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Using the concept of intermolecular forces of attraction, explain why butter remains
solid when refrigerated, but melts at room temperature or when heated.

A substance can change its physical state depending on the temperature. Butter remains
solid when refrigerated because the atoms were compressed to each other. When they are
compressed, the atoms are compact enough to hold shape resulting to the butter to get into
a more solid state, and we all know that solids have a strong force of attraction. And it
melts when it is at a room temperature or when heated because the atoms expand causing it
to turn into liquid.

2. What renders the properties of substances?

The properties of substances are rendered by either the extensive and intensive properties.
Extensive properties such as mass and volume, extensive property depends on the amount
of substance in a sample. Intensive properties like color, temperature, density and
solubility. Intensive property depends only on the type of matter in a sample and not the
amount.

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3. How do intermolecular forces of attraction define the properties and uses of matter?

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The properties of matter depend on the intermolecular forces between the particles the
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matter is composed of. Intermolecular forces of attraction define the properties and uses of
matter depending on their strength. Solid has a strong force of attraction and hold the
particles together making it structure rigid and compact. Liquid has a weak force of
attraction allowing them to slide past each other and liquid not having a definite shape.
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While gas has the weakest force of attraction that’s why it diffuses easily and has no
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definite shape and volume.

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4. What is the significance of chemical bonding to life?

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As living organisms, we need several compounds to continue to live. We need proteins

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which are made up of amino acids and this amino acid has carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and
nitrogen as its key elements. We also need carbohydrates which are made up of the
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molecules of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Chemical bonding is essential in our lives, we
just don’t notice it but it is present in our everyday lives, such as the LPG gas that we use,
sugar, water, nail polish remover and more. Chemical bonding holds together substances
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that are used by the body for critical aspects of homeostasis and energy production

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