Water (H2O) is a polar molecule. Ethane (C2H6) is nonpolar. What is true about water and ethane?

Ethane is likely to have a higher boiling point because it is nonpolar.
Ethane is likely to have a higher boiling point because it has fewer atoms per molecule.
Water is likely to have a higher boiling point because it has fewer atoms per molecule.

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.