Guide Card

This lesson contains series of activities,

which will help you describe chemical reaction
and equation, identify if a given equation is
balanced, discuss the four basic types of
chemical reaction and to enjoy one of the
famous application of chemistry the
fireworks.

If you want to know how much you have

learned after every lesson, try answering the
assessment questions, To further enhance your
knowledge, enrichment activities are provided
and finally, you can refresh in your mind the
concepts you learned by reading the reference
card.
So come on!
Explore the world of
chemical reaction by doing the series of

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Guide Card:
To Start

Off

Achemical reactionis a process that leads to the

transformation of one set ofchemical substancesto another.
Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only
involve the positions ofelectronsin the forming and breaking
ofchemical bonds betweenatoms, with no change to the nuclei,
and can often be described by achemical equation. Nuclear
chemistryis a sub-discipline of chemistry that involves the
chemical reactions of unstable and radioactive elements where
both electronic and nuclear changes may both occur.
The substance initially involved in a chemical reaction are
calledreactants or reagents. Chemical reactions are usually
characterized by achemical change, and they yield one or
moreproducts, which usually have properties different from the
reactants. Reactions often consist of a sequence of individual substeps, the so-calledelementary reactions, and the information on
the precise course of action is part of thereaction mechanism.
Chemical reactions are described withchemical equations, which
graphically present the starting materials, end products, and
sometimes intermediate products and reaction conditions.
Chemical reactions happen at a characteristicreaction rateat
a given temperature and chemical concentration, and rapid
reactions are often described asspontaneous, requiring no input of
extra energy other than thermal energy. Non-spontaneous
reactions run so slowly that they are considered to require the
input of some type of additional energy in order to proceed to
completion at human time scales.

Synthesis
In a synthesis reaction,
two or more simple
substances combine to
form a more complex
substance.
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Decomposition
A decomposition reaction is
the opposite of a synthesis
reaction, where a more
complex substance breaks
down into its more simple
parts.

Types of
Chemical
Card:
Reaction

Single Replacement
A single uncombined element
replaces
another
in
a
compound; in order words,
one element trades places
with another element in a
compound

Double Replacement
The anions and cations of two
compounds switch places and
form two entirely different
compounds.

Activity Card 1
Balanced or Not?

1.

Answer Sheet
1._____________
2._____________
3._____________

2.

3.

Activity Card 2
Identify What Type
of Reaction

1.
2.
3.
4.

Answer Sheet
1._____________
2._____________
3._____________
4._____________

Assessmen
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Activity Card 3
Identify if the following blanks are reactants or
products.

Answer Sheet
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2.________________________
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3.________________________
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4.________________________
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5.________________________

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Activity Card 5

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Symb
ol
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_3_
(l)
_5_
(aq)
_7_
_8_

Meaning
___1______
___2______
Solid
___4______
Gas
___6______
Heat
added
Catalyst

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Enrichment Card
This is not actually
an enrichment card
or an activity. This
part will be just for
entertainment.
For
the students to really
appreciate
the
Chemistry
of
fireworks in which it
is
very
common
application,
I put this
Color Guide
type
of
entertainment.

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Reference:
chemistry.about.com

Activity Card 1
1.Balanced
2.Not
3.Not

Answer Card
Activity Card 5

Activity Card 2
1. Synthesis
2. Decomposition
3. Single Replacement
4. Double Replacement
Activity Card 3

Assessment Card 1
1. second
2. second
3. second
4. first
5. Second
Assessment Card 2
Activity Card 4
1. first
A. Double Replacement2. first
B. Synthesis
3. first
C. Single Replacement 4. fourth
D. Double Replacement5. third
E. Decomposition

Enrichment Car