Thermochemistry Worksheet Name ________________________

Date ______________ Period _____

1. Identify the system and the surroundings for each of the following. Then identify if the scenario is an
endothermic or exothermic process/reaction.
a) a cup of hot coffee f) a log of wood burning

b) a melting ice cube g) fireworks

c) a boiling pot of water h) a light bulb warming up

d) an instant ice pack i) a pond freezing over

e) water condensing on a window j) a person in a hot tub

2. State the Law of Conservation of Energy.

3. Fill in the empty boxes in the table.

J cal J cal
4.05 J 125 J
512 cal 0.54 cal
4.184 J 3.45 J
0.2390 cal 67.8 cal

4. When 210. J of heat is added to 5.2 g of aluminum at 20.0°C, the temperature increases to 65.2°C. What is
the specific heat of aluminum?

5. How much more joules of heat is needed to raise the aluminum from #4 up to 100.0°C?

6. How much heat (in kJ) is released when 1.5 moles of methanol is dissolved in water? (ΔHfus = 3.16 kJ/mol)

7. How many moles of ammonia will vaporize when 734 kJ of heat is added? (ΔHvap = 23.4 kJ/mol)

8. It takes 450. J of heat to vaporize 0.50 moles of oxygen gas, what is the molar heat of vaporization (ΔHvap) of
oxygen gas?

9. The specific heat of iron is 0.46 J/g°C and silver is 0.24 J/g°C. Which will get hotter quicker?

10. Styrofoam has a specific heat of 1.13 J/g°C and rubber has a specific heat of 2.01 J/g°C. Which would you
use to make a cooler to keep your lunch cold? Explain your reasoning.