Here are the best examples matched with each sign of a chemical reaction:
- Production of heat and light: Cookies baking in the oven
- Formation of a gas (bubbles): Vinegar and baking soda foaming like a volcano
- Color change: The formation of solid lead (II) iodide from sodium iodide and lead (II) nitrate
- Odor change: A banana ripening
- Formation of a precipitate: (Not applicable since the phase change of liquid water to steam is not a chemical reaction and therefore not usable in this context.)
The unused option: Phase change of liquid water to steam.