| A | B |
| chemicalreaction | process in which one or more substances are converted into new substances with different properties |
| chemicalequation | sentences that represent chemical reactions |
| coefficients | whole numbers written before the reactants and products |
| directcombination | two or more reactions come together to form a single product |
| decomposition | single compound breaks down to two or more smaller compounds |
| singlereplacement | uncombined element displaces an element that is part of a compound |
| doublereplacement | atoms or ions from two different compounds replace each other |
| reactant | enters chemical reaction |
| product | formed during chemical reaction |
| balancedequation | uses coefficients to show that the number of atoms on each side of an equation are equal |