Chemical Reactions Flashcards
Chemical reaction
Where atoms in a substance are rearranged to from a different substance
3 examples of how u can tell when a chemical reaction is happening
Fizzing, bubbles, smoke
What do chemical reactions transfer
Chemical reactions transfer energy from the surroundings
Physical change
When an appearance changes but the chemical structure doesn’t
What Happens to the mass in a chemical reaction
Maths is never gained or lost
What happens the atoms in a chemical reaction?
They are rearranged into different compounds, however no new atoms are created or are lost
Endothermic
Heat enters
Exothermic
Heat exits
Catalysts
The speed up chemical reaction, but arent actually used in the chemical reaction
What type of weathering is acid rain? And give a summary.
Chemical , then make rain more acidic, the rain dissolve quicker on a rock
What type of weathering is rain? And give a summary.
Chemical CO2 from the air dissolves and rainwater, making the rain slightly more acidic rain, then reacts of the rocks causing them to dissolve
What type of weathering is freeze-thaw weathering? And give a summary.
Physical the water gets into the cracks and turns into ice, making the crack wider and eventually breaking the rock
What type of weathering is wave action?
Physical the wave crashing into the road, causing what to wear away
What type of weathering is glaciers?
Physical places are huge, the lives of ice that struck the rock when they move across them
What type of weathering is flowing water
Physical flowing water, scrapes the rocks when going down a bath, flowing stream and riverbed