Enrichment Worksheet for balancing equations         Name __________________

 

Directions:  

1. Start Internet Explorer and go to Brain Boggle Chembalancer.

2. Click ‘Directions’.  Read and understand the directions.

3. Click ‘OK’.

4. Click on ‘Start Game’

5. Try entering some numbers in the text boxes in front of each molecule.  What happens?

6. If you forget the directions, click on the ‘How to Play the Game’ link.  Click ‘OK’ when you finish reading them to return to the game.

7. When you think you have typed the right numbers in all the boxes, click the ‘Balanced’ button.

8. If you didn’t get it right, try again.

9. If you did get it right, then fill in the correct answers on this worksheet for #1.

10. Repeat steps 7-9 for the other 4 questions. 

 

Questions

Fill in the blanks below as you go though the game.  This is so I have a record that you did your assignment.

 

1.   _____ F2  +  _____ Al2O3  -->  _____ AlF3   +   _____   O2

 

2.  _____ C2H6   +  _____ O2  -->  _____ CO   +   _____  H2O

 

3. _____ NH3  +  _____ O2  -->   _____  NO + ______ H2O

 

4. _____ C5H12  +  _____  O2 -->   _____  CO +  _____ H2O

 

5. _____ C8H18   +  _______  O2-->  _____ CO  +  _____  H2O

 

 

 

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