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Which statement best describes the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions?

They are opposites because endothermic reactions require energy and exothermic reactions release energy.
They are opposites because endothermic reactions release energy and exothermic reactions require energy.
They the same because they are both ways of forming precipitates.
They the same because they are both ways of forming gasses.

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They are opposites because endothermic reactions require (absorb) energy and exothermic reactions release energy.

Endothermic reactions absorb heat from surroundings (temperature drops), while exothermic reactions release heat to the surroundings (temperature rises). The other choices are incorrect.