Chemical

Reactions Review
Answers to Study Guide

1. What is a physical change? Give 2 examples.

-no new substance is formed. Ex) phase changes, changing shape or
size
2. What is a chemical change? Give 2 examples.
-. New substance forms. Ex) burning, bubbling, gas is produced
3. Which of the following are chemical changes?
a. Mixing a metal with an acid
d. Combining vinegar and baking soda
e. Burning wood in a campfire
4. List the 5 types of evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred.
Bubbles (gas), precipitate (solid), energy change, odor, color change
5. For the following reaction, underline the reactants and circle the
products.
Reactants: AgNO3 + KCl
Products: AgCl + KNO3

6. True or False: Doing something to increase the collisions between

particles will cause the rate of the reaction to increase (reaction will
occur faster).
-True
7. Why does increasing the temperature of the reactants cause the
reaction to occur faster?
-increasing the temperature increases the amount of energy which
makes the particles move faster which means that they will collide
more often
8. Why does increasing the concentration of the reactants cause the
reaction to occur faster?
-more particles increases the changes of the particles colliding
9. Why does increasing the surface area of the reactants cause the
reaction to occur faster?
-more SA makes the reaction happen faster because there is more of
the reaction exposed

10. Why does adding a catalyst to the reactants cause the reaction to
occur faster?
-a catalyst will lower the activation energy so there is less energy
needed to start the reaction; therefore, the reaction speeds up
11. What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?
-matter cannot be created or destroyed
12. How are exothermic and endothermic reactions different?
Exothermicheat is released
Endothermicheat is absorbed (feels cool to the touch)
13. Describe what happens in each of the 4 types of chemical reactions:
a. synthesis2 reactants put together to make one product
b. Decomposition1 reactant breaks down to make 2 products
c. Single replacementone element replaces another
d. Double replacementtwo elements replace each other

14. How do you balance a chemical equation? You can

add a coefficient but cannot add/change a subscript.
15. Balance the following equations and tell what kind of
reaction it is:
a. 2Al + 3NiBr2 2AlBr3 + 3Ni

single replacement

b. S8 + 12O2 8SO3

synthesis

c. 2HgO 2Hg + O2

decomposition

d. Zn + 2HCl ZnCl2 + H2 single replacement

16. The substance that is formed in a reaction is called
product
17. When gasoline is burned, are new atoms formed or
are new molecules formed?

19. A chemical equation is balanced by adding or changing the

coefficient
20. In a balanced reaction, the total mass of the reactants is
equal to the total mass of theproducts
21. What is a short way to describe chemical reactions using
formulas and other symbols?
-chemical equation
22. Substances to the right of the arrow in a reaction are called
products
23. Substances to the left of the arrow in a reaction are called
reactants
24. Reactions that release energy are calledexothermic
25. Why would you add a catalyst to a chemical reaction?
-to speed it up

26. What kind of change is not actually a change in the

particles themselves, but may be a change in the size,
shape, or state of matter?
-physical change
27. Energy being released is a sign of what?
-chemical change
28. Why does food cook faster at a higher temperature?
-the particles are moving faster
29. What happens to the atoms in a chemical reaction?
They are rearranged
30. What says that matter is not created or destroyed,
but is conserved?

31. An insoluble solid compound that comes out of

solution during a double replacement is aprecipitate
32. If there is no coefficient written, what does that
mean?
-the coefficient = 1
33. A log burning is an example of what type of reaction?
-chemical
34. What kind of change is dissolving?
-physical