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Reaction Rates
Section 3 Reaction Rate Laws

Skim Section 3 of your text. Choose a photograph from this section. Write
a question based on what you see and read.

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Use your text to define each term.

rate law _________________________________________________________

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specific rate constant _________________________________________________________

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reaction order _________________________________________________________

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method of initial rates _________________________________________________________

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Section 3 Reaction Rate Laws (continued)

Writing Reaction Explain what each symbol represents in the following equation.
Rate Laws Rate = k[A]
Use with page 574–576. k = ___________________________________________________________

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[A] = _____________________________________

Analyze the rate law reaction for the decomposition of hydrogen

peroxide.

2H2O2 2H2O + O2

rate law equation: rate = k[A], where [A] = _____________________

insert the reactant: rate = __________

Express the rate law reaction for this chemical reaction.

chemical equation: 2NO(g) + 2H2(g) N2(g) + 2H2O(g)

rate law equation: rate = __________, where [A] represents the reactant

_____ and [B] represents the reactant _______

insert the reactants: rate = ________________

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Section 3 Reaction Rate Laws (continued)

Relate how the reaction rate varies with:

concentration

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the overall reaction order

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Determining Explain reaction order by completing the following sentences.

Reaction Order
One of the means of determining reaction order is by comparing
Use with page 576.
__________________ of a reaction with varying

__________________________. This is known as the method of

__________________. This method requires experimentation with differing

_____________ of the reactants and comparing the __________________ of

the reaction at each quantity. While the rate law for a reaction can tell you the

reaction rate, the rate constant k, and the _____________________________,

actual __________________ and _________ of a complex reaction can be

determined only through experimentation.

REAL-WORLD CONNECTION
Consider whether an average of a student’s grades on all chemistry tests is or is not a better way of determining
a final grade as compared to using just one test score. Explain which is better and why.

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