Chemistry of Biology

Define flammability in your own words.

Check which things are flammable.

• Table Salt

• Sugar/Glucose

• Gasoline

• Cellulose

Oxygen is flammable.

• True

• False

Why doesn't water burn?

Define oxidization in your own words.

Endothermic reactions use _____ energy to break the bonds of the reactants than given back when products form.

Exothermic reactions use _____ energy to break the bonds of the reactants than given back when products form.

Exothermic reactions cause a drop in temperature.

• True

• False

Which reaction releases heat into the surroundings?

• Exothermic

• Endothermic

______ is required to break bonds.