Compare how heat flows during exothermic reactions and endothermic reactions. Explain what happens to the thermal energy of the surroundings in each case.

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3 August, 17:35

Compare how heat flows during exothermic reactions and endothermic reactions. Explain what happens to the thermal energy of the surroundings in each case.

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Asa Meadows · Answer 1

(re-write in your own words) Did your answer include these concepts?

Heat flows from the reacting substances out to the surroundings in an exothermic reaction.

The thermal energy of the surroundings increases as a result of an exothermic reaction.

Heat flows in to the reacting substances from the surroundings in an endothermic reaction.

The thermal energy of the surroundings decreases as a result of an endothermic reaction.

Lorelei Adkins · Answer 2

In exothermic reactions the area around the reaction gets warmed. Endothermic reactions take thermal energy out of the surroundings