Name _______________________

Classifying and Balancing Chemical Reactions

Model of the 5 Reaction Types

1. Give each model below their own color. You can use highlighters, colored pens, or colored pencils. Share if you need
to.

2. Match the reaction types to the models: synthesis, decomposition, combustion, single replacement, double
replacement.
Reaction
Reaction Model Reaction Type
Type
1 synthesis

2 decomposition
single replacement
3
double replacement
4
Hydrocarbon + oxygen 🡪 carbon dioxide + water combustion
5

3. Classify each reaction below as one of the 5 types above by color-coding it.

4. Then balance each reaction.

__2_Na + ___F2 🡪 __2_NaF ___FeS +_2__ HCl 🡪 ___FeCl2 +___ H2S

8___Al2S3 🡪 __16_Al + __3_S8 ___Zn + ___CuCl2 🡪___ZnCl2 + ___Cu

___C3H8 + __5_O2 🡪 _4_H2O + __3_CO2 ___N2 + _3__H2 🡪2___NH3

___Mg + __2_HCl 🡪___MgCl2 + ___H2 2___C2H6 + 7___O2 🡪 6__H2O + 4___CO2

_2__AgF + ___CaCl2 🡪__2_ AgCl + ___CaF2 2___MgO 🡪 2___Mg + ___O2

5. Write the following reactions below the description and balance them and classify them by type (color code
them)
Copper(II) bromide and aluminum chloride react to produce aluminum bromide and copper(II) chloride.
CuBr2 + AlCl3 🡪 AlBr3 + CuCl2
3CuBr2 + 2AlCl3 🡪 2AlBr3 +3 CuCl2

Calcium oxide breaks down into calcium metal and oxygen gas.
CaO 🡪 Ca + O2
2CaO 🡪 2Ca + O2
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Chlorine gas reacts with sodium bromide to form sodium chloride and bromine gas.
Cl2 + NaBr 🡪 NaCl + Br2
Cl2 + 2NaBr 🡪 2NaCl + Br2

Tetracarbon decahydride reacts with oxygen gas to form carbon dioxide and water.
C4H10 + O2 🡪 CO2 + H2O
2C4H10 + 13O2 🡪 8CO2 + 10H2O

Barium and octasulfide react to form barium sulfide.

Ba + S8 🡪 BaS
8Ba + S8 🡪 8BaS

6. Complete the chart below to summarize these findings. These will be your notes. Include at least 3 examples of each
type of reaction.

Type:
General Formula:Synthesis Examples
Na + Cl🡪 NaCl
C + O2 🡪 CO2
Particulate Model H2 + O 🡪 H20

Type:Decomposition
General Formula:A + B 🡪 AB Examples

NaCl 🡪 Na + Cl

Particulate Model CO2 🡪 C + O2

Type: Single replacement

General FormulaAB 🡪 A + B Examples
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2K + 2H2O → 2KOH + H
Cu + 2 AgNO3 → 2 Ag + Cu(NO3)
Ca + 2 H2O → Ca(OH)2 + H
Particulate Model

Type:Double replacement
Examples
General Formula: AB + CD 🡪 AC +
BD

Particulate Model

Type:Combustion
General Formula Hydrocarbon + oxygen 🡪 Examples
carbon dioxide + water

Particulate Model