Balancing Chemical Equations

• Chemical Equations: are symbolic representations of chemical reactions in which the reactants and the products are expressed in terms of their respective chemical formula.
• Chemical Reactions: the process in which two or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances and either chemical elements or compounds
• Chemical Formula: expressions that show elements in a compound and relative proportions of those elements
• Reactants: substances that undergo chemical reactions
• Products: substances produced at the end of the reaction; Output
• Balanced Equation: has the same number of each type of atoms on both sides of the arrow
• Arrow: symbolizes chemical Reaction in an equation