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Understanding Batteries: How Chemical Reactions Generate Electrical Energy

3rd - 12th
In this video, we explore how batteries work by converting chemical energy into electrical energy. The three main components of a battery, the anode, cathode, and electrolyte, play vital roles in this energy transformation. By...
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Limiting vs Excess Reactants - what's the difference?

9th - Higher Ed
Do you know the difference between a limiting and excess reactant and how to identify them in a chemical reaction? These are important skills to mastering chemistry! In this video, we will show you the difference between limiting and...
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Balancing Chemical Reactions – 4 EASY Steps

9th - Higher Ed
In this video, we're going to show you how to balance chemical equations – it's going to be easy! We'll start with the basics, and then move on to more complex problems. By the end of this video, you'll be able to balance chemical...
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Balancing Acid/Base Neutralization Equations - 1 EASY TRICK - sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid

9th - Higher Ed
How to make a balanced chemical equation using sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid!
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How do I know if a chemical reaction has occurred?!?

9th - Higher Ed
When trying to determine or prove if a chemical reaction has occurred, there are 5 indicators that scientist look for! The 5 indicators are the formation of a precipitate, the formation of a gas, the formation of water, a color change or...
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The Science of Bread: Understanding the Role of Leavening Agents

3rd - 12th
This video explains the process of bread-making and highlights the importance of the leavening agent in creating a fluffy and crusty loaf of bread. It discusses two methods of raising bread, one using quick leavening agents like baking...
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Do Explosions Actually Blow You Into The Air

9th - 12th
Do explosions actually throw people into the air? If so, how powerful would it have to be and could our hero survive such a fiery boom?
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Dalton's Vision: The Birth of Atomic Theory

9th - Higher Ed
In 1803, John Dalton formulated his renowned theory of atoms. The principal tenets of his theory were as follows: ₷ Atoms were thought to be the smallest, hardest, densest, and indivisible particles of matter. Every element is...
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What Actually Happens When A Car Explodes In Real Life

9th - 12th
Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth?

Join us as we learn the process behind an explosion, what makes engines work and how fires...
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Electrolysis: Driving Chemical Reactions with Electricity

6th - 12th
The process of using a direct electric current passing through a conductive liquid to drive a chemical reaction.
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Aerobic Respiration: Oxygen-Powered Energy

6th - 12th
Respiration that uses oxygen. This is the main chemical reaction that occurs in all our cells to release energy that our bodies can use.
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Reactant

6th - 12th
Or reagent, the material that is consumed in a chemical reaction to create new products.
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Activation energy

6th - 12th
The minimum amount of energy needed to initiate a chemical reaction.
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Reduction

6th - 12th
Any chemical reaction in which oxygen is removed from a substance.
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Chemiluminescence

6th - 12th
The release of light with very little heat as the result of a chemical reaction.
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Cytoplasm

6th - 12th
The thick liquidy medium that fills all cells, and is contained by the cell membrane. The cytoplasm is where most of the cell's chemical reactions, such as glycolysis, take place.
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Acid

6th - 12th
A compound which dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH of less than 7.
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Chemical reaction

6th - 12th
Any process in which one or more chemicals are changed into different products, by the breaking and formation of chemical bonds.
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Functional group

6th - 12th
An atom or group of atoms within a compound that reacts in a characteristic way, giving molecules particular chemical properties.
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Photochemical reactions

6th - 12th
A chemical reaction caused by the absorption of light.
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Reducing agent

6th - 12th
A substance that removes oxygen from, or donates electrons to, another substance during a reaction.
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Phlogiston and Oxygen

6th - 12th
How French Chemist Antoine Lavoisier revealed the true significance of oxygen and brought about the birth of modern chemistry. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Antoine Lavoisier experimented with weighing substances before...
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The Very First Cell

6th - 12th
The Earth is billions of years old and was once a very hostile place. Eventually, a single cell was formed that evolved and reproduced. What conditions produced this first life on Earth? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points....
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Percentage yield

6th - 12th
A measurement of the efficiency of a chemical reaction, calculated by dividing the actual amount of product by the theoretical maximum amount.
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