Explanation:
Energy is absorbed when breaking bonds (endothermic). The amount of energy required is dependent on the strength of the bond.
Statement III is incorrect because average bond enthalpies are averaged over a range of compounds.

Explanation:
The graph shows that the maximum change in temperature is 24.9−20.0=4.9°C. However, extrapolating the linear cooling trend to the time of addition gives a theoretical maximum change of 5.4$°$C. This is the value of ΔT that should be used to obtain the best estimate of $q$, as the extrapolation accounts for heat loss to the environment during the reaction.

The other distractors correspond to the temperature change at the latest recorded time point (option A) and the extrapolated temperature change at time = 0$s$ (option D), a time point which precedes the addition of the solid and is therefore irrelevant.

This question is moderately difficult as the student must interpret a graph and apply the heat loss correction with little guidance.

Explanation:
The endothermic reaction is favoured when the temperature increases. The concentration of products increases at t=10 mins; therefore, the forward reaction must be endothermic.
Increasing the volume decreases the pressure and causes the side with more moles of gas to be favoured. The concentration of reactants increases at t=15 mins; therefore, the reactants must have more moles of gas than the products.

Explanation:
By applying Hess’s law, regardless of the route by which a chemical reaction proceeds, the enthalpy change will always have the same, provided that the initial and final states of the system are identical.

Explanation:
The products are at a lower energy level than the reactants meaning that the total average bond enthalpy of formation of bonds in the products is greater than the total average bond enthalpy of breaking of bonds in the reactants.

Explanation:
Triple bonds are stronger than double bonds which are in turn stronger than single bonds. The greater the number of shared pairs of electrons, the stronger the bond and the greater the bond enthalpy.

Explanation:
The full, balanced equation divided into the balanced half-reactions where the hydrogen gas is oxidized, and the oxygen gas is reduced, is:

Anode half-reaction: 2 H2(g) →4 H+(aq)+4 e−2H2(g) →4H+(aq)+4e−

Cathode half-reaction: O2(g)+4 H+(aq)+4 e− →2 H2O(l)

The number of electrons required from these half-reactions can be identified as 4.

This question is categorized as hard. The student must be able to separate the hydrogen and oxygen gases to their correct electrodes and determine which is oxidized and which is reduced.
The easiest way to start this is to recognize that if the hydrogen were to be reduced, then it become negatively charged, which is not as stable as the cationic form (H+). Therefore, the hydrogen gas must be oxidized and the oxygen gas reduced.
From that point, the student must correctly place the water in the oxygen’s half-reaction.

Another strategy that is effective is to determine the oxidation state changes for the elements in each half-reaction. Oxidation will occur at the anode, and so the half-reaction must have an increased change in oxidation state. At the cathode, reduction will be occurring and so the oxidation state will decrease.

Explanation:
The reactants are at a lower energy level to the products and are therefore more stable. The products are at a higher energy level to the products meaning the enthalpy change is positive (endothermic reaction).

Explanation:
Average bond enthalpies give data for species in the gaseous phase. In choice C, water is a liquid and so the enthalpy change for the condensation of water vapour would also be needed.

Explanation:
An exothermic reaction is one in which heat energy is transferred from system to surroundings. Endothermic reaction is one in which heat energy is transferred from surroundings to system.

Explanation:
The silver in silver oxide has a $+1$ charge, resulting in Ag2O as the product. When arriving at the sum of the coefficients, it is important to remember to add a 1 for the O2OX2. Hence, the sum of the coefficients is $4+1+2=7$

4 Ag(s)+1 O2(g) →2 Ag2O(s)

This question is categorized as medium as the student must ensure the silver's correct charge and add a 1 for the O2.

Explanation:
Combining the first equation and the reverse of the second equation gives the equation for the enthalpy change in question. (+33.9 kJ)−(−56.5 kJ)=+90.4 kJ

Explanation:
When a metal is combusted, a tremendous amount of energy is released in the form of heat or light. Since the energy is released, the reaction is exothermic, and the enthalpy is negative.
Additionally, the product of the combustion of the metal is the synthesis of the metal oxide.

This question is a medium difficulty where the student must know that combustions are exothermic and correspond to a negative enthalpy change. Further, the student must recognize that in the product compound, magnesium oxide, the magnesium has a +2 charge, and the oxygen has a −2 charge, resulting in MgO.

Explanation:
If a chemical reaction leads to an increase in enthalpy, the heat energy is absorbed from the surroundings.

Explanation:
Ozone has a resonance structure. The oxygen-oxygen bond order is 1.5 (between orders 1 and 2).

Explanation:
Condensation (gas to liquid) requires making bonds and therefore, releases energy. Sublimation (solid to gas) requires breaking bonds and therefore absorbs energy.

Explanation:
Breaking bonds is an endothermic process, and so bond enthalpy values are positive. Making bonds is an exothermic process, and so bond enthalpy values are negative.
ΔH =ΣΔHBEθ(bonds broken) - $\Sigma$ΔHBEθ(bonds formed).
One C≡O and two O−H bonds are broken. Two C=O and one H−H bond are formed.

Explanation:
As temperature increases, the equilibrium shifts to the left hand side (more blue) to oppose the change.
The backward reaction is therefore endothermic and absorbs energy, whereas the forward reaction is exothermic.
As equilibrium shifts to the left, Kc decreases as the concentration of reactants increases.

Explanation:
Endothermic reactions absorb energy from the surroundings. This decreases the temperature of the surroundings and increases the energy in the bonds (the system).

Explanation:
In an electrochemical fuel cell, the fuel (methanol, for example) is oxidized at the anode, while oxygen gas is reduced at the cathode to form water. As is the case for any electrochemical cell, the electrons flow through an external wire from the anode to the cathode.

This question is categorized as medium because it requires the knowledge that oxygen gas is reduced at the cathode and that the product is water. The CO2 would be a product for oxidizing a fuel such as methanol.

Explanation:
The formation of ethanol in biofuel occurs during the fermentation of plant material in anaerobic conditions and in the presence of yeast as a biological catalyst:

C6H12O6+yeast →2 CH3CH2OH+2 CO2

To eliminate the incorrect answers, students must recognize that carbon fixation is the process where inorganic carbon (such as CO2) is converted to organic compounds during photosynthesis.
Combustion of hydrocarbons would be the process that would take place when the biofuel is combusted.

This question is categorized as easy since the student needs only to recall that ethanol for biofuel is produced via the fermentation of plant material.

Explanation:
When very little oxygen is present in the combustion of a hydrocarbon, the result is carbon soot (C solid) as opposed to carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide.

Sufficient oxygen $\to$ complete combustion resulting in CO2 and water;

Limited oxygen $\to$ incomplete combustion resulting in CO and water;

Very limited oxygen $\to$ incomplete combustion resulting in C soot and water.

For this question, the student must recognize that when there is limited oxygen, there are fewer oxygens in the products. This question is categorized as easy as the student needs only to recognize that the amount of oxygen in the combustion directly relates to the number of oxygens in the products.

Explanation:
Crude oil is non-renewable since there is a finite amount of this resource available on Earth. Crude oil has a high energy density meaning that it stores considerable energy in a smaller quantity than other energy sources.
Combusting crude oil releases sulfur and nitrogen oxides (thus contributing to acid precipitation) and carbon dioxide. Importantly, carbon dioxide is always a product of hydrocarbon combustion.

The question difficulty is categorized as a medium because there are a number of facts that the student must remember to answer this question correctly, but there is nothing that the student must solve to arrive at the correct answer.