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Worksheet 18.2 P A - R E: ART Eaction Nergy

This document contains a worksheet with questions about reaction energy and reaction rates. Part A contains a reaction coordinate diagram and asks students to identify whether reactions are exothermic or endothermic. Part B asks students to draw how a catalyst would affect the reaction pathway on the diagram. It then lists statements about factors that could increase reaction rate and asks students to identify if they are true or false. Part C asks students questions to test their understanding of concepts like activation energy, how temperature affects reaction rate based on collision theory, and whether an "accelerant" that increases the rate of paint drying could be considered a catalyst.

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Worksheet 18.2 P A - R E: ART Eaction Nergy

This document contains a worksheet with questions about reaction energy and reaction rates. Part A contains a reaction coordinate diagram and asks students to identify whether reactions are exothermic or endothermic. Part B asks students to draw how a catalyst would affect the reaction pathway on the diagram. It then lists statements about factors that could increase reaction rate and asks students to identify if they are true or false. Part C asks students questions to test their understanding of concepts like activation energy, how temperature affects reaction rate based on collision theory, and whether an "accelerant" that increases the rate of paint drying could be considered a catalyst.

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Worksheet 18.

PART A – REACTION ENERGY


1. Fill in the blanks on the reaction coordinate
diagram with the appropriate letters.
Not all letters will be used
B
A. reactants
B. products
C. energy released
D. energy absorbed A D

Specify whether each reaction is exothermic (EXO) or endothermic


(ENDO).
2. Endo The reaction shown in the diagram to the right.
3. Exo The burning of wood to produce a hot flame.
4. Exo 4Fe(s) + 3O2(g)  2Fe2O3(s) + energy
5. Endo A test tube that feels cold to the touch after two substances have been mixed.

PART B – REACTION RATES


6. Using the reaction coordinate diagram above, draw a new curve that shows how a
catalyst would affect the reaction pathway.
State True or False next to the actions that would most likely increase the reaction rate.
7. False Lowering the temperature of the reactants.
8. True Dissolving two solids in water before mixing them together.
9. False Diluting an aqueous solution of HCl with water before adding a piece of magnesium.
10. True Grinding a solid into fine particles.
11. True Adding an enzyme catalyst.

12) Explain why all reactions have an activation energy, using your knowledge of collision theory.

Atoms must collide in order to react, and effective collisions will result only if reactions collide
with enough energy

13) Describe how the activation energy of a reaction affects the overall rate of the chemical reaction.

A reaction with a large activation energy will only occur very slowly
14) A rule of thumb used by organic chemists is that the rate of a chemical reaction can be doubled by
increasing the reaction temperature by ten degrees Celsius. Explain this drastic increase in reaction rate
using your knowledge of collision theory.

At a higher temperature, the molecules collide more and have more energy to help overcome the
necessary activation energy

16) It has been observed with one variety of paint that the rate of paint drying can be drastically
increased by adding a small amount of “accelerant”. Based on what you know of catalysts, is it
reasonable to think of this accelerant as being a catalyst? Explain.

No, because the accelerant is used up during the reaction. Catalyst are not used up during
reactions and can even be recovered after a reaction has taken place.

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