Question

A representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products is called a __________.

a.
symbolic statement
b.
chemical equation
c.
mole ratio
d.
chemical proportion


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Answer 1

a.

it's a symbolic statement. as it shows only sybols

Answer 2

(B) chemical equation

Step-by-step explanation:

Chemical equation is a representation of how reactant form products using chemical symbols.

The reactant are usually in the left hand side of the equation, while the products are kept at the right hand side of the equation. A long arrow is placed in-between them to indicate the direction of the reaction. Some chemical reactions requires number to balance the amount of reactant and products in the equation since law of conservation of matter must be strictly adhered to. Eg

NaOH + HCl ———》 NaCl + H2O