Question

Use the scenario to answer the question.

A person lights a gas grill using a match. When the grill lid is open, the student sees the blue flame and can feel that heat is being released.

Is this an endothermic or exothermic reaction, and why?

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Responses

Exothermic, because it took activation energy to cause the reaction.
Exothermic, because it took activation energy to cause the reaction.

Endothermic, because light and heat were emitted.
Endothermic, because light and heat were emitted.

Exothermic, because light and heat were emitted.
Exothermic, because light and heat were emitted.

Endothermic, because it took lighting a match to cause the reaction.

Answers

Answered by GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:

**Exothermic, because light and heat were emitted.**

In this scenario, the gas grill is producing a blue flame and releasing heat, which indicates that energy is being released to the surroundings. This characteristic is typical of an exothermic reaction.
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