Reaction Rate and Equilibrium Review

An unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction.

The minimum amount of energy required for reactants to become products.

Occurs when the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse reaction.

What happens to an exothermic reaction at equilibrium when the temperature of the system decreases?

How does an inhibitor affect reaction rate?

A reaction in which the energy of the reactants is lower than the energy of the products.

A reaction in which the product energy is lower than the reactants.

How does decreasing the activation energy affect the reaction rate?

Atoms or molecules will form a bond provided they have enough kinetic energy.

What happens to the reaction rate when surface area decreases?