Chapter 1 Test Vocab (fill in the blank)
The _______________ energy is the minimum amount of energy required for substances to react.
activation
A reaction is made faster by a(n) ______________.
catalyst
The law of ________________ of ____________ states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical or physical changes.
conservation, mass/matter
In a(n) ____________________ reaction, a single compound breaks down to form two or more simpler compounds.
decomposition
In a(n) __________-displacement reaction, ions in two compounds switch places.
double
In _________________ reactions, energy is absorbed.
endothermic
A similar law, the law of conservation of ___________, states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
energy
A chemical _____________ is a shorthand description of a chemical reaction.
equation
In _________________ reactions, energy is released.
exothermic
A chemical _______________ describes a substance using chemical symbols and numbers.
formula
A reaction is made slower by a(n) _______________.
inhibitor
A solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in solution is a(n) _________________.
persipitate
In a chemical reaction, each new substance formed is a(n) _______________.
product
In a chemical reaction, each starting material is a(n) _______________.
reactant
A chemical _____________ is the process by which one or more substances undergo change to produce one or more new substances with different properties.
reaction
In a(n) _____________-displacement reaction, one element replaces another that is part of a compound.
single
In a(n) _______________ reaction two or more substances combine to form a single compound.
synthesis