Chemistry Flashcards
Chemical reactions
Takes place when bonds between atoms break down and new bonds are formed.
Changes that can take place; temperature, colour, formation of gas or solid, odour.
Sometimes to start chemical reaction energy is required
Product
New substances produced due to chemical reaction.
Reactants
Original substances that create a chemical reaction.
Antione-Laurent Lavoisier
His ideas led to the law of conservation of mass and the law of constant proportions.
Law of conservation of mass
States that matter can be neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reation.
Law of constant proportions
States a compound always contains the same relative amounts of each element.
Endothermic reactions
Reactions which absorb energy
Exothermic reactions
Reactions which give out energy
Dependant variable
Variable that is measured
Goes on the X axis
Independent variable
Variable that is changed
Goes on the Y axis
Controlled variable
Variable that is kept the same