Chemical Kinetics and Rates

This quiz is based on the concepts in AP Chemistry Enduring understanding: "Reaction rates that depend on temperature and other environmental factors are determined by measuring changes in concentrations of reactants or products over time."

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Which technique would be most useful to quantify the change in the concentration of aqueous species during a chemical reaction?

Pressure measurements

UV-Visible light spectroscopy

Thin layer chromatography

X-ray chromatography

If the rate law for a reaction is k[A][B]2, what is the overall order of the reaction?

Zero order

First order

Second order

Third order

In the following precipitation reaction in a closed container:
AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO3 (aq)
What would be the effect of doubling the pressure in the container?

The reaction rate drops by half

The reaction rate quadruples

The reaction rate does not change

The reaction rate doubles

In the following reaction sequence, which substance is the catalyst?

A + B → C

C + D → E

E → F + G

G → D + H

C

D

A

B

In a reaction, A + B → C, doubling [B] quadruples the reaction rate, and doubling both [A] and [B] increases the rate by 8-fold. What is the order of the reaction with respect to [A]?

Zero

First

Second

Third

Atoms, ions, and molecules can react to form products when they collide, provided that the particles have enough kinetic energy. Which theory is this?

Atomic theory

Collision theory

Reaction theory

Formation theory

What is the substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected?

Solid

Products

Catalyst

Reactants

What is the reaction that releases energy in the form of heat called?

Ectothermic

Endothermic

External

Exothermic

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Chemical Kinetics and Rates
Questions: 8
Contributed by:
Steve