What’s in the gaps...

Faster

number

reactants

increases

Explanation:

The rate of reaction refers to how fast or slow a reaction occurs. The rate of reaction is dependent on factors such as surface area, concentration, temperature, nature of reactants, catalyst etc.

The concentration refers to the amount of reactants present. When the acid is made more concentrated, its amount is increased. This increases the number of collisions between the acid particles and the marble chips ultimately leading to increase in the rate of reaction according to Arrhenius theory.

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.