Chapter 8- Chemical Change Flashcards
Physical Properties
Properties you can observe using your five senses seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting.
Chemical Properties
properties that describe how a substance combines with other substances to form new chemicals or how a substance breaks up into two or more different substances
Flammability
an indicator of how easily a substance catches fire
Reactivity
a measure of how likely a particular metal is to take part in a displacement reaction
Toxicity
the danger to your health caused when poisonous substances combine with chemicals in your body to produce new substances and damaging effects
Chemical reaction
a chemical change in which one or more new chemical substances are produced
Reactant
chemical substance used up in a chemical reaction. Some chemical bonds in a reactant are broken during the reaction.
Products
new chemical substance that results from a chemical reaction
Precipitate
solid product of a chemical reaction that does not dissolve in water
Burning
Combining a substance with oxygen in a flame
Oxidation
Chemical reaction involving the loss of electrons by a substance
Fossil fuel
Substance, such as coal, oil and natural gas, that has formed frr
Combustion
The process of combining with oxygen, most commonly burying with a flame.