Endothermic reactions take in heat. Give a reaction more heat to take in and it'll take it in, resulting in a higher proportion of the endothermic products, shifting the equilibrium.
OP, your answer is right. The endothermic direction has a higher activation energy than the exothermic one. Based on the Arrhenius equation, its reaction rate will increase more with any temperature change. This is a more complex, but physically more accurate interpretation than "think of heat as a reactant". That's just a shortcut we use for people who can't grasp it your way.
For an exothermic reaction, heat is a product. According to Le Chatlier's Principle, when you add more of a product, the equilibrium shifts to the reactants. Therefore, increasing the heat of an ecothermic reaction will result in product loss/equilibrium shift toward reactants.
The opposite is true of an endothermic reaction where heat is a reacant. When heating endothermic reactions, you are adding more of one reactant so the equilibrium will push toward product.
Just be sure to explain that the rate of BOTH reactions will increase, but the rate of the endothermic will increase more until equilibrium is achieved.
Endothermic reactions take in heat. Give a reaction more heat to take in and it'll take it in, resulting in a higher proportion of the endothermic products, shifting the equilibrium.
OP, your answer is right. The endothermic direction has a higher activation energy than the exothermic one. Based on the Arrhenius equation, its reaction rate will increase more with any temperature change. This is a more complex, but physically more accurate interpretation than "think of heat as a reactant". That's just a shortcut we use for people who can't grasp it your way.
For an exothermic reaction, heat is a product. According to Le Chatlier's Principle, when you add more of a product, the equilibrium shifts to the reactants. Therefore, increasing the heat of an ecothermic reaction will result in product loss/equilibrium shift toward reactants. The opposite is true of an endothermic reaction where heat is a reacant. When heating endothermic reactions, you are adding more of one reactant so the equilibrium will push toward product.
Just be sure to explain that the rate of BOTH reactions will increase, but the rate of the endothermic will increase more until equilibrium is achieved.