Kit wants to see what happens to chocolate chips if they are placed in a bowl and heated in the microwave. which is likely the most accurate prediction kit can make about what will happen to the chips? a. when melted, the chocolate will weigh more. b. when melted, the chocolate will take the shape of the bowl. c. heat will have no effect on the chips. d. when melted, the chocolate will weigh less.

hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.