LAMBINO, CHARLES JAY B.

PHYSICAL SCIENCE │MODULE 5

ABM 12B MARCH 17, 2021
ASSIGNMENT:

1. Why do some solids dissolve in water but others do not?

Many solids do not dissolve in water and that is because they are non-polar and do not interact
well with water molecules. A common example is oil and water. Oil contains molecules that are
non-polar, thus they do not dissolve in water. And when a solid does not dissolve in water; that
means the attraction between the ions in ionic compound is greater than the one between ions
and molecules of water.

2. Why some substances gases at room temperature, but others are liquid or solid?

The state a given substance exhibits is also a physical property. Some substances exist as
gases at room temperature; oxygen and carbon dioxide, while others, like water and mercury
metal, exist as liquids. Most metals exist as solids at room temperature. All substances can exist
in any of these three states. And it is because a solid has definite volume and shape, a liquid has
a definite volume but no definite shape, and a gas has neither a definite volume nor shape.

3. How the atoms of a molecule are gained a partially negative or a partially positive charge?

Partial charge is a way of explaining the bond polarity of bonds between atoms of different
electro negativities, nuclear shielding. So when the two atoms involved in a covalent bond both
have equal affinity for electrons, the electrons in the bond are evenly shared between them. In this
case, the more electronegative atom gains a partial negative charge, while the less
electronegative atom becomes partially positive.

4. What do you call the weak forces of attraction that exists in the molecule?

I’ve heard it simply called molecular attraction but it is still the attraction that occurs between
atoms. Molecules are just combinations of two or more dissimilar atoms that are able to work
together. Intermolecular forces are the forces of attraction or repulsion which act between
neighboring particles; atoms, molecules, or ions. These forces are weak compared to the intra-
molecular forces, such as the covalent or ionic bonds between atoms in a molecule.

5. What are Intermolecular forces?

Intermolecular forces are electrostatic in nature; that is, they arise from the interaction between
positively and negatively charged species. Like covalent and ionic bonds, intermolecular
interactions are the sum of both attractive and repulsive components. And these are its four types:
ion-dipole, hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole, and Van der Waals forces.