WORKSHEET-4, ENERGY CHANGES

NAME: ………………… GRADE-8 DATE: …………

1) Lisa places some citric acid or lemon juice in a test tube. She measures and records
the temperature to be 30oC. She adds three spatulas of sodium hydrogen carbonate
and stirs. She now records the temperature to be 23oC. She learns that these are the
ingredients for the sherbet sweets.

(i) What was the difference between the temperatures at the start and end of the
experiment?
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(ii) Is heat energy given out or taken in during the reaction? What type of reaction is
it?

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(iii) Write down the word equation of the above reaction.

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(iv) Which is the substance in the product that causes the fizz in the above reaction?

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2) Michael and Simone are camping out and they are carrying self-heating cans for their
meals and a chemical ice pack since there is no refrigerator.
(i) Why can’t the self-heating cans be reused?
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(ii) What are the constituents of a chemical ice pack? Describe how it works.
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(iii) Give an advantage and a disadvantage of the chemical ice packs.

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