Unit 09: Reactions

Enduring Understandings:

1. Changes in matter involve the rearrangement of atoms/ions and/or the transfer of electrons.

2. Lab activities apply the process of scientific investigation, and must be conducted safely, communicated, and evaluated.

Essential Questions:

1. Why must chemical equations be balanced?

2. Why is it important to classify chemical reactions?

3. What evidence shows that a chemical reaction has occurred?

Vocabulary:

Product

Reactant

Balanced

Coefficient

Subscript

Synthesis

Combustion

Decomposition

Single Displacement (replacement)

Double Displacement (replacement)

Activity Series

Solubility Tables

Aqueous

Precipitate