Unit 5: Rates and Equilibrium Review

Activation energy is required to start a chemical reaction. What is activation energy?

• The energy needed for a reaction to occur
• The minimum amount of energy needed for a reaction to potentially occur
• The energy added by a catalyst
• The energy possessed by the products

Which factors increase the rate of a reaction.

• increasing temperature
• increasing concentration
• increasing surface area
• all of these

A ______________ is a substance that increases the rate of a reaction without being used up during the reaction. 

• catalyst
• product
• reactant
• solute

Smaller particle size allows for a _________ surface area to be exposed for the reaction.

• larger
• smaller

Why does a higher temperature increase the rate of a reaction?

• it increases both the frequency and energy of particle collisions
• it only increases the frequency of particle collisions
• it only increases the energy of particle collisions
• it reduces the activation energy of the reaction

What criteria must be met for reactant collisions to result in a successful product?

• The reactants must collide with each other

• The reactants must collide with enough energy and be in the right positions

• The reactants must have enough energy to form the activated complex

Which of the following is/are the fundamental idea(s) of collision theory?

• Molecules react by colliding together
• The effective collisions must occur with certain minimum amounts of energy 
• In a large sample, the greater the number of effective collisions, and the faster the rate of reaction
• All of the above

A substance that slows down a chemical reaction

• concentration

• catalyst

• inhibitor

• activation energy

For the reaction...
SO₂ + O₂  <−>  SO₃
If the concentration of SO₂ is increased, the equilibrium of the reaction will shift ___________.

• left
• right
• left and right 
• neither left nor right

Which of the following is NOT true at equilibrium?

• The forward and reverse reactions proceed at the same rate.
• The concentrations of reactants and products do not change.
• The concentration of the reactants is equal to the concentration of the products.
• The forward and reverse reactions continue to occur.