In this lesson, you learned about the Bohr model of the atom. The Bohr model below shows a phosphorus (P) atom. Write a paragraph describing how many valence electrons the atom has and why Bohr models are still useful to predict bonding of atoms, even though Bohr models do not correctly show the location of electrons in an atom.

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.