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Science 10
Quarter 4 Week 5
Chemical Reactions
MELC: Apply the principles of conservation of mass to chemical reactions

Key Concepts

1. When a physical change occurs, there is no breaking and forming of

bonds. There are certain things that will help us identify if a chemical
reaction has taken place. The following are evidences that chemical
reactions took place:
➢ Production of light
➢ Evolution of gas
➢ Temperature change
➢ Change in intrinsic change in color and taste
➢ Formation of precipitate
2. A chemical equation is a chemist’s shorthand for a chemical reaction.
The equation distinguishes between the reactants, which are the
starting materials and the products which are the resulting substance/s.
It shows the symbols or formulas of the reactants and products, the
phases (solid, liquid, gas) of these substances, and the ratio of the
substances as they react.
3. Symbols used in Chemical Equation

➢ There are other symbols used in writing chemical equations:

Symbol Meaning

+ To show combination of reactants or

products
To produce; to form; to yield

(s), (l), (g), (aq) (s)-solid (l)-liquid (g)-gas (aq)-aqueous

(substance is dissolved in water)
Reversible reaction

Indicates that heat is supplied to the

reaction

A formula written above or below the

Pt yield sign indicates its use as a catalyst

or solvent

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Chemical reactions are integral part of our lives. Burning fuels, melting of iron, making
glass, production of cheese and wine are many examples of this. In this lesson, you are going
to be aware of the ideas of chemical equations and chemical reactions as well as its evidences.

Activity 1 will help you familiarize with the terms used in discussing chemical
reactions.

Activity 1: Let the Search Begin!

Directions: Find and encircle the following words in the puzzle. Words are hidden
and .

ACTIVATION COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

CHEMICAL EQUATION CONSERVATION REACTANTS
CHEMICAL REACTION DECOMPOSITION
COMBINATION ENZYMES

GUIDE QUESTION:

Q1. Based from the words that you have found in the puzzle, what do you expect to learn
from this lesson?

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In the following activity you will find out how chemical reactions happen in everyday
life and realize how it could be in its simplest and most complex examples the way it could
help living things.

Activity 2: You Complete Me!

A. Directions: Complete the paragraph by using the words inside the box.

Matter Chemistry everyday chemical change

products reactions action chemical

Chemical Reactions in Everyday Life

By: Anne Marie Helmenstine PhD

1.________ occurs not just in lab but in the world around you. 2.________interacts to
form new 3. _________through a chemical reaction process or a 4. _________________.
Whenever, you clean or cook, it's chemistry in 5. ________. Be grateful to chemical reactions
because your body grows and lives. There are 6. ___________ every time you breathe, undergo
medication, and use a match. These examples of 7. _________reactions from 8. __________life
are just samples of the numerous reactions that you experience and notice in your everyday
life.

B. Directions: Study the picture below and answer the guide questions.

Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/examples-of-chemical-reactions-in-everyday-life-604049

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GUIDE QUESTIONS:

Q1. What are the three simple examples of reactions given in the illustration above?
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Q2. What other three reactions found in the same illustration are classified as complex
reactions?
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Q3. In what way does chemical reaction could help your body?
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Now, try to have a deeper understanding on how to say if a reaction has taken place
by noticing the evidences of chemical reactions.

Activity 3: Oh Fix Me Please!

Directions: Below are ANAGRAMS of evidences of chemical reactions. Regroup each
ANAGRAM in “COLUMN A” and place your answers in “COLUMN B”. Then match the concepts
of these words in “COLUMN D”. Write the corresponding letter in “COLUMN C”.

COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C COLUMN D

A. Bubbles of a gas become visible after a chemical
NOITPROUCD reaction took place and the composition
FO becomes saturated with gas. An example of this
TGHIL type of reaction is bubbles appear when you
drop an antacid to a glass of the water.
B. A solid precipitate is formed when a magnesium
LUEVOIONT and calcium oxides are combined with water.
FO
SAG
C. When a half –eaten apple was exposed to the
TUREPERATE air, it turned into brown as a proof of chemical
M reaction occurring in the apple.
EGNCHA
D. Energy is required to break and form chemical
NGECHA bonds. It is absorbed from the surroundings
NI to make it cooler. An example of this is when
CISTRININ heat is produced in burning.
E. A light source is produced when energy is
released due to a chemical change. This type
TINOFORAM of chemical reaction usually happens in
FO producing fire or any burning processes.
TATEPREICIP Example of this can be observed in explosion
of fireworks and producing a colorful display.

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

Q1. Based from what you have learned from the activity, what usually happens if a reaction
is happening?
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In the succeeding activity you will learn how chemical reactions can be presented in a
shorter way. It is through this presentation that chemical reactions compose of reactants and
products.

Activity 4: Where Do I Belong?

Directions: From the following statements of chemical reaction and chemical equation, spot
the reactants and the products. Write your answer in words and in symbols in the table
below.

Hint: Reactants are usually separated from the products using the words such as “to
produce” and “to form” “yields to” or separated by “an arrow (→).

Chemical Equation/Reaction Reactants Products

1. Nitrogen and Hydrogen

combine to produce Ammonia

N2+3H→2NH3

2. Sodium metal combines with

water that yields Sodium
hydroxide and Hydrogen

2Na + 2H2O → 2NaOH + H2

3. Magnesium hydroxide reacts

with nitric acid
to produce Magnesium
nitrate and water

Mg(OH)2 + HNO3→ Mg(NO3)2 + H2O

4. Propane combines with

Oxygen to produce Carbon
dioxide and water

Fuel + O2 → CO2 + H2O

5. Iron and Sulfur combine to

produce Iron sulfide

Fe + S → FeS

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GUIDE QUESTIONS:

Q1. What composes a chemical reaction?

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Q2. Why do you think chemical reactions are important in our body? (3 points)
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Your answers shall be rated on the by using the rubric below:

RUBRIC

Point 3 2 1

Displayed an Displayed basic Answer does not

extensive knowledge of the show
Content of Answer knowledge of the question knowledge of the
question question

Additional Concept

In a chemical reaction, the mass is definitely conserved as it conforms to the Law of

Conservation of Mass. It means that the reactants’ total mass is the same with the products’
total mass.

In conservation of mass, there is no new matter. Just like in your daily living, when
you cook your food using wood or charcoal. It is wrong to think that matter is destroyed during
burning because the amount of mass or the amount of matter is still the same before and
after burning process. Figure 1 below shows that in burning wood, it changes not only into
ashes but also to water vapor with carbon dioxide if there is a presence of oxygen. Thus, the
matter’s total mass before and after the fire is the same.

Figure 1. Burning is process chemically. The fire is produced by a fuel when combustion
occured. (CC BY-SA 2.5; Einar Helland Berger for fire and Walter Siegmund for ash).