answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

By whether heat is released or absorbed during the reaction.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How do you distinguish exothermic and endothermic processes?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Is spanish moss endothermic or exothermic?

Exothermic. All living things are exothermic due to processes of metabolism.


What processes use energy to release substance in or out of the cell?

exothermic and endothermic


Are platypus endothermic or exothermic?

Platypuses are endothermic. Platypuses are monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals, and all mammals are endothermic. This means that they regulate their body temperature by internal processes and that their body temperature is constant.


What is an endothermic compound and what is an exothermic compound?

Compounds are not generally considered endothermic or exothermic. These terms refer to processes. So, the process of formation, or the process of decomposition, would be an endothermic process or an exothermic process.


When clothes are drying is it an endothermic or an exothermic reaction?

The combustion is exothermic.


Which state changes are exothermic and endothermic?

freezing is exothermic, melting is endothermic, evaporation is endothermic, condensation is exothermic.


Is freeezing endothermic or exothermic?

Freezing is exothermic, as the substance that is freezing loses energy to its surroundings.


How does an endothermic process differ from an exothermic process?

An endothermic phase change is when the substance absorbs energy from its surroundings (melting, vaporization).In an exothermic phase change the substance releases energy to its surroundings (freezing, condensation)..


Contrast endothermic and exothermic reactions?

Endothermic reactions are chemical reactions that use heat as part of the reactant. Heat is absorbed into the reaction in order for it to continue. Exothermic reactions are chemical reactions that release heat as a product of the reaction.


Is silicon endothermic or exothermic?

Silicon is an element - endothermic or exothermic is meaningless.


Is decomposition of phosphorus pentachloride endothermic or exothermic?

Exothermic reaction.


Is a candle a endothermic or exothermic change?

exothermic- because exothermic gives off heat and endothermic is cold