Temperature decrease as evidence
What Temperature decrease as evidence means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A temperature drop measured with a thermometer or temperature sensor is evidence that a reaction is endothermic.
Energy is taken in from the surroundings, so the temperature of the surroundings falls.
Topics that use Temperature decrease as evidence
Related terms
- Bond breaking and bond making
- Conservation of energy
- Energy transfer
- Energy transfer in reactions
- Evaluating applications
- Exothermic and endothermic processes
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Exothermic reaction
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