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Exothermic Lab

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We already knew that exothermic means to exit or release heat energy. Endothermic means to absorb heat energy. Chemical reactions are when one thing changes into another but it cannot return to it’s original form. We read about instant hot packs and cold packs and how they are chemical reactions. When water mixes with different salt or some substances it can cause a decrease or increase in temperature. In our experiment our guiding question was which of the following substances would make an economical hot pack or cold pack? This goes to show how you can use your background information on endothermic and exothermic also chemical reactions to make and economical cold pack or hot pack you would have to think through what substance would work

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