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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by decomposition because without decomposition our streets

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will be filled with garbage Have to imagine isn't it

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all right Which of the following is a characteristic of

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a decomposition reaction Right here The potential answers Okay well

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this questions about decomposition so it'd probably help to know

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what that word means Decomposition means breaking down or splitting

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up heart when food waste decomposes it breaks down it's

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like that time you broke your mom's favorite vase You

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were just decomposing it into a million little pieces there

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right way Always knew that it somehow be a valuable

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life lesson Well in chemistry of decomposition reaction is a

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type of reaction where a single molecule breaks down to

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create two or more new atoms or molecules which means

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that a decomposition reaction by definition has only one reacted

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and that tells us to choice A should be the

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correct answer But let's break down the other answers to

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make sure since the decomposition reaction always has two or

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more products choice people must be wrong and choices cnd

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both imply that there are multiple reactant involved which can't

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be right either since the decomposition reaction always has only

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one reacted Just as we suspected The answer is a

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ralph decomposition doesn't take care of our leftover casserole splitting

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apart its molecules We certainly will Hopefully you won't eat 00:01:20.784 --> [endTime] so much that we also split our pants

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