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Lesson: Chapter 16 — Changes of Matter

16.1. Reactants and products 1 of 5

Question 1

What are reactants and products?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Reactants take part in the reaction; products are the new substances formed. A reaction is therefore reactants turning into products.

Swapping the two names is a common slip — remember the direction the arrow points: reactants left, products right. Whether they are solids or gases has nothing to do with it.

Answer the question to continue.