KMT In Picture Form

Fill in the table below with both pictures and a written description of what the
molecules look like for a substance in its solid, liquid, and gas state.

Written Description Picture

In a solid the particles pack

together really tight and
nicely in a neat position The
particles are held together
Solid by a intermolecular force but
the particles do vibrate.

the molecules in liquids are

very close together, with
essentially no empty space
between them. They move
Liquid rapidly in all directions but
collide with eachother.

Gas particles are in a constant

straight motion. The kinetic
energy of the particle is bigger
than the force between them,
they are much farther apart
Gas
and move freely of each other.
In most cases, there are
essentially no forces between
particles.