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Chemical change Flashcards

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1
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What is the law of conservation of mass?

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Atoms are not created or destroyed in a chemical reaction

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In the reaction carbon + oxygen  carbon dioxide, why does the mass decrease?

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Atoms are being lost as a gas (carbon dioxide)

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In the reaction magnesium + oxygen  magnesium oxide, why does the mass increase?

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Atoms from a gas (oxygen) are being added

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What is a symbol equation?

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A chemical equation in which the chemicals are represented by formulae

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What is a balanced equation?

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A symbol equation where all the reactant atoms have become product atoms

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What do “big numbers” in front of formulae tell us?

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How many units of each formula there is in the balanced equation

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Which numbers can be changed when balancing an equation?

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Big numbers in front of formulae

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How can you tell if an equation is balanced?

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Equal numbers of atoms of each element on each side of the reaction arrow

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9
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Unit and symbol for mass?

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Kilogram/kg (gram/g)

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Unit and symbol for volume?

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Cubic metres/m3 (cubic centimetres/cm3) (cubic decimetre/dm3)

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What is concentration?

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The amount of solute dissolved per unit volume of solvent

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Unit and symbol for concentration (when using mass)?

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Grams per cubic decimetre – g/dm3

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13
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What must particles do in order to have a chance to react?

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Collide (with sufficient energy and in the correct orientation)

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What is rate of reaction?

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How quickly a reaction takes place

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Units and symbols for rate?

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Cubic centimetres per second (cm3/s) & grams per second (g/s)

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How can you monitor rate of reaction?

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How quickly a product is formed or a reactant is used

17
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How can you measure how quickly a product is formed?

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Volume of gas per second using a gas syringe, change in mass

18
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How can you measure how quickly a reactant is used?

A

Change in mass

19
Q

What is turbidity?

A

Cloudiness

20
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How can you monitor changes in concentration to measure rate?

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Changes in colour or turbidity (disappearing cross)

21
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How can you calculate relative rate from time taken?

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relative rate = 1/time taken

22
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On a graph of concentration/mass/volume of gas against time, what is represented by the gradient?

A

rate of reaction

23
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What are the 5 factors that can alter the rate of reaction?

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Temperature, surface area, pressure (gases), concentration and catalyst

24
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How does temperature affect rate of reaction?

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Increasing temperature increases rate of reaction

25
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What needs to happen to collisions between particles to increase rate?

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Increased frequency and/or increased energy

26
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How do particles behave at higher temperatures?

A

They move faster and collide more frequently

27
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What do particles have more of at higher temperatures?

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Energy

28
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Which state of matter can we alter the pressure of?

A

Gases

29
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How does pressure affect rate of reaction?

A

Increasing pressure increases rate of reaction

30
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How are particles spaced at high pressure?

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Closer together – more particles per unit volume.

31
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How does concentration affect rate of reaction?

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Increasing concentration increases rate of reaction

32
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How are particles spaced at low concentration?

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Further apart – fewer particles per unit volume.

33
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What effect does breaking solid matter into smaller bits have on surface area?

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Increases surface area to volume ratio.

34
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How does surface area affect rate of reaction?

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Increasing surface area increases rate of reaction

35
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Why does a larger surface area increase rate of reaction?

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More particles at the surface and available for collisions

36
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What is activation energy?

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The minimum energy with which particles must collide in order to react

37
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What is a catalyst?

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A chemical that increases the rate of a reaction without being used up itself

38
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How do catalysts increase the rate of reaction?

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By decreasing the activation energy

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