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Test #2: Thermochemistry Multiple Choice: Read Each Question Carefully and Then Select The Letter of The Correct Answer. Circle Your

1. The document contains a 12 question multiple choice test on thermochemistry concepts. Questions assess understanding of terms like heat, temperature, enthalpy, heat of formation, and application to calculations involving energy changes in chemical reactions. 2. Additional free response questions require calculating enthalpy changes, drawing energy diagrams, writing balanced chemical equations, and solving thermochemistry problems step-by-step showing work. 3. The test evaluates mastery of thermochemistry including defining standard heat of formation, applying concepts like endothermic and exothermic to solubility problems, and determining enthalpy changes in complex reaction schemes.

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Test #2: Thermochemistry Multiple Choice: Read Each Question Carefully and Then Select The Letter of The Correct Answer. Circle Your

1. The document contains a 12 question multiple choice test on thermochemistry concepts. Questions assess understanding of terms like heat, temperature, enthalpy, heat of formation, and application to calculations involving energy changes in chemical reactions. 2. Additional free response questions require calculating enthalpy changes, drawing energy diagrams, writing balanced chemical equations, and solving thermochemistry problems step-by-step showing work. 3. The test evaluates mastery of thermochemistry including defining standard heat of formation, applying concepts like endothermic and exothermic to solubility problems, and determining enthalpy changes in complex reaction schemes.

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Test #2: Thermochemistry

Multiple Choice: Read each question carefully and then select the letter of the correct answer. Circle your
answer of choice, or highlight your answers. There is only one correct answer to each question. (12 marks)
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1. The amount of thermal kinetic energy transferred from one object to another is called:
a) heat c) enthalpy
b) temperature d) specific heat capacity

2. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about an endothermic reaction:


a) the chemical potential energy of the system increases
b) the enthalpy of the products is lower than the enthalpy of the reactants
c) energy is absorbed by the system from the surroundings
d) in a thermochemical equation, the energy term will be found on the left side of the arrow

3. “A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system” is the definition for:
a) temperature c) enthalpy
b) heat d) specific heat capacity

4. “The total internal energy of a substance (chemical potential + kinetic)” is referred to as its:
a) temperature c) enthalpy
b) heat d) specific heat capacity

5. It takes 10.5 J of energy to raise the temperature of 10.0 g of pure silver by 4.5ºC. Calculate the specific
heat capacity of pure silver.
a) 0.233 J/gºC
b) 1.05 J/gºC
c) 0.45 J/gºC
d) 4.184 J/gºC

6. When one mole of solid NaCℓO3 forms from its elements in their standard states, 53 kJ of energy is
released. The chemical equation which expresses this information is:
a) Na (s) + Cℓ2 (g) + O2 (g) → NaCℓO3 (s) ΔHºf = + 53 kJ
b) Na (s) + Cℓ (g) + 3 O (g) → NaCℓO3 (s) ΔHºf = – 53 kJ
c) Na (s) + 1/2 Cℓ2 (g) + 3/2 O2 (g) → NaCℓO3 (s) ΔHºf = – 53 kJ
d) 2 Na (s) + Cℓ2 (g) + 3 O2 (g) → 2 NaCℓO3 (s) ΔHºf = + 53 kJ

7. When a sample of potassium nitrate is dissolved in water, the temperature of the water changes from
23.5ºC to 20.3ºC. Which statement is true about potassium nitrate dissolving?
a) the system (process) is endothermic, so the surroundings get cooler
b) the system (process) is endothermic, so the surroundings get warmer
c) the system (process) is exothermic, so the surroundings get cooler
d) the system (process) is exothermic, so the surroundings get warmer

8. For which of the following substances is the standard enthalpy of formation (ΔHºf) equal to zero?
a) O3 (g) b) I2 (s) c) Pb (l) d) all of the above

9. Which of the following are considered to be endothermic reactions?


i) Na2CO3 (s) + H2SO4 (aq) → H2O (l) + CO2 (g) + 2 Na2SO4 (aq) + heat
ii) 2 Na (s) + Br2 (l) → 2 NaBr (s) + heat
iii) heat + H2O (s) → H2O (l)
iv) heat + Cu (s) + 2 AgNO 3 (aq) → Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 Ag (s)

a) (i) only b) (iii) only c) (i) and (ii) d) (iii) and (iv)

10. 2.50 g of hydrogen gas is heated from 17.0ºC to 23.0ºC. The specific heat capacity of hydrogen gas is
14.267 J/gºC. How much energy (heat) is absorbed?
a) 2.14 x 102 J c) 2.14 x 103 kJ
b) 214 kJ d) 0.214 J
11. Given the equation: 2 Na2SO4 (s) + 2240 kJ → 4 Na (s) + 2 S (s) + 4 O2 (g), what is the standard
enthalpy of formation (∆H°f ) of sodium sulfate?
a) +2240 kJ/mol c) –2240 kJ/mol
b) +1120 kJ/mol d) –1120 kJ/mol

12. When 0.0100 mol of solid calcium oxide is dissolved in 100.0 mL of water, 418 J of energy is released.
How much energy would be released if 2.25 g of the solid was dissolved instead?
a) 186 J c) 16.8 kJ
b) 1.68 J d) 1.68 kJ

Answer the following questions in the space provided:


1. Sketch the enthalpy level diagram for the reaction:
(3 marks)
178.1 kJ + CaCO3 (s) → CaO (s) + CO2 (g)

Label the “y” axis, the reactants and products, and


the value for ∆H on the graph.

2. Write the formation equation for pure liquid sulfuric acid, including the value for ∆H°f . (2 marks)

Test #2: Thermochemistry

3. Define “standard heat of formation (ΔHf)” (also known as standard enthalpy of formation). Include one
additional piece of information such as an example or application (2 marks)

4. Find ΔH for the reaction: N2H4 (l) + 2 H2O2 (l) → N2 (g) + 4 H2O (g) Read CAREFULLY!
Given: 2 NO2 (g) + 2 H2O (g) → N2H4 (l) + 3 O2 (g) ΔH = ─ 466 kJ
H2O (l) + ½ O2 (g) → H2O2 (l) ΔH = 98 kJ
NO2 (g) → ½ N2 (g) + O2 (g) ΔH = ─ 34 kJ
H2O (l) → H2O (g) ΔH = 44 kJ
5. When 1.017 g of pure sodium metal is added to 125.0 mL of distilled water, the temperature of the
water changes from 18.6 °C to 30.2°C. Water is in excess. The reaction is: (5 marks)
Na (s) + H2O (l) → NaOH (aq) + ½ H2 (g) ΔH = ?

Calculate the molar enthalpy of sodium as is dissolves in water ( ΔHr) Show a complete, organized solution
including all units and the final answer rounded to the correct number of significant digits.

6. Urea, CO(NH2)2, was the first organic molecule to be made chemically. It is drawn to
the right. Urea can be synthesized by the reaction below:

2 NH3 (g) + CO2 (g) → CO(NH2)2 (s) + H2O (ℓ) ∆H = –133.69 kJ


Use the value for ∆H and heats of formation (∆Hf ) to calculate the ∆Hf for urea. Show a complete,
organized solution, including all units.

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