- Particles in a gas are best described as ____.
• slow-moving, kinetic, hard spheres
• small, hard spheres with insignificant volumes
- How does the atmospheric pressure at altitudes below sea level compare with atmospheric pressure at sea level?
• The atmospheric pressure below sea level is higher.
- When a gas is heated, ____.
• some of the absorbed energy is converted to potential energy, and some is converted to kinetic energy
• none of the energy is converted to kinetic energy
- Why does a liquid's rate of evaporation increase when the liquid is heated?
• More molecules have enough energy to overcome the attractive forces holding them in the liquid.
• The average kinetic energy of the liquid decreases.
- Crystals are characterized by particular patterns that repeat in how many dimensions?
• three dimensions only
• The patterns do not repeat.
- Compared to the melting points of ionic compounds, the melting points of molecular solids tend to be ____.
• lower
• higher
• small, hard spheres with insignificant volumes
• none of the energy is converted to kinetic energy
• The average kinetic energy of the liquid decreases.
• The patterns do not repeat.
• higher