Chemistry Home-Work

Given Date: 20.09.2020

Checked Date: __.09.2020
Science Course-Book, Page: 68

Q1/ Explain why solid expands when it is heated.

Answer:
As the molecules are heated, they gain kinetic energy,
and so the solid expands.

Q2/ Explain how the liquid in a thermometer changes

so that it can be used to measure a temperature.
Answer:
A thermometer has a glass tube sealed at both ends and
is partly filled with a liquid like mercury or alcohol. As
the temperature around the thermometer's bulb heats
up, the liquid rises in the glass tube, When it is hot, the
liquid inside the thermometer will expand and rise in the
tube.
Q3/ Use particle theory to explain why solids and
liquids cannot be compressed (squashed into a
smaller volume).
Answer:
If we put pressure on a solid or a liquid, there is
essentially no change in volume. The atoms, ions, or
molecules that make up the solid or liquid are very close
together. There is no space between the individual
particles, so they cannot pack together.

Q4/ Use particle theory to explain why liquids and

gases can flow.
Answer:
Solids:

- the particles don't move, solids have a definite shape

and volume, and can't flow.

- the particles are already packed closely together,

solids can't easily be compressed.

Liquids:

- the particles can move, liquids don't have a definite

shape, and they can flow.

- the particles are still packed close together, liquids

can't easily be compressed and keep the same volume.