When a piece of copper metal at 100ºC was placed into a cup of water at 25ºC, the final temperature of both substances reached 30ºC within a minute. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the transfer of energy between the two substances? a. Copper lost less energy than the amount of energy gained by water
b. Copper gained the same amount of energy that was lost by water
c. Copper lost the same amount of energy that was gained by water

answer is: c. the experiment shows that the red substance experienced a chemical change.

this is chemical change (chemical reaction), because two new substances are formed (metalig liquid and gas), the atoms are rearranged and the reaction is followed by an energy change.

this is example of chemical decomposition.

chemical decomposition (analysis) is the separation of a single chemical compound into its two or more elemental parts or to simpler compounds.  

chemical decomposition is opposite of chemical synthesis.

chemical digestion occurs in the stomach were hcl and pepsin forms chyme, the mouth in which salivary amylase breaks down starch to form bolus, and the small intestine specifically the duodenum.

the electron configuration that you gave me has 16 electrons ergo it has 16 protons ergo it is the element sulfur.

a 20-cm-long, cylindrical graphite (pure carbon) rod is inserted into an oxidizing atmosphere at 1145 k and 1.013 x 105 pa pressure. the oxidizing process is limited by the diffu- sion of oxygen counterflow to the carbon monoxide that is formed on the cylindrical surface.