Thermodynamics
Virginia SOL CH.7.TH
Investigate and understand that thermodynamics explains the relationship between matter and energy.
What students need to be able to do
- Explain how heat energy affects matter and interactions of matter.
- Interpret heating curves to obtain information about a substance.
- Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic reactions.
- Explain how energy changes in reactions occur as bonds are broken and formed.
- Use collision theory to predict the rate of reactions.
- Explain how rates of reactions depend on catalysts and activation energy.
- Explain how enthalpy and entropy determine the extent of a reaction.