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.
3 Steps for Balancing Chemical Equations. 1  Write the unbalanced equation. Chemical formulas of reactants are listed on the lefthand side of the equation. 2  Balance the equation. Apply the Law of Conservation of Mass to get the same number of atoms of every element on each side of the equation.