Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Physical change and chemical change
Exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions
100

A reaction requiring the absorption of heat.

Endothermic chemical reaction

100

The variable that is being measured.

Dependent variable

100
Two examples of physical changes

glass breaking, cutting paper, painting a wall, changes in state of matter

100

What happens to the temperature in an endothermic chemical reaction? 

Increases 

200

Anything that has mass (weight) and takes up space.

Matter

200

The variable that changes.

Independent variable

200

Two examples of chemical change

cooking, baking, iron rusting, fireworks, reacting with air or acid

200

What happens to the temperature in an exoothermic chemical reaction?

Decreases

300

Type of change where a new substance is created.

Chemical change

300

ou want to figure out which brand of microwave popcorn pops the most kernels so you can get the most value for your money. You test different brands of popcorn to see which bag pops the most popcorn kernels.

What is the dependent variable?  

Number of popcorn kernels popped

300

A chemical change can produce.....

odor, change taste, bubbles, gas...etc
300
Two examples of endothermic reactions.

baking, cooking, photosynthesis, melting and evaporation.

400

A type of change where the substance stays the same, but size and shape may change.

Physical change.

400

You want to see which type of fertilizer helps plants grow fastest, so you add a different brand of fertilizer to each plant and see how tall they grow.

What is the independent variable?

Different brands of fertilizers

400

What kind of change do you observe when sugar dissolves in water? explain

physical change

When sugar dissolves in water to form a sugar solution (sugar in water), its chemical composition does not change. Hence it's a physical change.

400

Two examples of exothermic reactions.

freezing, condensation, burning wood, lighting a candle, rusting, fireworks..etc

500

This type of matter keeps a definite shape.

Solids.

500

You're interested in how rising sea temperatures impact plant life, so you design an experiment that measures the number of plants in a sample of water taken from a specific ocean site under varying temperatures.

Give 2 control variables

Same plant

Same amount of water


500

What physical change could be considered a chemical change as well?

Color 

Painting a wall - physical change

Iron rusting- chemical change

500

Two similarities between endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions.

Both involve heat energy, both are chemical reactions.