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Which of the following is a characteristic of an exothermic reaction?
Which of the following is a characteristic of an exothermic reaction?
- Release of heat (correct)
- Increase in entropy
- Formation of a precipitate
- Consumption of heat
What is the function of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the function of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
- Speeds up the reaction without being consumed (correct)
- Increases the activation energy
- Changes the products of the reaction
- Decreases the reaction rate
What type of chemical reaction involves the transfer of electrons from one substance to another?
What type of chemical reaction involves the transfer of electrons from one substance to another?
- Oxidation-reduction reaction (correct)
- Combustion reaction
- Decomposition reaction
- Synthesis reaction