Describe at least two factors that can affect the rate of a chemical reaction.

Concentration or pressure of a reactant and temperature

Explanation: The two major factors that can affect the rate of a chemical change are concentration or pressure of a reactant  and temperature.

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.