Chemistry Journal

7.1 Endothermic and Exothermic

Driving Question: How are energy transfers

during chemical reactions explained and
represented by potential diagrams?
Key Ideas and Terms Notes
FQ: What is the relationship between heat, temperature, and thermal energy within a
system?
What is thermochemistry?
What is a system?
What are some examples of
systems?
The energy of a system is
described in terms of
temperature, thermal energy,
and heat. Describe each of
these factors.
 Temperature
 Thermal energy
 Heat

How does heat flow?
What controls energy flow?
What are the heat and thermal
energy units of measurement?
FQ: How does enthalpy change in endothermic and exothermic reactions?
Heat flows spontaneously from matter at a ________
temperature to matter at a _______ temperature.
Energy flow depends on the ________ difference between
substances, not on the difference in total thermal energy of the
two substances.
This flow of thermal energy will continue until both substances
are at the same ________________.
What symbol is used to denote
heat?
What is enthalpy?
Video: Enthalpy
 Chemists use enthalpy
instead of heat to describe
the energy transfer. Why?
 What equation is used to
represent enthalpy?
When heat flows into matter,
what happens?
When heat flows out of matter,
what happens?
Explain the difference between Reactions that _______ energy from their surroundings,
reactions that increase in resulting in a net ________ in energy and +q, are called
energy and those that decrease ______________.
in energy.
Reactions in which there is a ________ of energy to the
surroundings, resulting in a net _________ and −q, are called
______________.
The amount of energy
absorbed by an endothermic
reaction depends on what
factors?
List examples of endothermic
reactions.
The amount of energy released
by an exothermic reaction
depends on what factors?
List examples of exothermic
reactions.
What controls changes in The change of enthalpy (△H) in a system is equal to the heat
enthalpy? ________ or _______ between the system and its surroundings
under constant _________.
When heat is gained in a system, q is _________. When heat is
 lost from a system, q is __________.
FQ: How do potential energy diagrams represent energy transfers in chemical reactions?
Video: Enthalpy and Reactions
 What causes a negative In an _________reaction, the enthalpy of the reactants, what
change in enthalpy? you begin with, is ___________ than the enthalpy of the
products, what you end up with.
 Describe the exothermic
reaction demonstration in
the video.
 What causes a positive In an ____________ reaction, the reactants have _______
change in enthalpy? enthalpy than the products. In this case, it takes enthalpy to
______ chemical bonds.
 Describe the endothermic
reaction demonstration in
the video.
What is a potential energy
diagram?
How do potential energy
diagrams differ between
endothermic and exothermic
reactions?
Compare the slope of the line
on a potential energy diagram
for an endothermic reaction
and an exothermic reaction.
FQ: How does activation energy affect the outcome of chemical reactions?
What is activation energy and
why is it needed?
Video: Activation Energy
 What do colliding particles
need for a successful
chemical reaction to occur?
 What unit of measurement
is used for activation
energy?
 How can the kinetic energy
of particles be increased?
 When is the maximum
potential energy is reached
in particles?
How is activation energy On a potential energy diagram, the activation energy is
represented on a potential represented by the positive _______, or _____, that follows the
energy diagram? reactants.

What is required for a reaction For a reaction to occur, enough ________ must be provided to
to occur? the system to meet the ______________ requirement.
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