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Course: High school chemistry?>?Unit 3
Lesson 3: Energy of chemical reactionsApply: energy of chemical reactions
Problem
The following diagram represents a chemical reaction (the reaction system) and the surrounding environment.
Use the diagram to complete the statements.
- The diagram shows that the energy required to break the bonds in the reactants isthan the energy released during the formation of products.
- The diagram represents anreaction.
- The diagram shows that, overall,
of energy is transferred the surroundings. This will result in the surroundings becoming .