⚗️ What is a chemical reaction?

A chemical reaction is like magic! ✨ It's when things mix together and change into something new. Like when you mix baking soda and vinegar, it fizzes and bubbles—that's a chemical reaction! 🧪

Think of it like making cookies. You mix flour, sugar, and eggs, and after baking, you get yummy cookies! 🍪 That's a kind of chemical reaction too!

A chemical reaction happens when substances mix and change into new things. 🔬 For example, when iron rusts, it reacts with oxygen in the air and turns into rust. Or when you light a match, the chemicals in it react to make fire! 🔥

Chemical reactions can make:

• Heat (like burning wood)
• Light (like glow sticks)
• Gas (like bubbles in soda)

Everything around us—from food to toys—is made through chemical reactions!

A chemical reaction is a process where substances (called reactants) interact and form new substances (called products). 🔬 Atoms rearrange, bonds break and form, and energy is either released or absorbed.

Types of reactions:

• Combustion (burning fuel)
• Oxidation (rusting)
• Synthesis (combining elements)
• Decomposition (breaking down compounds)

Chemical reactions follow the Law of Conservation of Mass—nothing is lost or created, just rearranged!