Activity # 2: Chemical Reactions

Part I.
1. What is a chemical reaction?
2. When water boils on a stove does a chemical change or physical change take place?
3. Give four examples of evidence that suggests a chemical change is occurring.
4. When propane gas, C3H8, is burned with oxygen, the products are carbon dioxide and water. Write an unbalanced
formula equation including physical states for the reaction.
5. What does Mn above the arrow in a formula equation mean?
6. What symbol is used in a chemical equation to indicate produces or yields?
7. Solid silicon and solid magnesium chloride form when silicon tetrachloride gas reacts with magnesium metal. Write
a word equation and an unbalanced formula equation including physical states.
8. Magnesium oxide forms from magnesium metal and oxygen gas. Write a word equationand an unbalanced
formula equation including physical states.
9. Phosphoric acid, H3PO4, is produced through the reaction between tetraphosphorus decoxide and water. Write an
unbalanced formula equation including physical states for the reaction.
10. Aluminum reacts with oxygen to produce aluminum oxide. Write an unbalanced formula equation including
physical states for the reaction.

Part II.
Balancing Chemical Equation Type of Reaction
1. Cu (s) + O2 (g) → CuO (s)
2. H2O (l) → H2 (g) + O2 (g)
3. Fe (s) + H2O (g) → H2 (g) + Fe3O4 (s)
4. AsCl3 (aq) + H2S (aq) → As2S3 (s) + HCl
(aq)
5. Fe2O3 (s) + H2 (g) → Fe (s) + H2O (l)
6. CaCO3 (s) → CaO (s) + CO2 (g)
7. Fe (s) + S8 (s) → FeS (s)
8. H2S (aq) + KOH (aq) → H2O (l) + K2S (aq)
9. NaCl (l) → Na (l) + Cl2 (g
10. H3PO4 (aq) + NH4OH (aq) → H2O (l) +
(NH4)3PO4 (aq)

WRITING CHEMICAL EQUATIONS

1. Solid mercury II oxide decomposes to produce liquid mercury metal and gaseous oxygen
2. Solid carbon reacts with gaseous oxygen to produce gaseous carbon dioxide
3. Solid zinc is added to an aqueous solution containing dissolved hydrogen chloride to produce gaseous hydrogen that bubbles
out of solution and zinc chloride that remains dissolved in water

WRITE THE FORMULA EQUATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REACTIONS AND BALANCE:
1. Ammonia (NH3) reacts with hydrogen chloride to form ammonium chloride.
2. When heated, calcium carbonate decomposes to form calcium oxide and carbon dioxide.
3. Barium oxide reacts with water to form barium hydroxide.
4. Zinc reacts with copper (II) nitrate to form zinc nitrate and copper.
5. When heated, calcium sulfite decomposes to form calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide.
6. Iron reacts with sulfuric acid to form iron (II) sulfate and hydrogen gas.
7. Manganese (II) iodide decomposes when exposed to light to form manganese and iodine.
8. Lead (II) acetate reacts with zinc to produce zinc acetate and lead.