Giselle is working with a chemical substance in a laboratory. She observes that when the chemical is heated, it gives off a gas. She assumes that the gas is oxygen but decides to test this assumption to verify it. Which type of scientific knowledge is Giselle’s assumption?

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Giselle is working with a chemical substance in a laboratory. She observes that when the chemical is heated, it gives off a gas. She assumes that the gas is oxygen but decides to test this assumption to verify it. Which type of scientific knowledge is Giselle’s assumption?

A.

fact

B.

hypothesis

C.

law

D.

observation

E.

theory

B.

hypothesis

Explanation:

A hypothesis is an intelligent guess put forward to explain an experimental observation. It is a tentative explanation for a scientific observation which must be subjected to careful verification.

Giselle’s assumption that the gas evolved is oxygen is a hypothesis. It must now be tested carefully in order to verify if the hypothesis is true.

1. for the first question, we must find the mass of the anhydrous salt, mgso₄. the molar mass for mgso₄·7h₂o is 246.47 g/mol, while that of mgso₄ is 120.37 g/mol.7.834 g mgso₄·7h₂o * 1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o/246.47 g * 1 mol mgso₄/1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o * 20.37 g mgso₄/mol = 0.647 g mgso₄

2. mass of water = mass of sample - mass of anhydrous salemass of water = 7.834 - 0.647 = 7.19 gpercent water in hydrate = 7.19/7.834 * 100 = 91.74%

answer:

the reaction is type of combination reaction.

explanation:

on the product side, there are 2 molecules of bonded to fe   which means one atom of fe are combined two molecules of . so, balanced chemical equation becomes :

this reaction follows the reaction type of combination reaction. a combination reaction is defined as chemical reaction in which reactants combines together to form a single product.