Chemical equations

Question 1

What is a chemical equation?

Answer 1

Chemical equations show the reactants ( what we start with ) and the products ( What we end up with)

Question 2

What is a balanced chemical formulae + how can we make sure it is a balanced equation?

Answer 2

The same number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation + we can check this by counting the number of each type on either side

Question 3

How do you make a balanced equation?

Answer 3

Equations must balance
We can only add big numbers in the front of a substance
We can tell elements within a compound by big letters