Question

1. List three factors that can cause a chemical reaction to proceed faster.

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. The three factors are;

- Increasing the surface area of the reactants

- Using a catalyst

- Increasing temperature

2. Raising the temperature of a reaction mixture is the same as increasing the kinetic energy of the reacting molecules.

3. This reaction is an exothermic reaction. In exothermic reaction, the temperature of the system (mixture) decreases while that of the surroundings increases.

4. Reactions that releases energy to the surroundings are exothermic reactions.

5. All the options is an example of exothermic process because heat is being removed from the system except;

B. Evaporation of water - This is because it must absorb heat from the surroundings making it endothermic.