Collision Theory Vocabulary

A process that involves rearrangement of atoms to produce new substances.

• Chemical reaction

• Activation energy

• Reactant

• Product

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What do we call the process in which substances change into different substances by reorganizing their atoms?

• Chemical reaction

• Activation energy

• Reactant

• Product

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An explanation of chemical reactions in terms of reacting particles colliding with sufficient energy for a reaction to take place.

• Collision energy

• Rate of reaction

• Temperature

• Pressure

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What is the term for the explanation that chemical reactions occur when particles collide with enough energy to break bonds and form new ones?

• Collision theory

• Activation energy

• Reaction pathway

• Surface area

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The minimum energy needed for a reaction to take place.

• Activation energy

• Collision energy

• Rate of reaction

• Surface area

Which term describes the minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction?

• Activation energy

• Potential energy

• Reaction pathway

• Enthalpy change

A substance used up in a chemical reaction.

• Reactant

• Product

• Concentration

• Surface area

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Which term describes a chemical that is changed or used during a reaction?

• Reactant

• Product

• Concentration

• Surface area

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A substance formed in a reaction.

• Product

• Reactant

• Chemical reaction

• Concentration

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What do we call the result of a chemical reaction?

• Product

• Reactant

• Chemical equation

• Mixture

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