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What is the conservation of energy law?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred

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What is an exothermic reaction?

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A reaction that transfers (gives) energy to the surroundings

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What is an endothermic reaction?

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A reaction that takes in energy from the surroundings

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What happens to the temperature of the surroundings in an exothermic reaction?

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The temperature increases

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What happens to the temperature of the surroundings in an endothermic reaction?

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The temperature decreases

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What happens to the energy of the reactants in exothermic reactions?

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The reactants lose energy to form the products

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What happens to the energy of the reactants in endothermic reactions?

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The reactants gain energy to form the products

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What are examples of exothermic reactions?

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combustion, many oxidation reactions and neutralisation

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What type of reaction are combustion reactions?

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exothermic

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What type of reaction are neutralisation reactions?

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exothermic

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What type of reaction are most oxidation reactions?

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exothermic

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What type of reaction takes place in hand warmers?

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exothermic

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What type of reaction takes place in self heating cans

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exothermic

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What type of reaction are thermal decomposition reactions?

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endothermic

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What is a thermal decomposition reaction?

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The breakdown of a substance when it is heated

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16
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What type of reaction occurs when citric acid reacts with sodium hydrogencarbonate?

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endothermic

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What is the activation energy?

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The minimum amount of energy required for a reaction to occur

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What distance is labelled the activation energy on reaction profiles?

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The distance from the reactants to the top of the peak

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What type of reaction takes place in sports injury packs?

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endothermic

20
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what type of reaction are photosynthesis reactions

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endothermic

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