SECTION 1

SHORT ANSWER Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1. The following reaction takes place in an electrochemical cell:
Cu2 + (aq) + Zn(s)  Cu(s) + Zn2 + (aq)
a. Which electrode is the anode?
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b. Which electrode is the cathode?
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c. Write the cell notation for this system.
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d. Write equations for the half-reactions that occur at each electrode and label each
reaction.
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2. _____ Energy will be released in the form of heat when
(a) reactants in a spontaneous energy-releasing redox reaction are connected
by a wire.
(b) reactants in a spontaneous energy-releasing redox reaction are in direct
contact.
(c) copper atoms are deposited on an anode.
(d) electrochemical half-cells are isolated from one another.
3. _____ An electrochemical cell is constructed using the reaction of chromium metal
and iron(II) ion, as follows:
2Cr(s) + 3Fe2 + (aq)  2Cr3 + + 3Fe(s)
Which statement best describes this system?
(a) Electrons flow from the iron electrode to the chromium electrode.
(b) Energy is released.
(c) Negative ions move through the salt bridge from the chromium half-cell to
the iron half-cell.
(d) Negative ions move through the salt bridge from the iron half-cell to the
chromium half-cell.
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4. Below is a diagram of an electrochemical cell.

a. Write the anode half-reaction.

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b. Write the cathode half-reaction.
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c. Write the balanced overall cell reaction.
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____________________ d. Do electrons within the electrochemical cell travel through
the voltmeter in a clockwise or a counterclockwise
direction, as represented in the diagram?
____________________ e. In what direction do anions pass through the porous
membrane, as represented in the diagram?
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SHORT ANSWER
1. a. the zinc electrode
b. the copper electrode
c. Zn(s) | Zn2 + (aq) || Cu2 + (aq) | Cu(s)
d. at the anode, Zn(s)  Zn2 + (aq) + 2e2 ;
at the cathode, Cu2 + (aq) + 2e2 Cu(s)
2. b
3. d
4. a. Cu(s)  Cu2 + (aq) + 2e2
b. Ag+ (aq) + 1e  Ag(s)
c. Cu(s) + 2Ag+ (aq)  Cu2 + (aq) +
2Ag(s)
d. clockwise
e right to left