Match the description with either a dehydration reaction or a hydrolysis reaction. 1. Water is used to split a compound into two parts.
2. Water is a product in this reaction.
3. Synthesis reaction
4. Decomposition reaction

1) Hydrolysis

2)Dehydration

3)Dehydration

4)Hydrolysis

Explanation:

Hydrolysis is the chemical breakdown of substances by water and depends on the chemistry, solubility, pH, and the oxidation–reduction (Eh or redox) potential of compound

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/hydrolysis

With hydrolysis water will be a reactant, not a product, and is associated with breaking down substances. Hence 1 and 4 being a Hydrolysis reaction.

Dehydration on the other hand, is defined as :

In a dehydration reaction, either a hydroxyl group from one molecule combines with a hydrogen atom from the other molecule, or two hydrogen atoms from one molecule combine with an oxygen atom on the other molecule. In either case, water is released, and the two molecules are joined together.

https://www.albert.io/blog/dehydration-synthesis-ap-biology-crash-course/

Therefore it is associated with creating a bond of sorts, and water is a product, which is why 2 and 3 are dehydration.

Hope this helps!

- calcium has greater affinity to bond with electron receptors than hydrogen does and hence, it has the ability to replace hydrogen in most of its compounds.

- lithium has 2 valence electrons in the product because it can make only 1 bond with hydrogen. beryllium has 4 valence electrons in the product because it can only make 2 bonds. it has fewer electrons than neon and can react with electron donors. each hydrogen has 2 valence electrons, the same as helium.

- the covalent bond formed between carbon and hydrogen is polar because carbon is more electronegative than hydrogen and it attracts the bonded electron pair closer to itself, thus giving hydrogen a partial positive charge.

- a hydrogen bond is a relatively weak bond that hydrogen atoms make with the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.

so the best choice is a.) 2 calcium (ca) atoms