SHS Chemistry · Year 2

Energy Changes practice questions

Systems and surroundings, enthalpy change, bond enthalpy, lattice energy and Hess's law.

25 questions in this topic: 14 recall, 6 applying skills and concepts and 5 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Recall

    Enthalpy is a thermodynamic quantity which describes the

    • aenergy of a system
    • bmass of a system
    • cvolume of a system
    • dcolour of a system
  2. Question 2Recall

    Hess's Law states that the total enthalpy change of a reaction equals

    • athe sum of all the individual enthalpy changes
    • bthe largest single enthalpy change
    • czero always
    • dthe average of the steps
  3. Question 3Strategic thinking

    Forming an ionic lattice from gaseous ions generally

    • areleases energy
    • brequires energy
    • chas no energy change
    • dproduces light only
  4. Question 4Recall

    A closed system can exchange

    • aheat but not matter
    • bmatter but not heat
    • cboth heat and matter
    • dneither
  5. Question 5Strategic thinking

    Comparing bond dissociation energy with atomisation energy, atomisation energy concerns

    • abreaking all bonds in one mole to give gaseous atoms
    • bone specific bond only
    • cforming a lattice
    • dmelting a solid

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