Answer:
This question is incomplete but the completed question is below
Select the correct answer. Carbon burns in the presence of oxygen to give carbon dioxide. Which chemical equation describes this reaction? A. carbon + oxygen + carbon dioxide B. carbon + oxygen → carbon dioxide C. carbon dioxide → carbon + oxygen D. carbon dioxide + carbon → oxygen
The correct option is B.
Explanation:
The process by which carbon or its compounds burn in excess oxygen to produce carbon dioxide is called combustion. Te equation for the complete combustion of carbon is below.
C + O₂ ⇒ CO₂
The above equation can also be written in words to be
carbon + oxygen (gas) → carbon dioxide
Incomplete combustion of carbon (when carbon burns in little oxygen) however produces carbon monoxide as shown below
2C + O₂ ⇒ 2CO
