Reactants, Products and Leftovers

Reactants, Products and Leftovers Screenshot
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Limiting Reactants
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Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Limiting Reactants

Description

Create your own sandwich and then see how many sandwiches you can make with different amounts of ingredients. Do the same with chemical reactions. See how many products you can make with different amounts of reactants. Play a game to test your understanding of reactants, products and leftovers. Can you get a perfect score on each level?

Sample Learning Goals

  • Recognize that atoms are conserved during a chemical reaction.
  • Use concrete everyday experiences (such as making sandwiches) to describe the what a limiting reactant means in chemical reactions.
  • Identify the limiting reactant in a chemical reaction.
  • Predict the products and leftovers after reaction, based on the quantities of reactants and ratios of molecules in the balanced chemical equation.
  • Predict the initial amounts of reactants given the amount of products and leftovers using the concept of limiting reactant.
  • Translate from symbolic (chemical formula) to molecular (pictorial) representations of matter.
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Arabic All العربية Run now المتفاعلات، النواتج والمخلفات
Basque All Euskara Run now Erreaktiboak, produktuak eta soberakinak
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Reaktanti, produkti reakcije i viškovi
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 反应物,生成物及未反应物
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now Reactants, Products and Leftovers_反應物, 生成物及剩餘物
Czech All čeština Run now Reaktanty, produkty a zbytky
Danish All Dansk Run now Reaktanter, produkter og rester
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Reactanten, producten en resten
Finnish All suomi Run now Lähtöaineet, tuotteet ja ylijäämä
French All français Run now Réactifs, Produits et Restes
Galician All Gallegan Run now Reactivos, Productos e Sobrantes
Georgian All ქართული Run now რეაგენტები, რეაქციის პროდუქტები და ნარჩენები
German All Deutsch Run now Reaktanden, Produkte und Überresten
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Αντιδρώντα, Προϊόντα και Υπολείμματα
Hebrew All עברית Run now מגיבים, תוצרים ושאריות
Hindi All हिंदी Run now अभिक्रियाओं,उत्पादों और शेष 
Hungarian All magyar Run now Reaktánsok, termékek és maradékok
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Imoibreáin, Táirgí agus Fuílligh
Italian All italiano Run now Reagenti, prodotti e residui
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 化学反応
Kannada All Kannada Run now ಕಾರಕಗಳು, ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಉಳಿದದ್ದು
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Korean All 한국어 Run now 반응물, 생성물과 잔여물
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Reaģenti, produkti un atlikumi
Macedonian All македонски Run now Реактанти,продукти на реакцијата и вишкови
Marathi All मराठी Run now अभिकारक, उत्पादन आणि शिल्लक
Mongolian All Монгол (Монгол) Run now Бодис, Бүтээгдэхүүн, Үлдэц
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Reaktanter, produkter og overskudd
Persian All فارسی Run now واکنش دهنده ها،محصول ها و پس مانده ها
Polish All polski Run now Reagenty, Produkty i Pozostałości
Portuguese All português Run now Reagentes, Produtos e Reagentes em Excesso
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Reagentes, Produtos e Excesso
Russian All русский Run now Реагенты, продукты и оставшиеся компоненты
Serbian All Српски Run now Реактанти, продуктти реакције и вишкови
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Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Reaktanti, produkti in ostanki
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Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Reaccionantes, Productos y Sobrantes
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