Most nonmetals form covalent or ionic bonds, depending on the element with which they react. carbon predominantly forms covalent bonds since it has 4 valence electrons and can form single, double or triple bonds with other elements. what element will form an ionic bond with carbon?
a) calcium
b) hydrogen
c) neon
d) oxygen

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.