For the pair of compounds ch3oh or h2co the one with the higher vapor pressure at a given temperature is

- has higher vapor pressure.

Explanations:- Weaker the attraction forces, higher is the vapor pressure. Both the given compounds that is methanol and formaldehyde are polar and so they have dipole-dipole forces of attraction. Apart from this, methanol has hydrogen bonding also as hydrogen is bonded to more electron negative oxygen atom. This hydrogen bonding makes it to have stronger attraction forces and so the vapor pressure is lower. Formaldehyde doesn't have hydrogen bonding and so the forces are comparatively weaker that makes it to have higher vapor pressure.

"record the time to complete a chemical reaction" would most likely be part of a lab procedure.

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.