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Gizmo Warm-up In a chemical reaction, reactants interact to form products. This process is summarized by a chemical equation. In the Balancing Chemical Equations Gizmo, look at the floating molecules below the initial reaction: H2 O2 ---> H2O. How many atoms are in a hydrogen molecule (H2)

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There are two atoms in one hydrogen molecule.

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In this case, when going over chemical reactions, we need to realize about the amount of atoms of each element; thus, according to the given chemical reaction by which water is formed:

[tex]H_2+O_2\rightarrow H_2O[/tex]

It is seen there are two hydrogen atoms in the hydrogen molecule, two in oxygen and two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom in water; however, these reactions must be balanced according to the law of conservation of mass:

[tex]2H_2+O_2\rightarrow 2H_2O[/tex]

Which means we have two hydrogen molecules with two atoms each, one oxygen molecule with two atoms and two water molecules with two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom each.

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