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Chemistry Unit 5 (Round 7)
Energy from Chemical & Nuclear Reactions

Which fuels should we design our next generation vehicles to use?

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Unit Resources and Lessons Documents

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Unit Resources

Unit Overview Materials (Unit Overview, NGSS Elements, Teacher Edition, Student Edition)

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Lesson 2

What is happening to the fuels inside the engine to make the vehicle move?

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Lesson 5

How are the bonds between these different compounds different from each other?

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Lesson 8

Where is the energy coming from when we use batteries or hydrogen as fuel? What tradeoffs are there when using these other fuels?

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Lesson 11

How can we use our criteria and constraints to figure out what fuels to use in future vehicles?

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Lesson 3

Why do we need to put energy into the system to start the reaction?

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Lesson 6

How does the amount of energy we put in the reaction system compare to the energy we get out?

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Lesson 9

Where is the energy coming from when we use uranium as a fuel?

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Lesson 12

Which fuels should we design our next generation of vehicles to use?

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Lesson 1

What different fuels have we used and do we currently use for transportation?

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Lesson 4

What happens when a bond forms?

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Lesson 7

How can we quantify or calculate the net energy change in combustion reactions?

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Lesson 10

Why do we use some fuels rather than others?

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