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Lower Secondary Stage 9
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Earn 100

Priya and Lily are investigating the energy changes that take place during dissolving.

They follow this method:

• Pour 10cm3of water into a boiling tube.

• Record the temperature of the water. Add 0.5gof ammonium chloride and stir.

• Record the temperature when the ammonium chloride has dissolved.

Here are their results: 
Start temperature in °C 20.0
The final temperature in  °C18.5

Priya thinks that if they repeat the experiment using 9cm3water the temperature change will stay the same, but Lily thinks it will decrease further. 

Explain why Lily is correct.

Important Questions on Energy Transfers in Chemistry

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Lower Secondary Stage 9
IMPORTANT

The word equation for photosynthesis is:

water + carbon dioxide glucose + oxygen

The word equation for respiration is:

glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water

Use your scientific knowledge to explain which process is exothermic and which is endothermic.

 

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Lower Secondary Stage 9
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Match each change of state with its energy change. 

Change of state: Melting, freezing, condensing, evaporating

Energy change: Exothermic, Endothermic.

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Lower Secondary Stage 9
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Explain how sweating cools the skin. 

Energy transfers from the skin to sweat as ______. A moisture leaves the skin _____ , it carries a lot of heat with it, cooling your body.

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Lower Secondary Stage 9
IMPORTANT

The diagram shows a burring candle.

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Describe what happens to the wax as the candle burns. 

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Lower Secondary Stage 9
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When wax burns is the reaction exothermic or endothermic? Give a reason for your answer. 
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Lower Secondary Stage 9
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Safi has drawn a sketch graph to show how the temperature of the wax changes as the candle burns. Explain why there is a plateau in the graph. 

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