1. CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

2. WHAT ARE CHEMICAL EQUATIONS?
A CHEMICAL EQUATION IS USED TO SHOW THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE DURING A CHEMICAL REACTION REACTANT + REACTANT = PRODUCT

3. WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
CHEMICAL EQUATIONS ARE IMPORTANT WHY IDENTIFYING THE REACTANTS AND PRODUCTS IN A CHEMICAL REACTION.
CHEMICAL EQUATIONS ARE ALSO NEEDED TO BALANCE EQUATIONS; WHICH IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF CREATING AND ASSESSING CHEMICAL REACTIONS.

4. IMPORTANT TERMS USED IN CHEMICAL EQUATIONS:
CHEMICAL REACTION – THE CHEMICAL CHANGES THAT OCCUR
REACTANTS – THE SUBSTANCES THAT IN REACT IN THE CHEMICAL CHANGE
PRODUCTS – THE SUBSTANCES FORMED AT THE END OF THE REACTION

5. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMICAL EQUATIONS:
CHEMICAL EQUATIONS CAN BE WRITTEN IN ONE OF TWO WAYS…
WORD EQUATION: DESCRIBING THE REACTION USING THE FULL NAME
SKELETAL EQUATION: DESCRIBING THE REACTION USING THE SYMBOLS

6. HOW DO I WRITE AN EQUATION?
1) IDENTIFY THE REACTANTS AND PRODUCTS
2) PLACE THE REACTANTS AND PRODUCTS ON THEIR CORRECT SIDES (REACTANTS GO ON THE LEFT AND PRODUCTS GO ON THE RIGHT)
** DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE WRITING A SKELETAL OR WORD EQUATION YOU MAY NEED TO BALANCE IT

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