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.
When chemical reactions take place, chemical bonds are broken in the reactants and new chemical bonds are formed in the products. It is as a result of these processes that a reaction is overall exothermic (energy is given out to the surroundigs) or overall endothermic (energy is absorbed from the surroundings).