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Particle Theory

https://youtu.be/6bHkWh5T3mk
How are particles arranged in solid, liquid and gases?
Change of state in solid, liquid and gas

Substances can exist as a solid, liquid or gas. Converting from one state to
another usually involves heating or cooling.
Did you know?
When substances are heated and expand, their
particles do not get any bigger.
When heated, the particles begin to vibrate more
which causes them to move slightly further apart.
Heat must be supplied to a substance for it to melt,
evaporate or boil. For example, you need to heat ice to
melt it, and you need to heat water to make steam.
Heat must be removed from a substance to condense or
freeze it. In other words, the substance must be cooled
down.
Under certain conditions, some solids turn straight
into a gas when heated. This process is called
sublimation. A good example is solid carbon
dioxide, also called ‘dry ice’. At atmospheric
pressure, it turns straight into gaseous carbon
dioxide.
Compressibility in Solids, liquids and
Gases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrM5SQrRTMM
Rapid Fire questions:

How do particles move in a substance in the solid


state?
They vibrate about fixed positions
They move around, sliding over each other
They move randomly in all directions
What is the name of the change of state from gas to
liquid?
Evaporating
Boiling
Condensing
Draw one line from each state to the correct diagram.
Gases can be compressed because:

molecules of a gas are spread out and can be


squeezed together
molecules of gas can be compressed
gases do not contain molecules

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