Which is one difference between reactants and products?

Question

Products are on the left side of a chemical equation; reactants are on the right

Products are pure substances while reactants are not

Products exists in different states of matter from the reactants

Products have different properties than reactants

Answer 1

The correct statement among the options provided is:

Products have different properties than reactants.

In a chemical reaction, reactants undergo a transformation to form products, and these products usually have different physical and chemical properties compared to the reactants.

The other statements are incorrect:

• Products are on the right side of a chemical equation; reactants are on the left.
• Products can be pure substances, just as reactants can be, so this statement is not valid.
• Products can exist in the same or different states of matter as the reactants, so this is not a definitive difference either.