A chemical reaction is the creation of one or more new substances from existing ones. Chemists study these reactions to improve products and inform us
of how these substances work.
Taryn's chemistry teacher says that we use products that are the result of chemical reactions. The teacher distributes element tiles and assigns a type of
reaction to each student. Taryn is assigned sodium and chloride and is told to share the new product after a synthesis reaction occurs.
Taryn knows that a simple formula for a synthesis reaction is A + BAB. Taryn creates table salt.
Based on the formula and Taryn's product, what is a synthesis reaction? Discuss what you think happens in that type of reaction.