Energy Curve POGIL
Energy Curve POGIL
Energy Curve POGIL
Below is a diagram showing a typical heating/cooling curve for water. It reveals a wealth
of information about the structure and changes occurring in water as it is heated or cooled
through all three phases of matter at different temperatures. At the top of the diagram are
pictures representing the typical particle arrangement as substances change through their states.
(Endothermic)
Heat removed (Exothermic)
1._____ Solid getting warmer 10._____ Particles are rigid & compressed
2._____ Liquid getting warmer 11._____ Particles closest together
3._____ Gas getting warmer 12._____ All particles able to move past each
4._____ Freezing/ Solidifying other in fluid motion
5._____ Melting/ Liquefying 13._____ Condensation occurs
6._____ Boiling point 14._____ Strongest IMF
7._____ Boiling (Vaporization) 15._____ Particle motion is stationary
8._____ Particles farthest apart 16._____ Particles are most chaotic and
9._____ Weakest IMF disordered. Have the most entropy.
Answer the following questions based on the energy curve below.
Heat removed
1. Is boiling an exothermic or endothermic process? ______________________
2. Is freezing an exothermic or endothermic process? ____________________
3. Is melting an exothermic or endothermic process? ____________________
4. When heat energy is released from the system, what physical change occurs at D?
________________________
5. When heat energy is released from the system, what physical change occurs at B?
_________________________
6. When heat energy is added to the system, what physical change occurs at B?
________________________
7. During which interval(s) is the KE increasing (KE is energy of motion…think, what is
the relationship between energy, temperature and motion? _________________
8. During which interval does the substance have the weakest IMF? _______________
9. During which interval does the substance have strongest IMF? __________________
10. If the particles are not moving faster (temperature is not increasing) during B & D, then
what is the energy absorbed for? ____________________________________________
Now try to answer questions for a substance that is NOT water. At Standard Pressure: 101.3kPa
I II III IV V
The following graph represents the cooling curve for a substance in the gaseous state and becomes solid
as heat energy is released.