CALEB BRITISH INT’L SCHOOL.

SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY

DATE:25th – 29th 2021

WEEK:3&4

CLASS:YR 9INTG.

TOPIC:EXOTHERMIC AND ENDOTHERMIC REACTION

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. DEFINE EXOTHERMIC REACTION

2.GIVE EXAMPLES OF EXOTHERMIC REACTION

3.DEFINE ENDOTHERMIC REACTION

4. GIVE EXAMPLES OF ENDOTHERMIC REACTION

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 Exothermic Reactions
Exothermic reactions increase in temperature.

Examples include:
Burning reactions including the combustion of
fuels.
Detonation of explosives.
Reaction of acids with metals.

Magnesium
reacting with
acid

Thermit reaction
Activity

Say whether these processes are exothermic.

1. Charcoal burning yes
2. A candle burning. yes
3. A kettle boiling
4. Ice melting no
5. A firework exploding no
yes

You have to put heat in for boiling and melting.

You get heat out from all the other processes
 Exothermic Reactions
Magnesium + Hydrochloric acid

25o C 45o C
magnesium
Heat
energy
given
Gets hot out

Hydrochloric
acid
 Exothermic Reactions
If heat is given out this energy must have come from
chemical energy in the starting materials
(reactants).
45
25oo C

Reactants convert chemical energy to heat

energy.
The temperature rises.
 Exothermic Reactions
Almost immediately the hot reaction products start to
lose heat to the surroundings and eventually they
return to room temperature.
25o C
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Chemical energy becomes heat energy.
The reaction mixture gets hotter.
Eventually this heat is lost to the surroundings.
It follows that reaction products have less chemical
energy than the reactants had to start with.
 Endothermic Reactions
Endothermic reactions cause a decrease in temperature.

Endothermic chemical reactions are relatively

rare.
A few reactions that give off gases are highly
endothermic - get very cold.
Dissolving salts in water is another process that
is often endothermic.
 Endothermic Reactions
Endothermic reactions cause a decrease in temperature.

Heat
Ammonium energy
nitrate taken
in as the
mixture
returns
Cools back to
room
temp.
Water

Starts 25°C Cools to 5°C Returns to 25°C

 Endothermic Reactions
Extra energy is needed in order for
endothermic reactions to occur.
525 CC
o o

This comes from the thermal

energy of the reaction mixture
which consequently gets
colder.

Reactants convert heat energy into chemical energy

as they change into products. The temperature
drops.
 Endothermic Reactions
The cold reaction products start to gain heat from the
surroundings and eventually return to room
temperature.

5o ooCC
25 The reactants gain energy.

This comes from the substances used in the reaction and

the reaction gets cold.

Eventually heat is absorbed from the surroundings and the

mixture returns to room temperature.

Overall the chemicals have gained energy.

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EVALUATION: (ORAL QUESTIONS/ CLASS WORK)

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Which of the following is an endothermic process?

A. Burning wood
B. Reacting an acid and alkali
C. Reacting magnesium with acid
D. Dissolving ammonium nitrate in water
 Which of the following is true for an exothermic
process?

A. The reactants lose

energy to the
surroundings products
B. The reaction gets cold

Energy / kJ
C. The energy diagram will
be as shown
D. The reaction will have a reactants

H that is positive (+).

Progress of reaction
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EVALUATION (ASSIGNMENTS) GIVE 5 EXAMPLES EACH OF
ENDOTHERMIC AND EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS

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