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 (a)   energy to break the bonds of the reactants than given back when products form.

Exothermic reactions use (a)   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

(a)   is required to break bonds.