Reaction Energy & Rates

What type of reaction is this?

• Endothermic
• Exothermic

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

What letter represents the activation energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

What is activation energy?

• The energy of the reactants

• The minimum amount of energy needed for a reaction to occur

• The energy added by a catalyst
• The energy possessed by the products

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Increase in temperature of the reactants can do one of the following

• Slow collision frequency
• Allow less effective collision between the particles
• Cause particles to lose speed
• Increase collision between the particles thus increasing the rate.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Grinding a seltzer tablet into powder increases the rate of reaction due to increased

• concentration
• surface area
• temperature
• reactants

Which factors increase the rate of a reaction.

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

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

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

• catalyst
• product
• reactant
• solute

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Exothermic reactions release heat to the surroundings.

• true
• false

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Based upon the graph above, what type of reaction is this?

• Endothermic

• Exothermic

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

How does a catalyst work in speeding up a reaction?

• By lowering the activation energy or reaction

• by giving them more energy

• by making them more available