Use the chemical reaction to answer the question.

Question

2H2O2 -- 2H2O +O2
Which statement about the reaction is correct? A. the reaction creates new atoms of H2O and O2. B. H2O2 has the same properties as H2O and O2. C. the H2O and O2 produced have the same mass as the original H2O2. D. atoms of H2 and O2 are lost during the reaction.

Answer 1

The correct statement about the reaction \( 2H_2O_2 \rightarrow 2H_2O + O_2 \) is:

C. the H2O and O2 produced have the same mass as the original H2O2.

This is due to the law of conservation of mass, which states that in a chemical reaction, the total mass of the reactants must equal the total mass of the products. Therefore, the mass of the H2O and O2 produced is equal to the mass of the original H2O2 that decomposes in the reaction.