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Chapter Test A
Teacher Notes and Answers
16 Reaction Energy
TEST A
1. d 14. d
2. a 15. d
3. c 16. c
4. a 17. b
5. b 18. b
6. c 19. c
7. a 20. b
8. a 21. b
9. b 22. c
10. b 23. b
11. a 24. b
12. b 25. d
13. c

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Chapter Test A
Chapter: Reaction Energy
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
_____ 1. A chemical change is likely to occur when
a. energy and randomness both increase.
b. energy and randomness both decrease.
c. energy increases and randomness decreases.
d. energy decreases and randomness increases.
_____ 2. If gas A has a higher temperature than gas B, then the particles in gas A
a. have greater average kinetic energy than those in gas B.
b. have less average kinetic energy that those in gas B.
c. contain the same average kinetic energy as those in gas B.
d. may contain more, less, or the same average kinetic energy as those
in gas B.
_____ 3. An example of increasing entropy is the
a. formation of crystals from a solution.
b. formation of 1 mol of gas from 1 mol of one reactant gas and 1 mol
of another reactant gas.
c. dissolution of crystals in a solution.
d. None of the above
_____ 4. The amount of energy absorbed by a system as heat during a process at
constant pressure is the change in
a. enthalpy.
b. entropy.
c. temperature.
d. Gibbs free energy.
_____ 5. To determine the amount of energy as heat associated with the change
taking place in a calorimeter, the information that is not needed is the
a. specific heat of the calorimeter.
b. air temperature outside of the calorimeter.
c. specific heat of the water.
d. change in temperature of the water.

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_____ 6. How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of 40.0 g of argon
from 25°C to 40°C? The specific heat capacity of argon is 0.520
J/(g·K).
a. 20.8 J
b. 208 J
c. 312 J
d. 416 J
_____ 7. An increase in temperature in a system causes a(n)
a. increase in entropy.
b. decrease in entropy.
c. increase in specific heat.
d. decrease in specific heat.
_____ 8. The change in Gibbs free energy for a substance can be found by the
expression
a. H
TS.
b. H + TS.
c. S
TH.
d. H + TH.
_____ 9. A chemical reaction occurs spontaneously when G is
a. positive.
b. negative.
c. zero.
d. constant.
_____ 10. A chemical reaction is exothermic when H is
a. positive.
b. negative.
c. zero.
d. constant.
_____ 11. The term thermodynamics refers to the study of
a. energy changes.
b. only physical changes.
c. only chemical changes.
d. None of the above
_____ 12. What is the energy change per gram of ice when an iceberg composed
of pure water, cp = 2.06 J/(g·K), is heated from
25°C to
15°C?
a. 0.21 J
b. 21 J
c. 210 J
d. impossible to calculate without knowing the mass of the iceberg

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Chapter Test A, continued

_____ 13. The standard enthalpy of formation of Cl2 is

a. positive.
b. negative.
c. zero.
d. impossible to determine without more information.
Use the data in the following table to answer questions 14–17.

Standard Enthalpies and Entropies

Substance Standard enthalpy of Standard
formation (kJ/mol) entropy (J/mol)
H2(g) 0 130.7

O2(g) 0 205.1
H2O(g)
242 188.7
CO2(g)
393 213.8
C(s) (graphite) 0 5.7

_____ 14. For the reaction represented by the

1
equation H 2 ( g ) + O 2 ( g )
H 2 O( g ) , the values of H and S are
2
a. 242 kJ and 148.3 J.
b. 242 kJ and
148.3 J.
c.
242 kJ and 46.4 J.
d.
242 kJ and
44.6 J.
_____ 15. The reaction represented by the equation C(s) + O2(g)  CO2(g) is
a. spontaneous.
b. not spontaneous.
c. spontaneous at 298 K, but not at 25°C.
d. impossible to determine without more information.
_____ 16. For the reaction represented by the equation
1
H 2 O( g )
H 2 ( g ) + O 2 ( g ) the value of G is
2
a. always positive.
b. always negative.
c. positive at low temperatures and negative at high temperatures.
d. negative at low temperatures and positive at high temperatures.
_____ 17. The reaction represented by the equation CO2(g)  C(s) + O2(g) is
always
a. exothermic.
b. endothermic.
c. isothermic.
d. spontaneous.
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Chapter Test A, continued

_____ 18. For an exothermic reaction,

a. G is always positive.
b. H is always negative.
c. S is always positive.
d. All of the above
_____ 19. To determine the specific heat, you must know all of the following
factors except
a. mass.
b. amount of energy needed to raise the temperature.
c. volume.
d. temperature change.
_____ 20. In order for an endothermic reaction to occur spontaneously, what must
happen?
a. The enthalpy must be negative.
b. The entropy must be positive.
c. The entropy must be negative.
d. The change in Gibbs free energy must be positive.
_____ 21. Energy transferred as heat always moves spontaneously from matter
a. at a lower temperature to matter at a higher temperature.
b. at a higher temperature to matter at a lower temperature.
c. at an enthalpy of zero to matter with a negative enthalpy.
d. None of the above
_____ 22. H =
a. Hreactants
Hproducts
b. Hreactants + Hproducts
c. Hproducts
Hreactants
d. Hproducts  Hreactants
_____ 23. The change in energy represented by a thermochemical equation is
always
a. equal to the number of moles of substances undergoing a change.
b. directly proportional to the number of moles of substances
undergoing a change.
c. indirectly proportional to the number of moles of substances
undergoing a change.
d. less than the number of moles of substances undergoing a change.
_____ 24. The melting of ice is always a(n)
a. exothermic reaction.
b. endothermic reaction.
c. negative entropic reaction.
d. catalyzed reaction.

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Chapter Test A, continued

_____ 25. For a reaction that has a H of 23.0 kJ and a S of
130 J/K, what is
G at 25.0°C?
a.
15.7 kJ
b. +15.7 kJ
c.
61.7 kJ
d. +61.7 kJ

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