Endothermic reaction
What Endothermic reaction means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A reaction in which energy is transferred from the surroundings to the system, so the surroundings cool down and the thermometer reading falls.
A reaction that takes in energy from the surroundings, so the surroundings cool down.
Takes in more energy than it releases, so the surroundings cool down.
Topics that use Endothermic reaction
- Energy transfer during exothermic and endothermic reactions (AQA GCSE)
- The energy change of reactions (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Energy transfer to and from the surroundings
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Exothermic reaction
- Bond breaking
- Bond breaking and bond formation
- Combustion
- Conservation of energy in chemical reactions
- Control variables
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