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What happens to energy during an endothermic reaction?

Energy is taken in from surroundings

What happens to the temperature of the surroundings during an endothermic reaction?

It goes down

How do the energy levels of products compare to reactants in an endothermic reaction?

Products have more energy

What direction does the energy profile graph go in an endothermic reaction?

Upward from reactants to products

What type of endothermic reaction breaks down compounds using heat?

Thermal decomposition

What are the products when calcium carbonate thermally decomposes?

CaO\text{CaO} and CO2\text{CO}_2

Why do sports injury cold packs feel cold?

The dissolving absorbs energy from skin

What happens to a container during the citric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate reaction?

It gets cooler

What happens to a thermometer reading during an endothermic reaction?

It decreases

How does a test tube feel when an endothermic reaction occurs inside it?

Cold to touch

Why must you keep heating calcium carbonate for thermal decomposition to continue?

You need to keep adding heat energy

In an energy profile for an endothermic reaction, where do reactants start?

At a lower energy level

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