A chemical reaction is a process in which one or more substances are transformed into new substances, each with its own properties. The process also involves energy being released of absorbed. A chemical reactio nis essentially a process involving chemical change. Chemists record such a process in a chemical equation that uses chemical symbols and formulas.
Read and make detailed notes from pages 86-89. Ensure you go through Example Problem A3.1 and complete the Practice Problems on page 89.
A skeleton equation is an unbalanced equation that tells us what the reactants and the products are.
BUT…. Just like the law of conservation of mass it is important to balance the atoms on both the reactant side and product side.
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm
Complete questions #1-9 on page 90