Student Exploration: Reaction Energy
Vocabulary: calorimeter, chemical bond, endothermic, enthalpy, exothermic, Hess’s law
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)
1. Two magnets are stuck together. What might you have to do to get them to separate?
Exert force on both in and pull in opposite direction of the
bond.
2. Suppose you held two magnets a short distance apart, then let go. What would happen?
They would be pulled towards each other.
3. Think about the magnets in terms of energy. In which case do you increase the potential
energy of the magnets? In which case do you increase the kinetic energy of the magnets?
You increase the potential energy when holding the two
magnets close to each other but not touching. You increase
the kinetic energy when you let go and let them connect.
Gizmo Warm-up
Just like magnets, atoms of different elements are
attracted together to form chemical bonds. Breaking
these bonds requires energy. When a new bond forms,
energy is released and temperatures rise. In the Reaction
Energy Gizmo, you will explore how the energy of chemical
bonding relates to temperature changes that occur during
chemical reactions.
To begin, check that Reaction 1 and Forward are selected. In this reaction, hydrogen (H2) and
oxygen (O2) react to form water (H2O). The reaction takes place inside a device called a
calorimeter. Inside the calorimeter, a small chamber holds the reactants. The rest of the
calorimeter is filled with water.
As the temperature rises the hydrogen
and oxygen atoms bond into water molecules.
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, 1. Click Play ( ). What happens?
starting temperature is 21°C and
2. How does the temperature change?The
rises to 27.4°C, an increase of 6.4°C, holding at that temp
once all the hydrogen and oxygen atoms are bonded.
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