At Home: Hang Photos or Paintings. Take 30 minutes to hang up those paintings or photos you've got in the back of your closet or around the house. You'll give your home an inexpensive mini-makeover and burn off an extra 107 calories in the process.
An endothermic reaction or process takes place when the system absorbs heat energy from the surrounding environment. In an exothermic reaction or process, energy is released into the environment, usually in the form of heat, but also electricity, sound, or light.
Exothermic and endothermic reactions both cause some type of energy level differences. In an exothermic reaction, energy is released in the form of heat. As chemical bonds are formed, energy is released. An example is water turning into ice. Chemical bonds form and release energy to create ice crystals. An endothermic reaction, however, is the opposite. Here, the energy is absorbed in the form of heat. When a chemical bond is broken, the energy used creates an endothermic reaction. Changing ice into water, then vapor, requires the chemical bonds to be broken.