Across
- 3. Chemical reaction in which heat energy is absorbed
- 6. The starting substances in a chemical reaction (on the left side of the arrow in a chemical equation)
- 9. A substance that lowers the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction
- 10. Chemical reaction in which heat energy is released
- 11. These are broken and/or formed during chemical reactions
Down
- 1. The minimum amount of energy needed for reactants to form products in a chemical reaction is the ______ energy
- 2. The number written in front of a reactant or product in a chemical equation to balance the equation
- 4. Chemical equations have to balance because matter cannot be created or _________
- 5. The substances formed during a chemical reaction (on the right side of the arrow in a chemical equation)
- 7. Special proteins that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in biological processes
- 8. The process by which atoms or groups of atoms in substances are reorganized into different substances is a chemical _______
