Grade 8_Science_Term 3_ Chemical Reactions_ Worksheet

Name: ………………… Section: … Date: …………………

1. Given the equation below:
C6H12O6   +   6O2   →   6CO2   +   6H2O
glucose
a. List the reactants of the equation. …………………………………………………………
b. List the products of the equation. ……………………………………………………………
c. How many oxygen atoms are present in the reactants? ……………………………………
d. How many oxygen atoms are present in the products? ……………………………………
e. Write the word equation of the reaction.
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f. What sign tells you that a reaction occurred?
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g. A lab technician added 180 grams of glucose to a container containing 192 grams of oxygen gas.
He then weighed the mass of water collected as 108 grams.
Calculate the mass of carbon dioxide gas produced in the reaction. Explain your answer.

2. Does the following reaction obey the Law of Conservation of Mass? Explain.
H2O → H2 + O2
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3. Balance the following chemical equations.

a. ……Ca + ……O2 → ……CaO
b. ……Al + ……Br2 → ……AlBr3
c. ……Ca + ……HCl → ……CaCl2 + ……H2
d. ……Al + ……Fe2O3 → ……Fe + ……Al2O3
e. ……NO……O2→ ……NO2
f. ……P4 + ……O2 → ……P2O5
g. ……S8+……O2→ ……SO2
Grade 8_Science_Term 3_ Chemical Reactions_ Worksheet
4. Complete the word equations.
a. Copper + oxygen → ………………
b. Hydrogen + ……………… → hydrogen chloride
c. ………………+……………… → potassium nitride
d. carbon + ………………→ carbon tetra-iodide

5. Write word equations to summarize the following reactions.

a. Heating sodium in bromine to make sodium bromide

b. Heating calcium carbonate so that it gives calcium oxide and carbon dioxide

c. Adding zinc to hydrochloric acid to make zinc chloride and hydrogen