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7.4 Rates of Reaction Flashcards

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1
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How can you measure the rate of a reaction?

A

The rate at which a reactant is used up, The rate at which a product is formed

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Name 2 factors which can affect the rate of a reaction.

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Temperature/pressure/concentration/SA/ catalysts

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3
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What has to happen to particles for a reaction to occur?

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Collide with enough energy

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4
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Define the term activation energy.

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The amount of energy required for them to react

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5
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How can you measure the rate of a reaction when a solid dissolves?

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Mass of substance used up

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6
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How can you measure the rate of a reaction when a gas is given off?

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Volume of gas given off

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7
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What are the units for rate of reaction?

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g/s orcm3/s or mol/s

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8
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Which variable is plotted on the x-axis of a rate graph?

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Independent / Time

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9
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What variable can be found on the y-axis of a rate graph?

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Dependent / Amount of product formed or amount of reactant used

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10
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How can you calculate the average rate across a period of time?

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Change in Y / Change in X

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11
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What is a tangent?

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A tangent is a straight line drawn on a curve

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12
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What information does a tangent provide?

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The rate of reaction at a specific point

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13
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What does it mean when the curve on a rate graph gets steeper?

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The rate of reaction is increasing

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What does it mean when the curve on a rate graph gets shallower?

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The rate of reaction is decreasing

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How can you tell that a reaction has finished from a rate graph?

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The line becomes constant/ horizontal

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16
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What is the rate of reaction?

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The rate of a reaction is how quickly the products are being made

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17
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Name 2 factors that affect the rate of a reaction.

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Temperature/concentration/SA/pressure

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18
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What is the scientific term for movement energy?

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Kinetic Energy

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19
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When temperature is increased what energy store increases in the particles?

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Thermal Energy

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20
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What does the term activation energy mean?

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The minimum amount of energy that the reactant particles must collide with to cause the reaction to occur

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21
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How does increasing temperature increase the rate of a reaction?

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The particles have more kinetic energy

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22
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How does increasing pressure increase the rate of a reaction?

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The particles are closer together and so more likely to collide

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23
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How does increasing surface area increase the rate of a reaction?

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There are more reactants available to react

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24
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Define the term activation energy.

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The amount of energy needed for a reaction to occur

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25
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What does a reaction profile show?

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The energy changes during a chemical reaction

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26
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In an endothermic reaction- which has higher energy, reactants or products?

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Products

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27
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In an exothermic reaction- which has higher energy, reactants or products?

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Reactants

28
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Is energy absorbed or released when new bonds are made?

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Released

29
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Is energy absorbed or released when bonds are broken?

A

Absorbed

30
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What decides if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic?

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The difference in energy needed to break bonds and the energy released when new bonds form

31
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What equipment could you use to tell if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic?

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Thermometer

32
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What is a catalyst?

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A substance which increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up itself.

33
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How does a catalyst increase the rate of a reaction?

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Provides an alternate pathway for the reaction to occur

34
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What is an enzyme?

A

A biological catalyst

35
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What are enzymes made from?

A

Proteins

36
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Why is the shape of the active site of an enzyme important?

A

Complimentary to the substrate

37
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What is the ‘lock and key’ model?

A

The enzyme and substrate have specific complementary shapes

38
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Name 2 factors that can affect the effectiveness of an enzyme.

A

Temperature and pH

39
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What are conditions in the human stomach like?

A

Acidic

40
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What is a reversible reaction?

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A reaction that can produce products, but the products can also react to create the reactants

41
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What is a dynamic equilibrium?

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The forward and backward reaction occur at the same rate?

42
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if temperature is increased?

A

In the endothermic direction

43
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if temperature is decreased?

A

In the exothermic direction

44
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if pressure is increased?

A

In the direction of fewer particles

45
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if pressure is decreased?

A

In the direction of more particles

46
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if concentration of reactants is increased?

A

In the direction of the products

47
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HT: In which direction does an equiliubrium shift if concentration of products is increased?

A

In the direction of the reactants

48
Q

What colour change would you expect to see when iodine is added to starch?

A

From brown to blue - black

49
Q

Why does increasing surface area increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

A

It increases the available particles for the reaction

50
Q

Why does increasing temperature increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

A

It increases the energy of the particles

51
Q

What is a tangent?

A

A straight line drawn on a curve

52
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How does a catalyst increase the rate of reaction?

A

Gives the reaction an alternate pathway and increases the rate.

53
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What term matches this definition? Energy required to start a reaction

A

Activation energy

54
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What term matches this definition? Part of an enzyme where the substrate becomes a product

A

Active site

55
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What term matches this definition? The chemical energy stored in the bonds between atoms

A

Bond energy

56
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What term matches this definition? Substance which speeds up a reaction

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Catalyst

57
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What term matches this definition? Particles must collide to cause a reaction

A

Collision theory

58
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What term matches this definition? Forward and backwards reactions occur at the same rate

A

Dynamic equilibrium

59
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What term matches this definition? Reaction which absorbs energy from the surroundings

A

Endothermic

60
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What term matches this definition? A biological catalyst

A

Enzyme

61
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What term matches this definition? Reaction which releases energy to the surroundings

A

Exothermic

62
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HT: What term matches this definition? Dynamic equilibrium can shifts due to external factors

A

Le Chatelier’s principle

63
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What term matches this definition? Model which explains how enzymes are specific to their substrate

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Lock and key model

64
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What term matches this definition? Diagram to show the energy changes during a reaction

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Reaction profile

65
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What term matches this definition? Reaction where products can react to produce the reactants

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Reversible reaction

66
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What term matches this definition? The substance an enzyme works on

A

Substrate

67
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What term matches this definition? The ratio of surface area to volume

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Surface area:volume

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