Question

n order to break water into hydrogen and oxygen, water is heated to more than 500ÂșC. Which kind of reaction is this and why?(1 point)
Responses

It is endothermic because heat needs to be absorbed by the reactants to form the products.

It is endothermic because heat needs to be absorbed by the reactants to form the products.

It is exothermic because heat needs to be absorbed by the reactants to form the products.

It is exothermic because heat needs to be absorbed by the reactants to form the products.

It is endothermic because heat needs to be released by the reactants to form the products.

It is endothermic because heat needs to be released by the reactants to form the products.

It is exothermic because heat needs to be released by the reactants to form the products.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:

**It is endothermic because heat needs to be absorbed by the reactants to form the products.**

In this reaction, energy (in the form of heat) is required to break the bonds in water molecules to separate them into hydrogen and oxygen gases, which classifies it as an endothermic reaction.