1.  Define and give  examples to differentiate between  the terms : rate, rate constant, rate equation, order of reaction, order from the menu, overall order, order in a specific reaction.  Given initial rates of reaction (make them up) and concentrations, determine the orders of a reaction, the rate equation, and the rate constant.

 

2. a) For a first order reaction:  give an example of the appropriate rate equation and an integrated expression that relates concentration to time.

b) For a second order reaction:  give an example of the appropriate rate equation and an integrated expression that relates concentration to time.

 

 

3.  How does temperature effect the rate of reaction?   What equation  relates the rate constants to temperature?  How is this effect  accounted for by  collision theory?   Demonstrate that you know  what the terms  activation energy, transition state or activated complex mean.

 

4.  What is the difference between a reaction equation and a mechanism of a reaction?  What is the difference between the stoicheometric coefficients and the molecularity of a reaction step?  Give an example of a couple of mechanisms of  reactions .  Include the overall reaction; the mechanism; the rate equation.  Give an example of a catalyst and the mechanism  by which it operates. What is an inhibitor?