Unit 6: States of Matter

6.4 Brownian motion

 CLASS RULES
- Quiet Thumb up, if you fully understand.

- Keep Your eyes on the speaker.

- Think Quietly.

- Raise your hand and don’t shout out the

answers.
 Learning Objective

• Describe the random movement of

particles of gases and their collision..

Key words: Brownian motion - Pollen

grain - Jiggle.
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 Starter
-Particle theory helps us to explain how diffusion happens.
-Gases and liquids are made up of tiny particles that move
in random direction. Eventually, the random movement of
the particles causes them to spread out evenly.
-It also help us to explain why bigger things – such as pollen
grains – jiggle about.

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Moving pollen grains:
Pollen grains and dust cannot swim or move by
themselves. What makes the pollen grains and
dust move?
-We can explain the random
movement of the pollen grains and
the dust using the particle theory.
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Discoveries about Brownian motion:

• Robert Brown was a Scottish

biologist. In 1827, he watched
pollen
• grains jiggling about under the
microscope. He was the first
scientist
• to describe this motion. It was
given the name Brownian motion.
Robert Brown’s drawings of the
motion of three pollen grains, as he
watched them through the
microscope.
Plenary: CB P75
• 1 Describe the observation Robert Brown made.
• 2 How did Robert Brown explain what he saw?
• 3 How did he know his explanation was wrong?
• 4 Use particle theory to explain each of these observations:
a- Pollen grains jiggle about faster when the temperature is higher.
b-Pollen grains move about jerkily, in random directions.