Name: ___________________________________________ Date:___________ Block: _____

Chemical Equations Practice

Directions: Write and balance the following chemical equations. Then, determine the type of
chemical reaction represented by each equation.
1. Potassium reacts with chlorine to yield potassium chloride.

Type of chemical reaction:

Explain how you determined the products and reactants and their coefficients.

Explain how you determined what type of chemical reaction is occurring.

2. Silver (I) nitrate reacts with aluminum chloride to yield silver (I) chloride and aluminum
nitrate.

Type of chemical reaction:

Explain how you determined the products and reactants and their coefficients.

Explain how you determined what type of chemical reaction is occurring.

Name: _____Sample________________________________ Date:___________ Block: _____

Chemical Equations Practice

Directions: Write and balance the following chemical equations. Then, determine the type of
chemical reaction represented by each equation.
1. Potassium reacts with chlorine to yield potassium chloride.
2 K + Cl2 2 KCl

Type of chemical reaction: Synthesis

Explain how you determined the products and reactants and their coefficients.
Because potassium and chlorine are reacting with one another, I knew that these
were the reactants. Then, because potassium chloride was yielded from this
reaction, I knew this was the product. I figured out the coefficients for the products
and the reactants because I knew that the amounts of each element have to be equal
on both sides of the equation.

Explain how you determined what type of chemical reaction is occurring.

I determined that this reaction is a synthesis reaction because there are two
reactants that are being used to form one product. In other words, two smaller
molecules are combining to form a bigger compound.

2. Silver (I) nitrate reacts with aluminum chloride to yield silver (I) chloride and aluminum
nitrate.
3AgNO3 + AlCl3 3AgCl + Al(NO3)3

Type of chemical reaction: Double replacement

Explain how you determined the products and reactants and their coefficients.
I figured out that the reactants were silver (I) nitrate and aluminum chloride
because they were the compounds being reacted. As a result, I knew that silver (I)
chloride and aluminum nitrate were the products because they were what was being
yielded from the two compounds reacting with one another. I determined the
coefficients for the reactants and products because I knew that the amounts of each
element have to be equal on both sides of the equation.

Explain how you determined what type of chemical reaction is occurring.

I knew that this reaction was a double replacement because Ag and Al switched
places with one another to get the products that were formed. Because an element
in each compound changed, I knew it was a double replacement reaction.
 Chemical Equations Practice (Metacognition) Rubric
Question 1 Question 2

Chemical equation: __ /2 point __ /2 point

Equation is balanced: __ /1 point __ /1 point

Reaction type: __ /1 point __ /1 point

Explanation of chemical formula: __ /3 points __ /3 points

Explanation of chemical reaction __ /3 points __ /3 points

type: