Basics of Balancing Equations

According to the Law of Conservation of Mass, mass can neither be created nor can it be destroyed---------what’s on one side must equal on the other side in a chemical equation

Reactants and Products

• Reactant is what will undergo change• Product is the change

Subscripts

Subscripts shows how many of one element there is in the equation

****you can not add subscripts to balance an equations*****

H2

COEFFICIENTS• ARE USED TO BALANCE EQUATIONS

2H H2

YIELDS

Let’s Get Started

• http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/Resources/Item/30366/balancing-chemical-equations

Practice makes Permanent

• http://sciencespot.net/Media/baleqpractice.pdf

3 types of reactions

• http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=642a8544-a7d5-421a-86f6-613f65a891d9