Stoichiometry - It's a big word, but don't get scared! It's all about shopping for a chemical party. Imagine you're baking a cake; you need the right amount of flour, sugar, eggs, etc. to make the best cake ever. If you add too much flour, the cake will be a mess! In chemistry, stoichiometry helps us get the recipe just right!

Stoichiometry: The fancy term for studying the exact quantity of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

Balanced Chemical Equation: Think of it as the perfect recipe! You add specific numbers (called stoichiometric coefficients) to ensure every ingredient (or atom) matches up before and after cooking (or reacting)!

The stoichiometric coefficients in your equation tell you about proportions. Let's say you're making a smoothie. If the recipe says 2 bananas for every 1 cup of milk, then that's your ratio or proportion!

In chemistry, this ratio is called the mole ratio.

Photosynthesis is nature's kitchen. It's how plants make their food - glucose!

Here's the equation for photosynthesis:

6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

Mole Ratios

• Reactants: 1:1 (For every molecule of CO₂, there's one molecule of H₂O)
• Products: 1:6 (For every molecule of glucose, there are SIX molecules of oxygen)