The gizzard: The bird stomach's second chamber is known as the gizzard. If you've ever eaten a chicken gizzard you know how tough and rubbery it is. To accomplish what the gizzard does, it absolutely must be tough, for the gizzard's main function is to grind and digest tough food.
C12H22O11 + 12 O2 Â® 12 CO2 + 11 H2O This illustrates the methods used for writing balanced reaction equations: 1  Determine the reactants and products. In this case, the products are CO2 and H2O, determined by common sense. 2  Apply the fundamental principle of conservation of atoms.
Also Known As: Balancing the equation, balancing the reaction, conservation of charge and mass. Examples of Unbalanced and Balanced Equations An unbalanced chemical equation lists the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, but doesn't state the amounts required to satisfy conservation of mass.