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Energy Changes

Exothermic and endothermic reactions

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Overview

Conservation of energy in reactions, exothermic reactions that transfer energy to the surroundings and raise their temperature, examples such as combustion, oxidation and neutralisation, self-heating cans and hand warmers, and endothermic reactions that take in energy and lower the temperature of the surroundings.

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Key term

If a reaction transfers energy to its surroundings, how does the energy stored in the products compare with the energy stored in the reactants?

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A reaction transfers 200 kJ of energy to the surroundings. By how much has the energy stored in the chemicals fallen?

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A student mixes two solutions in a beaker and the beaker becomes warm. What type of energy change has taken place?

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  1. 1

    What happens to the total amount of energy in the universe during a chemical reaction?

    Model answer

    It stays exactly the same, because energy is conserved in chemical reactions.

  2. 2

    If a reaction transfers energy to its surroundings, how does the energy stored in the products compare with the energy stored in the reactants?

    Model answer

    The product molecules store less energy than the reactants, by exactly the amount of energy transferred out.

  3. 3

    A reaction transfers 200 kJ of energy to the surroundings. By how much has the energy stored in the chemicals fallen?

    Model answer

    By 200 kJ, because the energy gained by the surroundings is exactly the energy the chemicals have lost.

  4. 4

    Define an exothermic reaction.

    Model answer

    It is a reaction that transfers energy to the surroundings.

  5. 5

    What happens to the temperature of the surroundings during an exothermic reaction?

    Model answer

    It increases.

  6. 6

    A student mixes two solutions in a beaker and the beaker becomes warm. What type of energy change has taken place?

    Model answer

    An exothermic change, because energy has been transferred from the reaction to the surroundings.

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