energy changes
Cards (6)
- exothermic reaction
- transfer energy from reacting molecules to the surroundings, temperature increases in its surroundings
- reaction profileexothermic
- endothermic reactions
- take in energy from surroundings, temperature in their surroundings decrease
- reaction profileendothermic
- both, energy rises to a peak (activation energy)
- reactions only occur when the particles collide with each other with sufficient energy
- minimum amount of energy that particles must have is called the activation energy
- breaking a chemical bond is endothermic and making bonds release energy