Making and breaking bonds

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What process is bond breaking?
endothermic
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What happens with energy in an endothermic reaction?
more energy is needed than released
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What process is bond making?
Exothermic
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What happens with energy in an exothermic reaction?
more energy is released than needed
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Why is energy needed in these reactions?
to break reactants into separate atoms
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What do the atoms do?
join to form new bonds, releasing energy
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What happens with energy in an endothermic reaction?

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What process is bond making?

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