Unit 11 Vocab Practice

The speed at which reactants are converted into products in a chemical reaction is called _________.

• Reaction Rate

• Activation Energy

• Equilibrium Constant

• Molarity

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

In order for a chemical reaction/effective collision to occur, particles must collide with proper energy AND proper alignment. This is known as _________

• Collision Theory

• Activation Energy

• Molecular Theory

• Reaction Mechanism

The specific set of steps/reactions involved in an overall chemical reaction is called _________.

• Reaction Mechanism

• Activation Energy

• Catalyst Pathway

• Reaction Order

Fill in the blank: Reactions involving ionic substances tend to have faster rates than reactions involving covalent substances. This describes the _________ of reactants.

• Nature

• Concentration

• Temperature

• Pressure

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

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An increase in the amount of reactants will increase the rate of a chemical reaction. This is known as _________.

• Concentration

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Catalysis

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Breaking the reactants into smaller pieces will increase the rate of a chemical reaction. This is known as _________.

• Surface Area

• Activation Energy

• Catalysis

• Equilibrium

An increase in _____ (only for reactions involving gases) will increase the rate of a chemical reaction. This is known as _________.

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Concentration

• Catalysis

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A substance that is neither a reactant nor a product, but functions to speed up the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering activation energy/providing a shorter or alternate pathway is called a _________

• Catalyst

• Solvent

• Inhibitor

• Reactant

Increasing the kinetic energy of the particles will increase the rate of a chemical reaction. This is known as _________.

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Concentration

• Catalysis

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When two opposing processes are occurring at equal rates, this is called _________.

• Equilibrium

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Sublimation