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Kinetic Molecular Theory Activity

Go to Sttructures of Matter animation activity. Use the activity to answer the questions below.

1. What is the kinetic molecular theory (KMT)? What does this mean about gas particle
behavior?
2. How does the KMT account for the empty spaces between solid particles?
3. How does changing the temperature affect the particles in a solid?
4. What is phase energy (EPH)? And how does the phase energy influence change of states?
5. How do particles in a liquid behave? Explain how this differs from particle movement in
a solid.
6. What is needed at the particle level to change state from a liquid to a solid?
7. Summarize what you learn from working through the animation. Include specific
information about how your understanding changes or improved through the series of
animations.