how does a decrease in potential energy during a chemical rwaction relate to the temperature of the surroundings​

If the potential energy of the reaction system decreases, then kinetic energy in the surroundings increases and the temperature of the surroundings rises

Explanation:

plants need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food. plants use the raw materials of water, nutrients they absorb from soil, and carbon dioxide to make sugars the plant can use. energy from the sun and chlorophyll are also needed.

a 20-cm-long, cylindrical graphite (pure carbon) rod is inserted into an oxidizing atmosphere at 1145 k and 1.013 x 105 pa pressure. the oxidizing process is limited by the diffu- sion of oxygen counterflow to the carbon monoxide that is formed on the cylindrical surface.