Unit 7 Flashcards

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The first law of thermodynamics

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Shares that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed between forms, this means chemical reactions involve a transfer of heat

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The second law of thermodynamics

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The second law of thermodynamics states that processes that involve the transfer or conversion of heat energy are irreversible and always move toward more disorder.
States that the entropy of a system will increase (the disorder of energy in a process should increase)

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System

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All of the reactants and products

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Surroudinings

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All things that contain and interact with the system

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System + surroundings=

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Universe

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Endothermic reaction

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Heat flows into the system from the surroundings
Heat of reaction can be written in as one of the reactants
Change of heat is a positive value
Surroundings get colder

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Exothermic reaction

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Heat flows out of a system and into the surroundings
Heat of a reaction can be written in as one of the products
Change of heat is a negative value
Surroundings get hotter

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Melting

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A solid changes into a liquid
Endothermic reactions (gain of heat)

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Melting point

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The temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid

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Evaporation

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A liquid changing into a gas
Endothermic reaction (gain of heat)

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Boiling point

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The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas

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Sublimation

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A solid changing directly into a gas
Endothermic reaction (gained heat)

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Freezing

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A liquid changing into a solid
Exothermic reaction (Losing heat/getting colder)

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Freezing point

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The temperature at which a liquid turns solid

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Condensation

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A gas turns into a liquid
Exothermic reaction (losing heat/getting colder)

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Condensation point

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The temperature at which a gas turns into a liquid

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Disposition

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A gas turning into a solid
Exothermic reaction (Losing heat/getting cold)

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Heating curves

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A heating curve shows temperature increase as heat is added to a substance
Heating curves begin with a solid and progress to a gas
Positive correlation between time and temperature

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Cooling curves

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A cooling curve shows temperature decrease as heat is removed from a substance
Cooling curves begins with a gas and ends at a solid
Negative correlation between temperature and time

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Reading heating and cooling curves

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Diagonal lines indicate a state of matter changing temperature
Horizontal lines indicate a phase change

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Thermodynamics

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The science of the relationship between heat and temperature and now they influence energy and the ability to do work

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Specific heat capacity

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The amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance up 1 degree celsius

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Heat

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The transfer of thermal energy between molecules

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Temperature

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules in a substance

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Calorimetry
A process that measures the heat of a reaction for various reasons and processes
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The carbon cycle
The movement of our fixed amount of carbon between the land, atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms
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Processes that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere
Forests: Take in CO2 and convert it into sugar using photosynthesis, take in more carbon then they release Oceans: Take in CO 2 via diffusion (It will reach equilibrium with the amount in the atmosphere) Soil, plant biomass, and animal biomass: Also absorbs carbon, these organisms need cells to live so they take in carbon to make them
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Processes that release CO2 from the atmosphere
Cellular respiration: When plants, animals, and microbes respire they release CO2 into the cycle Oceans: Take in CO 2 via diffusion (It will reach equilibrium with the amount in the atmosphere) Human emissions: Production of chemicals and materials that we use, deforestation, and agriculture all release C02
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The greenhouse effect
Keeps Earth warm and suitable for life by trapping in heat energy, and thus keeping the temperature high and stable
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Non-renewable energy
Ones that cannot be replaced or re-made at a rate equal to their consumption
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Types of non-renewable energy
Coals, natural gas, oil, gasoline
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Nuclear energy
Uses nuclear fission (breaking apart the nucleus of an atom) to generate energy
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Renewable energy
Energy sources that can be replaced or re-made at a rate equal to or exceeding consumption
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Solar energy
Absorbs energy using the sun and converts it into energy we can use Ex. solar panels Pros: Energy can be stored in batteries, little to no land destruction Cons: Still somewhat inefficient, expensive
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Wind energy
Wind turns a turbine and generates energy Ex. Wind turbines Pros: Fairly cheap, Efficient Cons: Noisy, high construction, wind can't be to fast or to slow
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Hydroelectric energy
Water flows through a turbine and generates energy that we can use Ex. dams Pros: Efficient, constant source of energy Cons: Expensive, destroys ecosystems, floods upstream land
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Geothermal energy
Energy from the heat of the Earth is converted into energy that we can use Ex. Geysers Pros: Energy source generated by Earth; land friendly Cons: Expensive, may cause earthquakes
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Biomass energy
Using crops, trash, wood, etc. that have absorbed energy from the sun and converting it into energy that we can use Ex. Wood Pros: Abundant, natural supply Cons: Requires large amount of space, expensive
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How are non-renewable resources made?
when prehistoric plants and animals died and were gradually buried by layers of rock
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