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8th Grade
03/06/2013

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What are the two kinds of changes matter can undergo?
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physical and chemical
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What do the physical changes in a substance affect?
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size and shape
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What do the chemical changes produce?
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new substances that have properties different from those of the original substances
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What is a process that produces chemical change?
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chemical reaction
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What are the substances that react called?
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reactants
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Reactants are the substances that exist before what?
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the reaction begins
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What are the substances that form as a result of the reaction called?
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the products
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What tells chemists at a glance the reactants, products, physical state, and the proportion of each substance present?
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chemical equation
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Chemical names are usually used in what instead of common names?
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word equations
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What tells you the number of atoms of each element in that compound?
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subscripts
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According to what, the mass of the products 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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In what kind of reaction are the products more stable and their bonds have less energy than those of reactants
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reactants that release energy
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What kind of reactions absorb heat energy?
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endothermic
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What kind of reaction releases heat energy?
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exothermic
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