Unit 16: Thermochemistry

Enduring Understandings:

1. Energy changes accompany changes in matter.

2. Properties and reactions of matter can be quantified.

Essential Questions:

1. Why do energy changes accompany changes in matter?

2. How can exchanges in energy be quantified?

Vocabulary:

Exothermic

Endothermic

Heat

Specific Heat

Calorimetry

Heat of Reaction

Enthalpy

Activation Energy

Joule

Calorie