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Which of the following transformations is illustrated in Figure II?
A) Figure II illustrates the breaking of hydrogen bonds.
B) Figure II illustrates the breaking of covalent bonds.
C) Figure II illustrates a chemical reaction.
D) Figure II illustrates a nuclear reaction.
E) It is not possible to determine the type of transformation from the information given.
Ans: option A) Figure II illustrates the breaking of hydrogen bonds.
Hydrogen-bonding forms in liquid water as the hydrogen atoms of one water molecule are attracted towards the oxygen atom of a neighboring water molecule.These kind of bonding are weak in nature and lifetime of hydrogen bond is very short,thus it break and reform again in liquid state.So figure II is showing breaking of it.