Oxidation-Reduction

Question 1

Transfer of Electrons

Answer 1

Major driving force for chemical change

From a substance that wants them less to a substance that wants them more

Question 2

Oxidation

Answer 2

Loss of electrons

Question 3

Reduction

Answer 3

Gain of electrons

Question 4

Redox Reaction

Answer 4

Reaction that involves oxidation & reduction

One can’t happen without the other

Question 5

Oxidation State (Number)

Answer 5

Positive/negative number representing the charge that an ion has or an atom appears to have when its electrons are counted with the more electronegative atom

Question 6

Reducing Agent
(From an electron standpoint)

Answer 6

A substance that loses its valence electrons to another element; a substance that is readily oxidized

Question 7

Oxidizing Agent

Answer 7

A substance that

a) gives up its oxygen readily
b) removes hydrogen from a compound
c) takes electrons from an element

Question 8

Combustion Reactions

Burning

Answer 8

Those chemical processes in which substances are rapidly oxidized, accompanied by the release of heat & usually light