General Chemistry 2

Pretest

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. C

5. A

Activity 1

Illustrate at least three examples exhibiting effective and ineffective collisions.

Effective Collision Ineffective Collision

Activity 2

Supply the needed ideas

Collision theory states that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the number of
collisions between reactant molecules. The more often reactant molecules collide, the more
often they react with one another, and the faster the reaction rate.

Collision is said to be effective because there are reactions happening and if these happen
they need to collide or form a product to justify that is an effective collision. Molecules must
collide with enough energy, known as activation energy, to break chemical bonds. Molecules
must collide in the proper order. A collision satisfying these two criteria and resulting in a
chemical reaction.
Not all collisions are successful because if two molecules collide with enough activation
energy, the collision is not guaranteed to be successful and this is called ineffective collision.
In some cases, the colliding molecules or other particles do not have the appropriate
training to one another in order to cause a reaction.

What are the three requirements for an effective collision?

— The reactants must collide with each other.

— The molecules must have sufficient energy to initiate the reaction (called activation
energy).

— The molecules must have the proper orientation.

Post-test

1. A

2. B

3. A

4. B

5. A

John Mikko B. Olahay

12 — Aristotle