Balancing chm eqn PhET sim.2022 Prachi Patel

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Activities and Explorations: 10 points, Due October 30 at 11:59 PM PhET simulation: Balancing Chemical Equations Instructions: Upload your work on this page to Brightspace by typing or writing your responses and saving the file AS A PDF FILE with your first and last name and uploading that file. You can also take pictures of your written work and paste them in! Only use the PDF format, don’t use Pages, HEIC, or docx! Learning Objectives: Distinguish reactant and product in a chemical reaction, and describe how they are related. Identify the reactant(s) and products(s) in a word or molecular-level description of a chemical reaction Write a balanced equation, including physical state symbols Balance a chemical equation Instructions: This activity uses the Balancing Chemical Equations simulation from PheT Interactive Simulations at University of Colorado Boulder under the CC-BY 4.0 license. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balancing-chemical-equations/latest/balancing-chemical- equations_en.html Introduction 1. Define the following terms in your own words: A. Reactant: molecule(s) or/and element(s) that goes through change during a reaction B. Product: molecule(s) or/and element(s) that is formed after the change during a reaction C. Balanced Chemical Equation: an equation that shows a reaction where reactants equal products 2. Review the unbalanced chemical equation below. Which of the steps, a through e, given below is required to balance this reaction (you might need more than one!)? _1_H 2 SO 4 (aq) + _2 NaOH (aq) _1_Na 2 SO 4 (aq) + __2 H 2 O (l) a. Multiply the subscripts of H 2 SO 4 by 2 (H 4 SO 8) b. Double the coefficient of NaOH (2 NaOH) c. Double the coefficient of H 2 O (2H 2 O) d. Multiply the subscripts of Na 2 SO 4 by 2 (Na 4 SO 8) e. Double the coefficient of Na 2 SO 4 A. Circle your answer (or underline it if you are on a computer) and explain for why you chose those steps: I choose to double the coefficient in NaOH because there were two sodium elements in the products side, so there must be two on the reactants side. I chose to double the coefficient of water because there was four hydrogens and six oxygens in the reactants, so there must be four hydrogens and six oxygens in the products side. B. Define which chemicals are reactants and which are products? 1
H 2 SO 4 (aq) and NaOH (aq) is reactants. Na 2 SO 4 (aq) and H 2 O (l) are the products. Explore your understanding Navigate to the PheT simulation linked at the top of the worksheet. In the Introduction section of the simulation, work through the three different reactions and record the balanced equations. 3. Make ammonia Balanced equation: N 2 +3H 2 2NH 3 4. Separate water Balanced equation: 2H 2 O 2H 2 +1O 2 5. Combust Methane Balanced equation: 1CH 4 +2O 2 1CO 2 +2H 2 O 6. Did you use any of the simulation tools while balancing the equations? If you did, which tool did you find most useful to help you understand how to balance equations and why? I did not. Test your understanding 7. Click on the Game tab of the simulation. Play all 3 levels of the Game, making sure to check your answers. After playing all 3 levels, take a screenshot of your results like so: Apply your understanding 2
8. Balance the following chemical equations and identify the products and reactants for each equation. __1_C 6 H 12 O 6 (g)+__6_O 2 (g) _6__CO 2 (g)+_6__H 2 O(g) Products: CO 2 (g), H 2 O(g) Reactants: C 6 H 12 O 6 (g), O 2 (g) __1_K 2 SO 4 (aq)+ __1_Ba(OH) 2 (aq) _1__BaSO 4 (s)+_2__ KOH(aq) Products: BaSO 4 (s), KOH(aq) Reactants: K 2 SO 4 (aq), Ba(OH) 2 (aq) _2__KClO 3 (s) _2__KCl(s)+ ___3 O 2 (g) Products: KCl(s), O 2 (g) Reactants: KClO 3 (s) 3
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