proportions of each substance present?
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chemical equation
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What do subscripts do?
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They tell you the number of atoms of each element in that compound
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According to what law does the mass of the product must be the same as the mass of the reactants in that chemical reaction?
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law of conservation of mass
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What kind of reactions absorb heat energy?
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endothermic
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What kind of reactions release heat energy?
Definition
exothermic
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