One mole methane combusts to form one mole CO2 and 2 moles H2O
Answer:
A.) Change only the coefficients
Explanation:
An equation is balanced when there is an equal quantity of each type of element on both sides of a reaction. When balancing an equation, the only way to manipulate the amounts of each element is by changing the coefficient values. The coefficients alter the amount of each molecule in the reaction.
The subscripts cannot be altered. If you were to change the subscripts, you would be altering the amount of atoms in a particular molecule.
The question is incomplete, the complete question is;
In the 1800s, a popular belief known as vitalism stated that life processes could not be explained by the laws of physics and chemistry,and were instead dictated by an independent life force. Which discovery most likely caused scientists to revise this hypothesis regarding the origin of life on Earth?
a. that inorganic compounds existed within live organisms
b. that organic compounds could be synthesized in a laboratory
c. that RNA could serve as a template to synthesize DNA
d. that self-replicating molecules existed inside cells
Answer:
b. that organic compounds could be synthesized in a laboratory
Explanation:
Vitalism is the belief that "living organisms are fundamentally different from non-living entities because they contain some non-physical element or are governed by different principles than are inanimate things"(wikipedia).
This theory held that the molecules involved in life processes could not be synthesized in the laboratory.
All these were upturned after Fredrich Whöler's synthesis of urea in 1828. He was able to show that molecules involved in life process can also be synthesized in the laboratory. This gave rise to modern synthetic organic chemistry.
2H(+) + SO4(2-) + Ca(2+) + 2I(-) -> CaSO4(s) + 2H(+) + 2I(-)
The signs in brackets are the subscripts for the charge of the ion. This is the complete ionic equation. The net ionic equation is:
Ca(2+) + SO4(2-) -> CaSO4
Answer:
a. because it is an element
Explanation:
its pure because it only has one type of atom, making it an element
