Question

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Which chemical reaction involving water is a decomposition reaction (breaking up) and which is a synthesis (building up)
reaction? If you're not sure, take a guess.
Water breaking down into hydrogen and oxygen is a synthesis reaction.
Water breaking down into hydrogen and oxygen is a decomposition reaction.
Hydrogen and oxygen combining to form water is a synthesis reaction.
Hydrogen and oxygen combining to form water is a decomposition reaction.

Answer 1

Water breaking down into hydrogen and oxygen is a decomposition reaction

Hydrogen and oxygen combining to form water is a synthesis reaction

Step-by-step explanation:

A decomposition reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the breakdown of a chemical reactant entity into two or more simpler product fragments

Water H₂O undergoes a decomposition reaction by breaking down into hydrogen, H₂,, and oxygen, O₂, as follows;

2H₂O (l) → 2H₂ (g) + O₂ (g)

A synthesis reaction is a reaction that involves the chemical combination of two or more dissimilar molecules or atoms to produce a different compound or molecule

Water, H₂O, is formed by a synthesis reaction of hydrogen, H₂,, and oxygen, O₂, combining as follows;

2H₂ + O₂ → 2H₂O