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1
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What is meant by rate of reaction

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How quickly reactants turn into products

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2
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Phrase used to describe how quickly reactants turn into products

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Rate of reaction

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2 things to measure when calculating rate of reaction

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How quickly the reactant is used up
How quickly the product is produced

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4
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True or false, some reactions can take years or decades

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True (e.g rusting of iron)

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5
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True or false, some reactions take place in just a fraction of a second

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True e.g fireworks

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Equation to measure how fast the reactants are being used up (rate of reaction)

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Quantity of reactants used/ time taken

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7
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Measuring how quickly the reactant is used up/ how quickly the product Is formed are 2 different ways to tell you the…

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Rate of reaction

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Equation to measure how quickly the product is formed (rate of reaction)

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Quantity of product formed/ time taken

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When measuring rate of reaction, what is the quantity (of reactant/ product) measured in

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Grams or cm cubed

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10
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When measuring rate of reaction, what is time taken measured in

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Seconds

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Do reactions start of fast and slow down or slow and speed up

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Start fast but slow down
(That’s why when measuring rate of reaction it’s only an average)

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When drawing graphs showing rate of reaction, what goes on the x axis

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Time (in seconds)

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When drawing graphs showing rate of reaction what goes on the y axis

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Mass of reactant used/ product formed (g or cm cubed)

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5 factors affecting rate of reaction

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Surface area
Temperature
Concentration
(Absence/ presence of) catalyst
Pressure of gases

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What is meant by collision theory

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In order to react, particles must collide with sufficient energy

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Name for theory where in order to react, particles must collide with sufficient energy

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Collision theory

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The collision theory states that in order to… particles must…with sufficient…

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React, collide, energy

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Name for minimum amount of energy needed for particles to collide with each other and react

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Activation energy

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What is activation energy

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Minimum amount of energy needed for particles to collide with each other and react

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20
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How temperature increases rate of reaction

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As temperature increases, particles gain more kinetic energy and move faster so there are more frequent collisions and they will collide with more energy so more of the collisions are successful

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21
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Both concentration and pressure refer to how many particles there are per unit of…

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Volume

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How increasing pressure/ concentration increases rate of reaction

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Increasing pressure/ concentration means that there are more particles per unit of volume so more frequent collisions which increases rate of reaction

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How increasing surface area increases rate of reaction

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The greater the surface area, the more particles there are that are exposed, so more frequent collisions which increases rate of reaction

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24
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What is a catalyst

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Something that speeds up the rate of reaction without being used up

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25
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Why aren’t catalysts used in the reaction equation

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They aren’t reactants or products

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26
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What do catalysts do to the activation energy

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Lower it
(Particles need less energy to collide and react)

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27
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A catalyst provides an alternative… which lowers the activation energy reaction

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Pathway

28
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How to calculate rate of reaction at a particular time using graph

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Draw tangent at particular time you’re interested in and measure gradient

29
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When writing an equation what does the double arrow mean

A

The reaction is reversible

30
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How to represent reaction being reversible when writing an equation

A

Use double arrow
(not single one)

31
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In a reversible reaction we call the top arrow the… reaction

A

Forward

32
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In a reversible reaction we call the bottom arrow the… reaction

A

Backward

33
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True or false, in a reversible reaction both the forward and backward reaction can happen

A

True

34
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True or false, in a reversible reaction the forward and backward reactions can take place at different rates

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True

35
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Dynamic equilibrium meaning

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Point in reversible reaction where the forward and backward reaction are at the same rate in a closed system

(Both reactions are happening but they basically cancel each other out)

36
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True or false, in dynamic equilibrium the amount of reactant and product are always equal

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False
They are always constant but not necessarily the same as each other

37
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Equilibrium can only be reached if the reaction is done in what type of system

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Closed system

38
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True or false, in a closed system no reactants or products can escape

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True

39
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True or false, at equilibrium the reactants are still turning into products and products still turning back into reactants

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True- it’s just at the same rate so the amount of reactants and products are constant (not necessarily equal)

40
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True or false, equilibrium can only be reached if the reaction is done in a closed system

A

True
Otherwise the reactants/ products could keep escaping

41
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True or false, reversible reactions are always exothermic in one direction and endothermic in the other direction

A

True

42
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Hydrated meaning

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Water is present

43
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Anhydrous meaning

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No water is present

44
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True or false, the position of equilibrium can change (shift to left/ right) depending on conditions

A

True

45
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Le Chatelier’s principle is about the position of what during a reversible reaction

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Equilibrium

46
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3 main ways to change conditions of closed system

A

Temperature
Pressure
Concentration

47
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If there are more reactants than products does the equilibrium lie to the left or right

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Left

48
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If there are more products than reactants does the equilibrium lie to the left or right

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Right

49
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Why do exothermic reactions have an overall negative energy change

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Energy is released to surroundings so lost

50
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Why do endothermic reactions have an overall positive energy change

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Take in energy from surrounds so energy is gained (added)

51
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What is a reversible reaction

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Reaction where reactants can turn into products and products can turn back into reactants

52
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What is meant by Le Chatelier’s principle

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If a change is made to a system that’s at dynamic equilibrium, the system will try to undo (counteract) the change by favouring either the forward or reverse reaction so that it stays at dynamic equilibrium

53
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If the concentration of the product is lowered, which reaction will the system favour and why

A

Forward reaction
Forward reaction turns reactants into products and the way to counteract a decreased product concentration is to increase it

54
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If I increase the temperature what will the system do and how

A

Decrease temperature
Favour endothermic reaction which decreases temperature so moves towards endothermic

55
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If I decrease the temperature what will the system do and how

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Increase temperature by favouring (moving towards) exothermic reaction which increases temperature

56
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If I increase concentration what will the system do

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Decrease concentration by moving towards reaction that removes that chemical

57
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If I decrease concentration what will the system do

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Move towards reaction that produces that chemical

58
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If I increase pressure what will the system do

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Decrease pressure by favouring reaction that produces fewest molecules

59
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If I decrease pressure what will the system do

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Increase pressure by favouring reaction that produces greatest number of molecules

60
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2 units for rate of reaction

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g/s
Cm cubed/ s

(as the quantity of reactant used/ product formed can either be measured in grams or cm cubed and time is always in seconds)

61
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5 examples of evidence for a chemical reaction occurring

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Change in colour
Change in temperature
Bubbles/ fizzing
Precipitate (solid) formed
Odours/ sounds

62
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What do particles do if they don’t have enough energy to react

A

Bounce off each other

63
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Why does the rate of reaction decrease towards the end

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Reactants becoming used up so less frequent collisions

64
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How can we tell on a graph where the rate of reaction is highest

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Steepest gradient

65
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If the temperature of a reversible reaction is raised, what happens to the yield from the exothermic reaction

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It decreases

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