Q: What is the addition of oxygen to a molecule or the removal of hydrogen from a molecule called?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Oxidation can be defined as the addition of oxygen to a molecule or the removal of hydrogen from a molecule. When an alkane is heated in the presence of an appropriate catalyst, it can be oxidized to the corresponding alkene in a reaction called a dehydrogenation reaction. Two hydrogen atoms are removed in the process. The alkene can be further oxidized to an alkyne by the removal of two more hydrogen atoms.

 Choices:

- precipitation

- evaporation

- ionization

- oxidation


A:
oxidation