Answer:
A. a new substance is being produced.
Explanation:
The bubbles most likely indicates that a new substance is being produced by this reaction. In essence, we describe this sort of change as chemical change.
In a chemical change, new substances are usually produced. They are accompanied by the evolution or absorption of energy.
The reaction of Zinc with a strong acid to produce bubbles on the surface of the metal indicates a chemical change and the formation of a new kind of substance.
Take for example, let zinc reacts with hydrocholoric acid, HCl;
Zn + 2HCl → ZnCl₂ + H₂
Since Zn is higher than Hydrogen in the activity series, it will displace it from HCl and liberate hydrogen gas as a product. This will cause the bubbles observed in the reaction.
This is a chemical change and new products have been formed.
B and D are wrong because they are both physical changes.
C is wrong because no information about such is provided by the problem statement.
So, when a piece of zinc metal combines with a strong acid, a new kind of substance is produced.
Answer: Option (c) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
When an acid or base is added to a solution then any resistance by the solution in changing the pH of the solution is known as a buffer.
This is because a buffer has the ability to not get affected by the addition of small amounts of an acid or a base. As a result, it helps in maintaining the pH of the solution.
In the give case, when we add the HCl then more number of protons will dissociate. This causes the acetate to react with the protons and leads to the formation of acetic acid.
We know that acetic acid is a weak acid and it dissociates partially or feebly. Therefore, no change in pH will take place.
Thus, we can conclude that equation 
represents the chemical reaction that accounts for the fact that acid was added but there was no detectable change in pH.
Molecules arranged in regular pattern changes into an irregular pattern
Because you are never adding more than the substances created, nor are you creating any, but should a chemical reaction take place you could see the liquid change form into a gaseous state and that would result a loss of the liquid volume.
So to wrap it all up you can’t have more liquids than what is already there but you could always lose some due to a chemical change, hence the reason it says an open flask, the chemical change would not be collected, mass would be lost
