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100

What order is a reaction if the slope of the graph slopes downward at a negative bend, and upward straight up like this ( / ) 

What is 1st order


100
What does increase in temperature do to reaction rate?
What is speeds up the rate


100

Half-life is what...

What is the time it takes for one-half of the limiting reagent to be consumed

100
The rate determining step is what...

What is the slowest step in a reaction

100

Reactants successfully collide to imitate bond-breaking and bond-making events producing products, is what reaction?

What is an elementary reaction.

200

What is the equation for 1st order reactions?

What is ln[A] = -kt + ln[A]o

200

What does a catalyst do to the reaction rate of reactions?

What is lowers activation energy barrier allowing the reaction to start faster than without the catalyst.

200

The equation for determining half-life of a reaction is what.

What is t1/2 = 0.693/k

200

A substance that is both created and consumed during a chemical reaction that does not appear in the overall balanced reaction.

What is an intermediate

200
A reactions occurs, the reactant particles did what?

What is collide, have proper orientation, and have sufficient energy.

300

What order is a reaction if the concentration time graph is a line like this ( \ ) and the rate concentration graph is like this (---) 

What is zero order


300

When the concentrations of both reactants A and B are doubleted the rate increased by a factor of 8, The reaction is second order in B, how about in A?

What is first order


300

The half-life equation of a second order reaction is 

What is t1/2 = 1/ K[A]o

300

The number of elementary steps determines what...

The number of minima between reactants and products.

300

An increase in temperature of 5-10 degrees Celsius can substantially increase the rate of a chemical reaction, what explains this?

What is the number of effective collisions between reactant particles is increased

400

What is the formula for second order reactions?

What is 1/[A]t = kt + 1/[A]o

400

Under what circumstances should you not use the method of initial rates to determine the rate law for a reaction?

What are very fast reactions
400

The concentration of A reduces from 1.0 M to 0.50 M in 25.2 minutes. If A decomposes by a 1st order reaction, what is the half-life of the decomposition of A

What is 25.5 minutes.

400

The purpose for striking a match against the rough side of a match box is to what

What is to supply the activation energy for the reaction.

400

What makes a reaction exothermic?

What is the potential energy of the products is less than the reactants.

500

The reaction of chlorien dioxide and hydroxide ion is shown below. Determine the overall reaction order for this reaction from the rate law.

2ClO(aq) + 2OH-(aq) <--> ClO3-(aq) + ClO2-(aq) + H2O(l) 

Rate Law: R=k[ClO2]^2[OH-]

Overall order = sum order reactants

Overall order = 2 + 1 

What is 3rd order

500
The highest point on a reaction coordinate diagram is known as what?

What is the transition state

500

If the half-life of a first order reaction is 10 s, how long does it take to decrease the initial concentration of a reactant by 94%

What is 40.6 seconds

500

Which of the following rate laws would be consistent with the reaction mechanism? 

a) Rate = k[NO2][Cl2]   c) Rate = [NO2][Cl]

b) Rate = k[NO2]^2      d) Rate = [NO][Cl][NOCl2]

What is a) Rate = k[NO2][Cl2] 

500

If Ep < Er, then what reaction occurs?

What is exothermic