Practise Questions (Basic) Rate of Reaction

Practise questions (Basic) are designed to ensure that students are aware of the basic
concepts of the topic. This should be the first step that students undertake while
revising for their chemistry examination. For the O Level examination, these basic
concepts will be tested although questions will not be straight forward and students
will need to be able to apply these concepts to solve the questions.

(1): Explain why increasing the (i) concentration (ii) temperature of reacting
particles increases the rate of reaction.

(2): Explain why decreasing the particle size of the reactants increases the rate of
reaction.

(3): Explain why the usage of catalyst increases the rate of reaction.

(4): State whether addition of catalyst increases the amount of energy release during
a chemical reaction.

(5): Describe briefly how the rate the below reactions could be monitored:
(a): Calcium carbonate with hydrochloric acid
(b): Sodium thiosulfate with hydrochloric acid producing sodium chloride, water,
sulfur dioxide and sulfur
(c): Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide producing water and oxygen gas

(6): Give two examples of catalysts and their uses in industry

About Breeze Education:

Breeze Education offers chemistry tuition to O Level Students. Tuition classes are
conducted in small group with class size of not more than 3 students to facilitate

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active discussion and consultation. Chemistry is taught in a way to facilitate easy
understanding of the topic. Students are also honed on their revision techniques so
that they can improve faster over a shorter period of time. Tuition sessions are
planned and taught by Dr Francis who has a PhD in Biomedical Science from
National University of Singapore.

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