The splitting of carbon dioxide to form oxygen gas and carbon compounds occurs during

neither photosynthesis nor respiration.

Explanation:

Photosynthesis is the process by which the green plants, in the presence of sunlight makes their own food. In the process carbon dioxide is absorbed and oxygen is released.

Respiration is the intake of oxygen and the metabolism of the glucose in which it is breakdown and releases carbon dioxide.

In neither of the two processes, carbon dioxide is splitted.

vanderwaal's forces of attraction are the electrostatic intermolecular forces that exist in a molecule due to the temporary or permanent dipoles that are developed in a molecule. in , the major intermolecular forces are dipole-dipole interactions as the molecule is polar (bent structure). so the vanderwaal's forces of interaction in between molecules are the permanent dipole-dipole interactions that develop due to the dipole that exists in between the polar h - s bond. the positively charged hydrogen atom is attracted towards the negative end of the dipole that is sulfur of the adjacent molecule. therefore, these forces of attraction are relatively stronger than that of london dispersion forces that exist in non polar molecules.

"record the time to complete a chemical reaction" would most likely be part of a lab procedure.