Name: ________________________________________ Period: ________ Date Due: _________________

PRACTICE WORKSHEET: Intro to Thermochemistry

VOCABULARY:
1. Define Temperature:

2. Define Heat:

EXOTHERMIC (EX) or ENDOTHERMIC (EN)???: Place the letters on the blanks that represent the process.
________ 3. Heat listed as a reactant in the reaction
________ 4. ΔH would be a negative number
________ 5. Substance would “feel” cool to the touch when spontaneously going through the process
________ 6. Reactants have a higher potential energy than the products
________ 7. Heat listed as a product in the reaction
________ 8. Substance would “feel” warm to the touch when spontaneously going through the process
________ 9. ΔH would be a positive number
________ 10. Products have a higher potential energy than the reactants

________ 11. _________ 12.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: If you are holding a block of ice in your hand…

13. Is your hand at a higher or lower temperature than the block of ice? _____________________________________
14. How does your hand feel when you touch the ice? ___________________________________________________
15. Is your hand losing or gaining heat? ______________________________________________________________
16. Is your hand undergoing an exothermic or endothermic process? _______________________________________
17. Is the ice losing or gaining heat? _________________________________________________________________
18. Is the ice undergoing an exothermic or endothermic process? __________________________________________
19. When would heat stop being transferred between the two? ____________________________________________
20. Is heat being transferred from “a warmer object to colder object” or “colder object to warmer object”? _________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
21. An engine requires a total of 100,000 kJ of potential energy from fuel in order to run. The table below shows
information related to the energy output of the engine from burning the fuel. How much potential energy from the
fuel was converted to mechanical energy?
Energy Type kJ
Mechanical ???
Electrical 28,982
Thermal 18,572
DIAGRAM OF HEAT FLOW:
22. Which diagram illustrates an endothermic process?

23. Which diagram illustrates an exothermic process?

24. Is the heat change for the solution positive or negative

in diagram (a)?

25. Is the heat change for the solution positive or negative

in diagram (b)?

ENERGY DIAGRAMS: Using the information provided in each problem, draw potential energy diagrams on the
grid. Answer all questions. All energies are in kJ. Make sure you include units in your answers.
26. Potential energy of reactants: 250 kJ
Potential energy of activated complex: 350 kJ 400
Potential energy of products: 300 kJ

Potential energy
300
(a) What is the value of H?
200

(b) Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic?

100

(c) Do the reactants or products have more stored Progress of reaction

potential energy?

27. Potential energy of reactants: 350 kJ

Activation energy: 100 kJ 400
Potential energy of products: 250 kJ
Potential energy

300
(a) What is the value of H?
200

(b) Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic?

100

(c) What is the potential energy of the activated complex?

Progress of reaction

28. Potential energy of reactants: 200 kJ

Potential energy of activated complex: 400 kJ 400
H = +150 kJ
Potential energy

(a) Is the reaction exothermic or endothermic? 300

200
(b) What is the potential energy of the products?
100

(c) What is the activation energy?

Progress of reaction

(d) Do the reactants or products have more stored potential energy?

FOR THE NEXT PROBLEMS, SHOW ALL WORK USING DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS!
29. Calculate the enthalpy change in kJ if 25.0 g of calcium carbonate were used in the reaction below. (ANS: +44.0 kJ)
176 kJ + CaCO3 (s)  CaO (s) + CO2 (g)

30. The ΔH of the reaction combustion for C2H2 is –2602 kJ.

a. Write the balanced reaction (including the energy!) for the complete combustion of C2H2.

b. If 0.25 mol of C2H2 react according to the equation in part a, how much heat is released? (ANS: –330 kJ)

c. How many grams of C2H2 are needed to react to release –3900 kJ of heat? (ANS: 78 g)

d. Is this reaction endothermic or exothermic? Is heat released or absorbed?

e. Do the reactants or products have more potential energy?

f. Would this reaction feel warm or cool to the touch?

g. Sketch a sample potential energy diagram for the reaction.

31. Calcium carbide can be made by heating calcium oxide (lime) with carbon (charcoal).
CaO (s) + 3 C (s)  CaC2 (s) + CO (g) ∆Hrxn = +464.8 kJ
a. How many kilojoules of heat are absorbed in a reaction in which 76.5 g C(s) is consumed? (ANS: +987 kJ)

b. Is this reaction endothermic or exothermic? Is heat released or absorbed?

c. Do the reactants or products have more potential energy?

d. Would this reaction feel warm or cool to the touch?

e. Sketch a sample potential energy diagram for the reaction.

32. How many kilograms of ethane are required to have a heat change of –1.00 x 106 kJ upon burning? (ANS: 19.3 kg)
2 C2H6 (g) + 7 O2 (g)  4 CO2 (g) + 6 H2O (l) + 3.12 x 103 kJ