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Energetics Practice



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

What would likely happen if you were to touch the flask in which an endothermic reaction were occurring?
a.
The flask would probably feel cooler than before the reaction started.
b.
The flask would probably feel warmer than before the reaction started.
c.
The flask would feel the same as before the reaction started.
d.
none of the above
 

 2. 

Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?
a.
light
c.
heat
b.
pressure
d.
electricity
 

 3. 

If heat is released by a chemical system, an equal amount of heat will be ____.
a.
absorbed by the surroundings
c.
released by the surroundings
b.
absorbed by the universe
d.
released by the universe
 

 4. 

In an exothermic reaction, the energy stored in the chemical bonds of the reactants is ____.
a.
equal to the energy stored in the bonds of the products
b.
greater than the energy stored in the bonds of the products
c.
less than the energy stored in the bonds of the products
d.
less than the heat released
 

 5. 

What is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 200.0 g of aluminum by 10mc005-1.jpgC? (specific heat of aluminum = 0.21 mc005-2.jpg)
a.
420 cal
c.
42,000 cal
b.
4200 cal
d.
420,000 cal
 

 6. 

How many kilocalories of heat are required to raise the temperature of 225 g of aluminum from 20mc006-1.jpgC to 100mc006-2.jpgC? (specific heat of aluminum = 0.21 mc006-3.jpg)
a.
0.59 kcal
c.
85 kcal
b.
3.8 kcal
d.
none of the above
 

 7. 

When 45 g of an alloy, at 25mc007-1.jpgC, are dropped into 100.0 g of water, the alloy absorbs 956 J of heat. If the final temperature of the alloy is 37mc007-2.jpgC, what is its specific heat?
a.
0.423 mc007-3.jpg
c.
9.88 mc007-5.jpg
b.
1.77 mc007-4.jpg
d.
48.8 mc007-6.jpg
 

 8. 

How can you describe the specific heat of olive oil if it takes approximately 420 J of heat to raise the temperature of 7 g of olive oil by 30mc008-1.jpgC?
a.
greater than the specific heat of water
c.
equal to the specific heat of water
b.
less than the specific heat of water
d.
Not enough information is given.
 

 9. 

Standard conditions of temperature and pressure for a thermochemical equation are ____.
a.
0mc009-1.jpgC and 101 kPa
c.
0mc009-3.jpgC and 0 kPa
b.
25mc009-2.jpgC and 101 kPa
d.
25mc009-4.jpgC and 22.4 kPa
 

 10. 

The specific heat of silver is 0.24 mc010-1.jpg. How many joules of energy are needed to warm 4.37 g of silver from 25.0mc010-2.jpgC to 27.5mc010-3.jpgC?
a.
2.62 J
c.
45.5 J
b.
0.14 J
d.
0.022 J
 

 11. 

Which of the following has the greatest heat capacity?
a.
1000 g of water
c.
1 g of water
b.
1000 g of steel
d.
1 g of steel
 

 12. 

Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat?
a.
steel
c.
alcohol
b.
water
d.
chloroform
 

 13. 

The amount of heat transferred from an object depends on which of the following?
a.
the specific heat of the object
c.
the mass of the object
b.
the initial temperature of the object
d.
all of the above
 

 14. 

On what principle does calorimetry depend?
a.
Hess's law
c.
law of enthalpy
b.
law of conservation of energy
d.
law of multiple proportions
 

 15. 

A chunk of ice whose temperature is –20mc015-1.jpgC is added to an insulated cup filled with water at 0mc015-2.jpgC. What happens in the cup?
a.
The ice melts until it reaches the temperature of the water.
b.
The water cools until it reaches the temperature of the ice.
c.
Some of the water freezes, so the chunk of ice gets larger.
d.
none of the above
 

 16. 

What is the standard heat of reaction for the following reaction?
Zn(s) + Cumc016-1.jpgmc016-2.jpg(aq) mc016-3.jpg Znmc016-4.jpg(aq) + Cu(s)
(mc016-5.jpgHmc016-6.jpg for Cumc016-7.jpg = +64.4 kJ/mol; mc016-8.jpgHmc016-9.jpg for Znmc016-10.jpg = –152.4 kJ/mol)
a.
216.8 kJ released per mole
c.
88.0 kJ absorbed per mole
b.
88.0 kJ released per mole
d.
216.8 kJ absorbed per mole
 

 17. 

Calculate mc017-1.jpgH for the following reaction.
Cmc017-2.jpgHmc017-3.jpg(g) + Hmc017-4.jpg(g) mc017-5.jpg Cmc017-6.jpgHmc017-7.jpg(g)
(mc017-8.jpgHmc017-9.jpg for Cmc017-10.jpgHmc017-11.jpg(g) = 52.5 kJ/mol; mc017-12.jpgHmc017-13.jpg for Cmc017-14.jpgHmc017-15.jpg(g) = –84.7 kJ/mol)
a.
–137.2 kJ
c.
32.2 kJ
b.
–32.2 kJ
d.
137.2 kJ
 

 18. 

Calculate the energy released when 24.8 g Namc018-1.jpgO reacts in the following reaction.
Namc018-2.jpgO(s) + 2HI(g) mc018-3.jpg 2NaI(s) + Hmc018-4.jpgO(l)
mc018-5.jpgH = –120.00 kcal
a.
0.207 kcal
c.
48.0 kcal
b.
2.42 kcal
d.
3.00 mc018-6.jpg 10mc018-7.jpg kcal
 

 19. 

To calculate the amount of heat absorbed as a substance melts, which of the following information is NOT needed?
a.
the mass of the substance
c.
the change in temperature
b.
the specific heat of the substance
d.
the density of the sample
 

 20. 

The mc020-1.jpgHmc020-2.jpg is ____.
a.
always negative
b.
always positive
c.
sometimes positive, sometimes negative
d.
always 0
 

 21. 

When 1.0 g of solid NaOH (mc021-1.jpgHmc021-2.jpg = –445.1 kJ/mol) dissolves in 10 L of water, how much heat is released?
a.
445.1 kJ
c.
11.1 J
b.
405.1 kJ
d.
11.1 kJ
 

 22. 

When 10 g of diethyl ether is converted to vapor at its boiling point, about how much heat is absorbed? (Cmc022-1.jpgHmc022-2.jpgO, mc022-3.jpgHmc022-4.jpg = 15.7 kJ/mol, boiling point: 34.6mc022-5.jpgC)
a.
2 kJ
c.
0.2 kJ
b.
2 J
d.
Not enough information is given.
 

 23. 

Hess's law ____.
a.
makes it possible to calculate mc023-1.jpgH for complicated chemical reactions
b.
states that when you reverse a chemical equation, you must change the sign of mc023-2.jpgH
c.
determines the way a calorimeter works
d.
describes the vaporization of solids
 

 24. 

mc024-1.jpgHmc024-2.jpg for the formation of rust (Femc024-3.jpgOmc024-4.jpg) is –826 kJ/mol. How much energy is involved in the formation of 5 grams of rust?
a.
25.9 kJ
c.
66 kJ
b.
25.9 J
d.
66 J
 

Short Answer
 

 25. 

The specific heat capacity of graphite is 0.71 sa025-1.jpg. Calculate the energy required to raise the temperature of 750 g of graphite by 160sa025-2.jpgC.
 

 26. 

Suppose a substance has a heat of fusion equal to 45 cal/g and a specific heat of 0.75 sa026-1.jpg in the liquid state. If 5.0 kcal of heat are applied to a 50-g sample of the substance at a temperature of 24sa026-2.jpgC, what will its new temperature be? What state will the sample be in? (melting point of the substance = 27sa026-3.jpgC; specific heat of the solid = 0.48 sa026-4.jpg; boiling point of the substance = 700sa026-5.jpgC)
 

 27. 

Consider a 67-g chunk of ice (sa027-1.jpgHsa027-2.jpg = 6.0 kJ/mol) in a beaker immersed in a water bath. To produce just enough heat to melt the ice, how many moles of solid NaOH (sa027-3.jpgHsa027-4.jpg = –445.1 kJ/mol) must you dissolve in the water bath?
 

 28. 

Use the information below to calculate sa028-1.jpgHsa028-2.jpg for the following reaction.
2NOsa028-3.jpg(g) Nsa028-4.jpgOsa028-5.jpg(g)  
2Nsa028-6.jpg(g) + 2Osa028-7.jpg(g) 2NOsa028-8.jpg(g)sa028-9.jpgHsa028-10.jpg = 67.7 kJ 
Nsa028-11.jpg(g) + 2Osa028-12.jpg(g) Nsa028-13.jpgOsa028-14.jpg(g) sa028-15.jpgHsa028-16.jpg = 9.7 kJ
 

 29. 

A 55.0-g piece of copper wire is heated, and the temperature of the wire changes from 19.0sa029-1.jpgC to 86.0sa029-2.jpgC. The amount of heat absorbed is 343 cal. What is the specific heat of copper?
 



 
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